Miami Heat guard Tyler Herro has agreed to a four-year, $130 million contract extension. Herro is currently represented by Jeff Schwartz and Mike Lindeman of Excel Sports Management. Following the 2022 season Herro was named the 2022 NBA Sixth Man of the Year and averaged 20.7 PPG, 5.0 RPG, and 4.0 APG. With the October […]
Sports agency Excel Sports Management has acquired creative and experiential marketing agency Game Seven, which creates, develops, and executes innovative engagement platforms that tell relevant brand stories. Game Seven has worked with Nike, Foot Locker, Timberland, Oakley, Bleacher Report, Instagram, TikTok, Meta, and Spotify in the past. “Excel and Game Seven share foundational elements, as […]
Excel Sports Management has initiated a lawsuit against its former employee Eric Eways and Rich Paul’s Klutch Sports Group. The Complaint, filed in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, claims that Klutch Sports tortiously interfered with Eways’ employment agreement with Excel Sports and seeks to enjoin Klutch Sports from employing or otherwise […]
Miami Heat guard Victor Oladipo has procured new representation in Jeff Schwartz and Javon Phillips at Excel Sports Management. Oladipo was formerly represented by Aaron Turner of Versus Management Team. Oladipo was the #2 overall pick of the 2013 NBA Draft and has amassed several awards in his young career: All-Rookie First Team, Steals Leader, […]
Sure, everyone knows how much money in contracts agents have negotiated, but they don’t know how adept agents are at finding talent. Sports Agent Blog ranks the top eight agents based not on lump contracts sums negotiated, but on the pure talent they represent. After parsing through all the players represented by each agent, we […]
It’s been a tough week for Miami sports fans, full of mixed emotions. Everyone is on a high after the Dolphins beat the New England Patriots on Monday night. However, the lows with the Marlins continue as the fire sale resumes with Stanton and other stars leaving for other franchises. Many are upset with Derek […]
Shalom from Montego Bay, Jamaica, where I’ll be hanging out until Sunday. Then, it’s back to Fort Lauderdale for a week, some holiday parties, followed by real prep mode for the December 23 wedding. And a big Shabbat Shalom to my brothers and sisters in Israel, who finally had a foreign power in the U.S. […]
It’s been one of those weeks. You can’t find enough hours in the day to get things done. The political climate completely frustrates you and you feel helpless in causing change anywhere near the top. There are a lot of positive things, but also a lot of frustrations, especially when little things add up. To […]
Hello my friends, and welcome to another edition of the weekly wrap-up. This week’s version comes to you from Philadelphia, where I will be speaking on a panel concerning esports at an amazing event put on by Andrew Brandt and Villanova Law: 2017 Jeffrey S. Moorad Sports Law Journal Symposium. It is also Masters week, which […]
Can you believe that we are already entering the month of October? It’s right around this time of the year that we reflect on just how fast time flies. Better make sure you make each day meaningful, which is certainly relevant this week with the very unfortunate passing of Miami Marlins pitcher Jose Fernandez. This […]