Right before I was scheduled to give a speech to the Indiana University Sport Marketing Alliance this past Thursday, I was told that former Florida Gator and current Auburn Tiger, Cam Newton, might have accepted money prior to enrolling at Auburn. The entire conversation started with John Bond, a former Mississippi State quarterback, stating that when […]
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I am not sure how this originally got past my radar, but over the weekend, I read for the first time that Aaron Goodwin plans to file a formal complaint (if he has not already), with the NBA Players Association, against Arn Tellem. The complaint will be based on Al Horford’s switch from Goodwin to […]
I am currently up in Bloomington, Indiana, where I am finishing up a nice little tour of college campuses this week. On Monday, I had the joy of speaking to the YCP Sport Management Student Association with Peg Kaufmann (AD Millersville U.) & Bryan Minniti (Assistant GM Washington Nationals), who were great speakers and very […]
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Sports Law Internship
The following internship opportunity was not posted on our Internships page, because it is not technically a sports agency internship being offered. Instead, it is a law firm looking for a sports intern. The intern may have similar duties as someone who is participating in a sports agency, however. As a final note, before I […]
Tom Condon, who is an agent in the football division at Creative Artists Agency (CAA), has filed a lawsuit in federal court against former client, Ryan Pickett. Condon claims that Pickett owes the agent $83,600 in unpaid agent fees, and wants the court to confirm and enforce an arbitrator’s order stating such is true. The […]
This is an awesome week for me. I am traveling across the country, from Pennsylvania, to Jacksonville, Florida, and finally to Bloomington, Indiana, to speak about being a sports agent. One of the main things that people want to hear is the story of how I got into the agent profession at such a young […]
On October 20, I highlighted Jordan Woy’s lawsuit against former client/employee, Horace Smith. I attached the Complaint to the bottom of that synopsis. Woy and his company are suing Smith for a variety of reasons including, Smith allegedly used money appropriated for clients for his own personal use and forged players’ signatures on promissory notes. […]
Would there be any problem if I placed a bet on the outcome of tonight’s Phillies vs. Giants game? What if I had placed a bet on one of Clint Robinson’s (a client of mine) games this past regular season? Is there a difference between the two? Yesterday, I read a report that Ted Forstmann, […]
What a week. If sports agents were not officially under the microscope prior to the Sports Illustrated piece that has consumed the world (check out posts from this week if you have not yet read the story), then there is surely no doubt that the profession is being watched now. Last weekend in Gainesville was […]
Yesterday I had the pleasure of being featured on the popular mens site, Guyism, in a response of sorts to the Sports Illustrated article published earlier this week. The title of the piece is Sports agent talks ethics in response to SI article. I have also been featured on a few radio shows as of […]