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UCF – SPORTS AGENT BLOG
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Roc Nation Sports Announces 2020 Draft Class

Roc Nation Sports (RNS) announced the class of athletes they signed for representation as the NFL draft approaches. The class consists of four players from four different schools, with the potential to boast at least two first-round picks. They are Andrew Thomas, offensive tackle from Georgia, Julian Okwara, edge rusher from Notre Dame, CJ Henderson, […]

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UCF Gets Active In The Athlete Agent Regulation Game

Last week, a baseball agent forwarded me an email he received from the University of Central Florida (UCF) Athletic Compliance Office after he read my article, BYU’s New Football Agent Policy Another Laughable Attempt To Limit Communication Between Players And Agents.  These types of university communications and policies makes one wonder what is truly going on behind […]

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Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-Up (8/3/2012)

The Olympics have been an absolute joy to watch, even if it is tape delayed.  How about this story about a French swimmer getting a tattoo in Hebrew that translates to: “I am nothing without them.”  And what about Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram of Israel knocking off Roger Federer and Stanislas Wawrinka, who won the gold […]

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Colleges Recruiting Sports Law

UCF Clarifies Its Policy Concerning Recruitment Of Baseball Players

Back on December 2, I had a lot of good things to say about the University of Central Florida’s Compliance Office.  But commentator, Jason Wolf, mentioned an interesting inconsistency.  He correctly stated, The baseball calendar requires agents to be registered with the MLBPA. However, unless there have been very recent changes, the MLBPA does not […]

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UCF’s Compliance Office Is Golden

Sports agents have to comply with many different regulations.  There are state statutes, a federal statute (SPARTA), players’ association regulations, and NCAA regulations.  There is not an overwhelming amount of information pushed towards incoming agents to advise them about all of the necessary rules and certifications.  The easiest rules to violate without knowing it concerns […]

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Would Jordan Ever Wear Adidas Shoes?

Michael Jordan’s son, Marcus, is already causing commotion at the University of Central Florida.  According to the AP, the Freshman has  refused to wear the team’s Adidas brand shoes when he steps on the court this season.  Marcus will only rock his fathers Nike Air Jordan shoes because “it holds special meaning to his family.” […]