What a terrible week with the inclusion of a school shooting at nearby Parkland high school Stoneman Douglas. My thoughts are with everyone grieving nearby. I’ll start this week’s wrap-up by republishing something I recently wrote on my LinkedIn page: Ad Matai. I’ve been to Israel a few times in my life and always have […]
Sports Business Journal Olympics writer, Tripp Mickle, recently chatted with Peter Carlisle, head of Octagon’s Olympic division at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics. Carlisle — most well-known for representing 18-time Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps — represents a number of athletes at Sochi, including women’s snowboarder Jamie Anderson and men’s snowboarder Alex Deibold. Below are […]
The following interview with Paul Greene, Sports Lawyer with Global Sports Advocates, LLC, was conducted by University of Florida Levin College of Law student and aspiring sports law attorney Josh Corriveau. Connect with Paul Greene on his firm’s website and Twitter. Paul Greene is a graduate of the University of Maine School of Law and […]
My niece is getting Bat Mitzvahed this Sunday, which means it is time to celebrate (and start realizing that I am not as young as I think). Greg Oden is back on the basketball court and playing for the Miami Heat. Can’t say that is a statement I thought I would be making a […]
The Maine Sunday Telegram has an in-depth article on Octagon agent Peter Carlisle with the tagline, “Some of the biggest names in Olympics sports say Peter Carlisle is ‘more than just an agent.” It is a very nice exposé of Octagon’s managing director Olympics and Action Sports who is probably best known for his representation of U.S. […]
Last week, Mark H. McCormack Department of Sport Management Executive-in-Residence, Peter Carlisle spoke to students in a discussion titled, “Marketing an Olympic Icon: Behind the Business of a Global Sports Superstar.” The Mark H. McCormack Department of Sport Management, formed in 1972, is a part of the Isenberg School of Management at UMass Amherst and […]
Early in the 2012 London Olympics, Fox Business caught Michael Phelps’ agent Peter Carlisle of Octagon’s Olympic & Action Sports division. The general discussion was focused on how Phelps will be marketed now that his career in the pool has been declared to be complete. Here is a quote from the interview: “Partnerships now have to be not only […]
19 Olympic medals. Michael Phelps has broken the record for most medals one by any single athlete in the modern era Olympics Games. In the pool, Phelps is the man. Outside the pool, his man is Peter Carlisle, managing director of Olympics and Action Sports at Octagon. It was June 2002 when Phelps decided that Carlisle and […]