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Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-up (12/6/2013)

I am heading up to New York City later today and will be up north for the entire weekend.  It’s the most beautiful time to be in the City, so why not?  It is with great joy that I announce Mark Burns will be contributing much more frequently on this site.  Give him a follow; […]

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Will Any Baseball Agents Be Disciplined Based On Biogenesis?

50-game suspensions for more than 10 players associated with Biogenesis.  A 65-game suspension for Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Ryan Braun.  A whopping 211-game suspension for New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez (under appeal).  And yet not a single agent has received any discipline. Jack Dickey of TIME asks, Why Haven’t the Agents Been Punished in Baseball’s […]

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Baseball Union Concludes Melky Cabrera’s Agents Were Unaware Of Phony Website Scheme

The following article is a guest contribution by Benjamin Haynes, Esq.   Haynes is a former Division 1 Basketball Player at Oral Roberts University and currently practices law in the State of Florida. Melky Cabrera was suspended for 50 games this past season after he tested positive for testosterone. Back on August 19, 2012, the New York Daily […]

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How The Melky Cabrera Chaos Is Affecting ACES Baseball Agency

It has been well-documented that Melky Cabrera, who has been suspended 50 games for use of performance enhancing drugs (PEDs) is a client of ACES baseball agency, a company owned and managed by brothers Sam and Seth Levinson, and that the company has been under investigation since it was discovered that a person associated with […]

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Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-Up (8/24/2012)

My second year as a professor of Sport Agency Management at Indiana University officially began this past Tuesday.  I did not make the same mistake that I did last Fall of scheduling class for Monday nights (there’s some sort of program my students are interested in called “Monday Night Football”).  College football approaches, as does […]

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No Arbitration Between Melky, Braves

Arbitration in the MLB can truly be a nightmare for teams. The Atlanta Braves recognized this and decided to come to an agreement with Melky Cabrera in order to avoid him going to arbitration. The Braves announced that they have agreed to a 1-year, $3.1 million deal with Cabrera. This was a good move by […]