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NCAA Investigating Wasserman Basketball Agent Thad Foucher’s Ties To UCLA’s Kyle Anderson

Wasserman Media Group’s Executive Vice President of Basketball, Thad Foucher, made the biggest signing of his basketball agent career when the #1 overall pick of the 2012 NBA Draft, Anthony Davis, chose Foucher and Wasserman’s Vice Chairman Arn Tellem as his agents.  More recently; however, Foucher’s name is being mentioned in basketball circles because there is talk that he […]

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The NCAA Acts In An Unprecedented Manner In Implementing Sanctions Against Penn State

The following is a guest contribution from Jay Fragus (@JayFragus).  Jay Fragus is an attorney at Sheppard Mullin in Century City, focusing on sports and entertainment law where he counsels clients in various aspects of entertainment and media transactions and in the negotiation of sponsorship and endorsement agreements. A four-year bowl ban on post-season appearances. […]

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The “What If” in Sports

The following article was written by Bryan Jacobs, a financial services representative at MassMutual Financial Group.  Bryan Jacobs may be reached at bryanjacobs@finsvcs.com. Things happen beyond our control. The most important and overlooked issues are the ones we leave on the back burner that tend to burn us the most when it’s too late. But luckily […]

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New Alabama Uniform Athlete Agent Law May Include Cam Newton Clause

The Alabama Uniform Athlete Agents law may soon be modified.  Alabama state Senators Gerald Allen and Gerald Dial have sponsored a bill, which has already been approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee, that would change the definition of an “agency contract.”  If passed, an agency contract will also be established if a student-athlete authorizes a third party to “negotiate […]

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Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-Up (4/12/2012)

I had a fantastic time sitting on the “Athletes, Artists, Celebrities” panel at Johnson & Wales University this week.  It was one of the best turnouts I have ever seen for a sports and entertainment event and it was very well run.  Tomorrow, I will venture to Marlins Park to sit on another panel (“Protecting […]

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Advice For 2012 NBA Draft Early Entry Candidates

69 underclassmen declared for the 2011 NBA Draft. Players had until May 8 that year to “test the waters” and determine whether they would keep their names in the draft pool, or withdraw their names and return to their respective universities. Around the cutoff date for players to make a decision as to whether they […]

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Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-Up (3/2/2011)

This Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-Up is coming to you from Chicago, Illinois (specifically the DePaul Sports Law Symposium), where I will be speaking on specifically on Grants-in-aid & IRS tax code implications for the NCAA.  This is a new subject for me, but one that I certainly enjoyed researching.  DePaul has offered to take my speech and […]

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The NCAA Has A “Sports Agent Intern” Job Posting

In January 2012, the Division I Legislative Council of the NCAA “approved a rule that broadens the definition of [sports] agents to include third-party influences, including family members, who market student-athletes’ athletics ability or reputation for personal financial gain.”  Without a doubt, the NCAA is showing that it is taking the matter of sports agent regulation seriously. […]

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University of Oregon School of Law Sports Law Symposium

What: University of Oregon School of Law Sports and Entertainment Law Forum – The Changing Face of Athletics and Entertainment in the Northwest When: Friday January, 27 2012 Where: White Stag Building, Portland, Oregon (map) Schedule: 8:30 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.: Registration 9:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.: Panel Presented by Schwabe, Williamson, & Wyatt: Entertainment in the Northwest  […]

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Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-Up (12/16/2011)

Shabbat Shalom!  In a few days, I will be saying shalom with more regularity, as I will be traveling in Israel.  But first, I will be in Barcelona for a couple of days.  I leave later today for the trip, which will keep me out of the United States until December 25.  This is my […]