Had enough A-Rod yet? How about Johnny Manziel? Don’t worry, football is coming and fantasy sports will soon consume your lives. This week on FORBES: (1) Canadian Football League Contract Negotiated By Unlicensed Agent Has The Players Association Up In Arms; (2) Alex Rodriguez Shellacking To Continue With Today’s Suspension Announcement; (3) Colorado Rockies Served With Class Action […]
A couple of days ago, the following Tweet by NFLPA Contract Advisor Blake Baratz caught my attention: [blackbirdpie url=”https://twitter.com/blakebaratz/status/339557588339400705″] Later that day, I spoke to Josh Luchs, author of Illegal Procedure: A Sports Agent Comes Clean On The Dirty Business Of College Football, who once said to me, “this new runner rule isn’t difficult to enforce, it’s […]
Big news this week with Jay-Z bringing his empire into the world of sports representation. There are a few stories related to that linked below, and many more across the internet. The Final Four is about to begin, and yesterday I tweeted a few things about Michigan players looking to leave early. Follow me on […]
Yesterday, New York Giants wide receiver Victor Cruz received a $2.879 million, 1-year tender. The amount is the biggest tender for a restricted free agent, but obviously not what the star WR is looking for after outperforming a rookie 3-year, $1.1215 million deal. Besides thinking about the tender, Cruz was busy securing new representation. According to […]
“Founded by a team of professionals with over 40 years of combined experience in corporate finance, marketing, law, and sports, DSI understands the new opportunities and challenges that athletes have today.” That’s how the second paragraph of Dimensional Sports, Inc.’s (DSI) “Who We Are” page on its website begins. The company was co-founded by attorney […]
New York Giants wide receiver Victor Cruz had the type of year that athletes dream about. It was not a story that many surrounding the business of football could have ever imagined. Cruz, undrafted in 2010 after graduating from the University of Massachusetts, broke the former New York Giants single-season receiving yards record, racking up […]
Football-heavy Friday Wrap-Up this week. Chicago was a lot of fun last weekend. I will be heading out to Las Vegas this coming Wednesday evening and will be out there for roughly five nights. The trip has a mixed purpose; both business and pleasure. The press recently seems quite preoccupied with the New Orleans Saints […]
Between signing new clients, continuing to get settled in my new apartment in Ft. Lauderdale, providing new (hopefully quality) posts to this website, promoting the hell out of my guys (Clint Robinson up for Triple Crown winner in the Texas League!), doing some Trademark & Family Law work, and much more – this has been […]