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Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-Up (10/23/09)

Driving down to South Florida today.  I will be spending the weekend with my family before traveling back to Gainesville on Monday.  En route to Gainesville, I’ll be stopping off at Barry University School of Law to give a guest speech to their student body.  If you are in Orlando, come stop by.  The discussion […]

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Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-Up (10/9/09)

Huge game this weekend.  If UF beats LSU, does UF become a unanimous #1 amongst all sports writers?  My boys at Bus Leagues Baseball had Dynasty client, Atahualpa Severino, as its 5th best Pitcher of the Year in the Minors in 2009.   What a week for Minnesota.  Amazing Vikings game followed by an even more […]

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Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-Up (9/25/09)

We are one week into the Jewish New Year.  I hope everyone had a fantastic Rosh Hashanah.  Now comes the fun holiday…Yom Kippur begins on Sunday night.  Load up on those carbs before sundown!  I am down in South Florida for the weekend.  I’m enjoying it with my family and girlfriend.  I’ll also stop by […]

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What The Supremes Should Be Thinking When They Review American Needle

Even though the Solicitor General advised the Supreme Court not to grant cert in the case of American Needle Inc. v. National Football League, the Supreme Court decided that it will review the case and see whether the NFL is immune from Section 1 of the Sherman Antitrust Act for the licensing of intellectual property.  […]

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Interview With The Athlete: David Carr

David Carr knows the peak of the agent business. The former NFL number one overall draft pick from 2002 had almost every agent seeking his business when he came out of Fresno State. He has stuck with one agent his entire career (Mike Sullivan), but also hired a business manager. Carr was able to pick […]

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The Weighted Contract

When the Bengals’ Andre Smith finally signed a contract on Sunday, it was released that a pretty interesting clause was stamped on it. Apparently, Smith’s contract says that his salary will be slashed for each game in which he is 350 pounds or higher and not on the active roster. Upon learning of this, I […]

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One Way Trip From (Chris) Houston To (Todd) France

Is Eugene Parker so busy fielding questions from the media and having discussions with the 49ers front office, that he is not paying enough attention to his veteran clients?  49ers faithful are getting crabby with the agent, and it looks like SportsAgentBlog.com readers are not to thrilled with the Crabtree holdout, either.  Whether or not […]

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Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-Up (8/21/09)

Cool video above, right?  Kind of makes me want to get my hair cut with Commissioner Stern.  I am back in Gainesville and ready to begin my final year of classes next week.  I made my schedule so that I have absolutely no classes on Monday, which should allow for a lot of work to […]

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Sand Cassels Full Of Cash

When Matt Cassel signed with the Kansas City Chiefs this offseason, Dominic Perilli noticed that Cassel, a college backup to USC starting quarterback, Matt Leinart, will make more money on this contract than Leinart will make on his current contract, which has a length of one year more than Cassel’s contract.  To be fair to […]

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An Institute For Athletes

Blake Baratz is a young guy (only 29-years-old), but already has a good amount of experience as an NFLPA certified advisor.  Since becoming certified with the union, Baratz has worked at Impact Sports, a representation firm with its principal office in Boca Raton, FL.  Baratz was working on behalf of Impact Sports from across the […]