The video above is quite humorous. The video under this text and before the links is not intended to give you a laugh, but still is pretty damn good in my book. It has been a relaxing week. I finished my last finals of my second year of law school, and had a lot of […]
Tag: Sports Agents
What took them so long? As sports agents, we have a fiduciary duty to act in our clients’ best interests at all times. That includes informing them of the ramifications of abusing an illegal substance. It also means that we can’t be pushing or selling performance enhancing drugs to our clients. All of us would […]
I am back home in Hollywood, FL. enjoying a little time off from school and working hard as ever on existing and new business opportunities. If you trust me to read one article, read this one. It is amazingly inspiring and a terrific piece. So, I own stock in Blackberry (RIMM). It has received a […]
The 35th Annual (SLA) Sports Lawyers Association Conference will be held this May 14-16 in Chicago, Illinois. Registration is currently open and the conference agenda is officially posted. The event starts on Thursday May 14, and goes pretty much all day on Friday, and Saturday. The conference agenda includes some amazing speakers and covers very […]
When a business owner is looking to gain investors to fund a young and promising company, he usually will put together a strong Powerpoint or Word Document and “pitch” potential cash cows. In many ways, a pitch to a potential investor is much like the pitch an agent gives to a potential client. As an […]
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Are We Really Needed?
As somebody already in the sports agent profession or a student looking to one day get your big break, this story may not be something that pleases you. The title asks, Are We Really Needed? A couple of times in the past, I have disagreed with players dropping their agents in favor of self representation […]
I am a big fan of Kelly Perdew. A mutual friend of ours, Joe Favorito, suggested that I invite the einner of Season 2 “The Apprentice” and CEO of Rotohog to the 2009 UF Sports Law Symposium. I took Joe up on his suggestion and Kelly provided some great insight for everybody in attendance. I […]
Back in November, I wrote about the Pittsburgh Pirates global recruiting effort, especially the pickup of Rinku Singh and Dinesh Patel, contestants in India’s “Million Dollar Arm” reality TV contest. While their future within the Pirates’ organization is still unknown, Darren Rovell reported on Monday with updates to their story. When I mentioned last time […]
I am currently in Tampa, already had some very productive meetings, and plan to head to the Yardbarker/GQ/Jack Daniels party hosted by Terrell Owens tonight. Tomorrow, I will head to an event titled, Network with the Pros. I just received a press release about the event and am happy to pass along the information. If […]
Recently, Gary Wimsett, Jr., Esq., an attorney with Flanagan & Marchewka, LLP and an agent with Balefire Representation, an athlete and artist representation agency, conducted a telephone interview with L. Jon Wertheim, senior writer for Sports Illustrated, and author of the new book, Blood in the Cage: Mixed Martial Arts, Pat Miletich, and the Furious […]