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Lockout – SPORTS AGENT BLOG
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A Look At The Arena Football League’s New Collective Bargaining Agreement

Since August 10, 2012, the Arena Football League (AFL) has been operating pursuant to a new collective bargaining agreement (embedded at the bottom of this article).  The CBA will be in effect until September 30, 2017, when the players’ union and the AFL teams will once again go through the painstaking process of negotiating another […]

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Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-Up (11/18/2011)

It feels like every week the Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-Up is coming to you from a different town.  This Friday, I am at University of Pennsylvania for the Ivy Sports Symposium.  I am here to listen to the amazing panels, network with a lot of friends in the sports industry, and accept my 10 Next Award (I […]

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Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-Up (11/11/2011)

It’s 11/11/11…make a wish?  How about thanking a veteran?  Sports labor battles are not only occurring in the United States.  The Israeli women’s basketball league is currently on strike.  I am already looking forward to the 2012 World Baseball Classic…if Israel is able to successfully lobby its way into the event.  Kudos to Shawn Green, […]

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Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-Up (10/7/2011)

Wow…what a week.  I officially moved into my new office (send love letters to 175 SW 7th Street, Penthouse Suite 2410, Miami, Florida 33131), and have been busy setting it up while working on behalf of some new, amazing clients.  I have expanded my practice to include quite a few major entertainment figures and was determined not to […]

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Lockout Drawing Closer for the Australian Football League

As the NFL finally resolved its lockout, another national football league is heading towards one. The Australian Football League’s (AFL) Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) is due to end after the current season, and the sides are still stuck on a few important points, one of them being the same problem the NFL faced – Distribution […]

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Agents Bare Burden For Offseason Training During Lockout

NFL players, and those drafted by NFL teams who have not yet signed professional contracts, have been locked out by the league since March 3, 2011.  Not only have these players not had the ability to speak to team management, they also have had absolutely no access to their teams’ facilities.  Whereas players would normally […]

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Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-Up (6/17/2011)

I do not watch much hockey at all, but I did tune in to see Game 7 between the Boston Bruins and the Vancouver Canucks.  The aftermath viewed through multiple pictures and videos is disheartening.  But it goes to show you just how powerful and meaningful sports and individual franchises can be to the general […]

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On To The Next One: Greg Little

The off-season de el Rosenhaus continues.  Drew Rosenhaus has picked up yet another player who was taken in the 2011 NFL Draft.  Former University of North Carolina wide-receiver Greg Little has officially made the switch from Octagon to Rosenhaus Sports Representation.  Little was selected in the 2nd round (#59 overall) by the Cleveland Browns.  If […]

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Waiting To Hear If The NFL Lockout Is Legal

The NFL owners and players were back in court on June 3 to try and make some headway in the three-month-old lockout. Lawyers for both sides were given 30 minutes to state each side’s case in the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis. The basic argument was whether or not the league-imposed […]

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DIYRS: Do It Yourself Rookie Symposium

The following is a guest contribution from Marc Isenberg.  Follow Marc on twitter @marcisenberg.  I will be publishing my review of Marc’s “Go Pro Like a Pro” (discussed in this post) in the near future.  Needless to say, it is a very informative booklet for athletes to read. “The direction in which education starts a […]