With the NFL Players Association and the conglomerate of NFL owners in Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) negotiations this month, we have a window to discuss whether the expiration of the CBA will result in the loss of the 2011 season. My friends Bram A. Maravent and Jeffrey F. Levine, co-authored an article (click here) on […]
Tag: Law
It was painful to be at Doak Campbell Stadium while the Florida Gators got destroyed by the Florida State Seminoles. And then we get beat by the University of Central Florida in basketball. It just is not the year for Gator sports. I went to my first Miami Heat game of the season this week. […]
Happy Thanksgiving weekend to all. Anyone go out to the stores real early today? With so many great deals to be found online, I feel like it is not even necessary to do your body such a disservice by waking up so early after a big day of eating. I am up in Tallahassee, Florida […]
Scott Boras‘ company might have exploited Dominican Republic talented baseball players by giving them and their families loans and other payments in return for a better chance to represent the players and earn back the money paid out, and more, through the commissions received on their signing bonuses. Scott Boras and his company would stand to […]
I have no idea if the United Football League (UFL) is doing well with its attendance or TV ratings, and I sure hope that the league does not lose another $30 million as it did last year. What I do know is that many agents persuade their fringe NFL clients to sign contracts with the UFL, because […]
Athletes are affected by intellectual property law. If states begin to pass new legislation to restrict athletes’ abilities to protect their Right of Publicity, it will take one potential asset out of our clients’ pockets and take away a tool for marketing agents. As advocates for their clients, agents should speak out against these proposed […]
Bernie Lee, a basketball agent who has been featured on this blog in the past, is now the defendant in a pending lawsuit. On November 15, the Complaint in the case of Ashley Merritt v. Bernie Lee was filed in a circuit court in the state of Wisconsin (full Complaint is attached at the bottom of […]
With MLB Free Agency officially underway, we have been extremely busy talking to teams about a couple of our clients who have a lot of value to add to an MLB organization. Clubs have shown a lot of interest in Gary Patchett and Matt Scherer, both of whom have a great deal of experience at […]
Might one of the 37 agents registered in the State of Oregon be in trouble? Or does the current investigation by Oregon’s Department of Justice involve a non-registered agent illegally recruiting student-athletes within the state’s borders? The world may never know, since the DoJ’s spokesman refuses to mention the name of the agent under investigation, […]
Why would a professional athlete ever choose a sports agent who is not an attorney over an attorney-agent who has gone through three years of law school and passed at least one state Bar Exam? It is because being a successful sports agent in today’s sport landscape requires much more than just a knowledge of […]