What should be my undergraduate major? Is law school necessary? What books should I read on the subject? What classes should I take? How do I break into the industry? Those are some of the most common questions I get. There is no answer to any one of those questions, but one thing that I […]
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If Dancing with the Stars, a crazy guy with a peephole, and ESPN share something in common – it’s Erin Andrews (EA). The longstanding relationship between her and the leader in sports, ESPN, may be coming to a close – this July, according to multiple sources. Currently, her camp, agent Babette Perry of IMG, is in negotiations […]
Can Twitter officially be considered a game changer? Some of my clients refuse to join the service. After hearing their reasoning, I personally don’t blame them. I am not ready to call the social network a game changer just yet. Until I see it bring a substantial benefit to a professional athlete, I’ll call it […]
Marc Cornstein is the Founder & President of Pinnacle Management Corp. (PMC). The New York agency focuses solely on representing basketball players in the United States and overseas. Its website and blog are infrequently updated (someone needs to tell Cornstein that the main image on his homepage is a broken image), but perhaps that is […]
As many of you may or may not know, I am currently interning for Dynasty Athlete Representation, LLC, under someone who I consider to be a great role model and most importantly a friend – Darren Heitner. Ever since I realized I would not be the ‘shining star’ on the court as I always wanted […]
While no state and no players’ association requires an agent to be an attorney in order to become a licensed sports agent (the NFL does require that the person have a postgraduate degree, though), many agents did go to law school, and quite a few have passed at least one state Bar Exam. There are […]
Henry Abbott of ESPN’s TrueHoop recently wrote a piece concerning how sports agents promise the world to athletes in order to give them a fighting chance at being hired for representation purposes. He draws interesting comparisons to the medical and real estate worlds, where many doctors and real estate brokers will over-promise and under-deliver. Alonzo […]
Steve Herz is the President of IF Management, Inc. He was also the subject of an Interview with the Agent piece conducted almost two years ago. He also wants his $7,000 watch back. More than three dozen suspected thieves have been cleaning out Manhattan health clubs, busting locks and snatching cash and valuables as victims […]
We are a week away from the date that MLB players who filed for arbitration and the teams they most recently played for, have to exchange figures prior to a potential arbitration hearing. Even if figures are traded, actual hearings are very rare; most players and teams will settle prior to seeing any arbitrators. Sports […]
Ryan O’Keefe gives us another look at the Gilbert Arenas issue. It is difficult to deem anything involving Gilbert Arenas as a surprise anymore. However, storing guns in his locker and then being accused of drawing a weapon on teammate Javaris Crittenton during an alleged altercation over a gambling debt certainly is not only surprising, […]