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 […]
The following guest contribution was written by Jacob Cohen (@jco5190), who interned in the Athlete Marketing and Client Representation at Octagon Football. As social media outlets become more and more abundant in the business world, those who fail to adapt will be left at a considerable disadvantage. In the cutthroat world of the NFL agency […]
I am just a little bit obsessed with Twitter. Truthfully, all sports agents should be attached to the social media service, as well as competitors such as Facebook. I do not know of many athletes who are not active on Twitter and/or Facebook. Thus, agents need to be active in monitoring their clients’ activities on […]
Yesterday, I published my first article at Forbes (I recently signed an agreement to become a Contributor for the magazine’s SportsMoney column). The article is titled, University Of Miami Unveils Football Agent Policy Aimed At ‘Limiting Distractions’, and it looks at the recently implemented policy that attempts to restrict communication between football agents and football players […]
What: University of Miami School of Law 15th Annual Entertainment & Sports Law Symposium Co-Hosted by the Miami Marlins When: Saturday, April 14, 2012 Where: Marlins Park, 501 Marlins Way, Miami, Florida 33125 Schedule BREAKFAST, REGISTRATION, AND OPENING REMARKS: 8:00AM – 8:40AM Breakfast, registration, and opening remarks will occur before the start of the symposium. PANEL I: 8:40AM – […]
This Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-Up is coming to you from the New Orleans Airport. I will be back in Miami in approximately 2 hours. Just wrapped up another great time in NOLA where I was fortunate to judge Tulane’s Baseball Arbitration Competition for the second straight year. It was also my birthday yesterday, which always […]
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 […]
The following is a guest contribution from Heather Brittany (@HeatherBrit). Heather is currently a law student at Loyola Law School, Los Angeles and Sports Chair of its Entertainment & Sports Law Society. The internet is littered with stories of university coaches banning their players from tweeting. Most recently, South Carolina football coach Steve Spurrier joined […]
A lot of people are calling last night’s NBA Draft a total bore, but I kept myself busy Tweeting away as picks were announced. The result of which is the 2011 NBA Draft Listing of Players Selected and Their Agents. If you are a regular to the site, it is a post you won’t want […]
Todd Reynolds is Vice President of hockey agency Uptown Sports Management. Todd Reynolds is rightfully getting blasted by the media for his Tweets regarding Sean Avery’s support of same-gender marriage. [blackbirdpie url=”http://twitter.com/#!/uptownhockey/status/67689998723457024″] [blackbirdpie url=”http://twitter.com/#!/uptownhockey/status/67716159398617088″] [blackbirdpie url=”http://twitter.com/#!/uptownhockey/status/67717068581122048″] Usually we cover athletes using social media for wrong reasons. This time it is an agency Tweeting without care about […]