Miami Heat. Repeat. I had a blast in Minneapolis, Minnesota this week speaking at the Brewer Sports Symposium’s Sports Law For Rookies And Veterans event. Bill Plaschke wrote a really strong article about Los Angeles Dodgers team president Stan Kasten and his relationship with his father, who survived Nazi concentration camps. Pots and pans are still banging in […]
Prior coverage of MLB Draft (advisor/player) relationships: 2012| 2011 Keep up with Sports Agent Blog on Twitter | Facebook | RSS First Round + Competitive Balance A Highlights Frontline Sports Management with 5 clients selected – 12.82% Excel Sports Management with 5 clients selected – 12.82% Scott Boras with 4 clients selected – 10.26% Jet Sports Management with 4 clients selected – 10.26% Sosnick Cobbe with 3 […]
The 2013 MLB First-Year Player Draft begins on June 6 and runs through June 8. Teams are busy finalizing their draft boards, which includes a lot of discussions with scouts who have spent numerous hours watching high school and college baseball players perform with the hope that they will some day make it onto an […]
In 2009, MLBPA Certified Agents Larry O’Brien, Kurt Varricchio and Barton Cerioni agreed to merge their athlete representation firms to form Full Circle Sports Management, LLC. The company strictly focuses on the representation of professional baseball players with roughly 10 Major League Baseball players as clients, including Detroit Tigers pitcher Phil Coke. One of its clients was St. Louis Cardinals right handed pitcher […]
Happy Mother’s Day this Sunday to all the moms who read and enjoy Sports Agent Blog. After a very tough Game 1, my Miami Heat came back to destroy the Chicago Bulls in Game 2 of the East Semis. I absolutely love this time of year when NBA Playoffs basketball really heats up. On Forbes […]
My annual March Madness trip to Las Vegas was a success. I made it back alive and actually won money. I actually had Florida Gulf Coast University covering against Georgetown and San Diego State, and wanted to bet the moneyline on each, but just was not brave enough to do it. Hopefully my Gators are […]
This week’s Friday wrap-up is coming to you from the very cold Chicago, Illinois, where I am speaking on potential helmet manufacturer liability in the pending NFL concussion cases at DePaul University College of Law. Playboy is launching a Hebrew language edition…oy vey? This week on Forbes: (1) BMX Gets Some Energy With New Monster Army […]
I really enjoyed spending last weekend in New York and speaking at the New York Law School Sports Law Symposium. However, it surely is nice to be back in the warm South Florida climate, even if it is supposed to reach 45 degrees here on Monday. And then on Thursday, I’m back up north. This […]
Shabbat Shalom from New York, New York, where the temperature is just slightly cooler than that of tropical Miami, Florida. I will be speaking at the 4th Annual New York Law School Sports Law Symposium later today on NFL concussion litigation and breaking into the sports industry. In two weeks, I will be up in […]
I hope everybody had a lovely Valentine’s Day. I am looking forward to head up to New York next week to speak at the 4th Annual New York Law School Sports Law Symposium. Slight change: I will be speaking on the Concussion Litigation panel as opposed to the Negotiating Media Rights Acquisitions Panel. I will […]