Immediately following the NFLPA’s decertification as a union for NFL players, turning it into a trade association representing professional football players’ interests, Twitter blew up with football agents Tweeting their concerns that athlete representation is going to turn into the Wild Wild West. Nate Haber of PlayersRep Sports Management tweeted: “With the decertification of the […]
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The latest regulatory trend concerns states pushing to “strengthen” their athlete agent laws. This push is probably based on increased media attention paid to student-athletes receiving money and other benefits from sports agents. The article that was likely read by every Sponsor of a piece of legislation to enhance athlete agents laws is Sports Illustrated’s […]
It is not yet law, but the state of Arkansas is one step closer to having a tougher law regulating sports agents. Last week, the Arkansas House of Representatives passed a bill titled THE ATHLETE AGENT REFORM ACT OF 2011 (embedded at the bottom of this post in its entirety). House Bill 1061 by Rep. […]
While in “the business” for only a short amount of time, I have become perplexed by the concept of the client recruiting process – the stories of true relationships, those that are fake, and some that end like bad marriages have given me an interest in why it is so tedious both from a compliance […]
It has recently become a trend for state attorneys general to claim that sports agents will be prosecuted for violating their respective state athlete agent laws. Whether there is anything behind their words remains to be seen. The most recent attorney general to put sports agents on notice is Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel. McDaniel […]
Let’s call it a wrap on the Florida Gators football season. It’s too bad we can’t call it a wrap on this Cameron Newton mess. It’s like Brett Favre coverage, but with something that actually matters. At some point, though, enough is enough. Today is the deadline for MLB teams to set their 40 Man […]
Rosh Hashanah ends and Shabbat begins. College football and NFL football are back. No doubt, the year has officially begun. With a full slate of college and professional games on TV this Saturday and Sunday, I doubt many people will be making out of their houses this weekend. That gives you plenty of an opportunity […]
It’s about time we give a big old SHALOM to Amar’e Stoudemire. The man is enjoying his time in Israel and really embracing the culture, after finding out that his mother is Jewish. Shabbat at my apartment next time you are down in South Florida. Check out the video at the end of this post […]
We have stressed this point many times on SportsAgentBlog.com – Don’t limit yourself to only pursuing a career in sports agency; there are not many good jobs out there in the profession, and there are a ridiculous number of people willing to do almost anything to break in. That said, don’t lose your dream of […]
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Illinois To Become 39th UAAA State
As of right now, there are 9 states and one territory that do not have any laws intended to regulate the practice of sports agents. They are: Alaska, Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, Puerto Rico, Vermont, and Virginia. With increasing public scrutiny of agent practices, at least 1 of those states will be wiped off of that list at the beginning of […]