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Wasserman Media Group Signs Andrew Luck; Hires Luck’s Uncle

Wasserman Media Group’s Athlete Management division has been best known for the leadership of Arn Tellem, who represents some of the highest profile athletes in professional basketball and baseball.  Tellem’s name has recently been in the news regarding whether or not the Texas Rangers will sign his Japanese starting pitcher client Yu Darvish by this afternoon’s deadline, but […]

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Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-Up (10/14/2011)

Week #2 at Wolfe Law Miami, P.A. was fantastic.  I have been busy working on a healthy mix of transactional and litigation work in the entertainment, music, sports, and even internet (drafting a website purchase agreement) world.  Dynasty is also in the process of signing its first soccer player.  Today, I am finally moving my […]

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Rudy Fernandez Happy About His Change To Arn Tellem

Back in April 2011, HoopsHype reported that Rudy Fernandez sent a termination letter to Andy Miller of ASM Sports and Spanish agency U1st Agency.  At the time, it was only known that Fernandez was signing with Spanish agent David Carro of Hoops Fair Play.  Soon thereafter, Fernandez also signed with Arn Tellem of Wasserman Media Group, which provided him with a strong international […]

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Agents In Control Of Collective Bargaining Negotiations For NBA Players

With a full slate of NFL and NCAA football, it is easy to forget that any other sports exist.  However, the NBA is coming off of a fantastic season with its highest NBA Finals television ratings since 2004 (and I contend that there were much less competing TV options six years prior).  Yet, as each […]

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2011 MLB Draft Round 1 Advisors/Players List

First Round Gerrit Cole (Pittsburgh Pirates) – Boras Corp. – I assume this negotiation was not as brutal as Pedro Alvarez’s? Danny Hultzen (Seattle Mariners) – Creative Artists Agency Trevor Bauer (Arizona Diamondbacks) – Wasserman Media Group Dylan Bundy (Baltimore Orioles) – Jay Franklin (BBI Sports Group) – I hope he will look as good […]

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Arn Tellem/Don Nomura Planning For Yu Darvish’s Posting

Some of the hottest baseball players who are eligible for free agency after the 2011 MLB season include Prince Fielder, Jose Reyes, and Albert Pujols (go here for a list of all 2012 MLB free agents).  However, one of the most sought after baseball players may be someone who is currently in MLB affiliated ball.  His […]

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Powerful NBA Agents Seek Use Of Decertification Weapon

Over the weekend, Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports Tweeted the following: [blackbirdpie url=”http://www.twitter.com/WojYahooNBA/status/94530707271061504″] Wojnarowski Tweeted that statement after Arn Tellem of Wasserman Media Group, Mark Bartelstein of Priority Sports, and many other prominent basketball agents met with National Basketball Players Association (NBPA) Executive Director Billy Hunter on Friday to talk about the NBA lockout (which […]

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Navigating Francisco Rodriguez’s No-Trade Clause

When I first heard that Francisco (K-Rod) Rodriguez was switching agents from Paul Kinzer of Wasserman Media Group to Scott Boras of Boras Corp., I praised Kinzer for a job well done in his representation of the former New York Mets closer.  After all, Kinzer helped Rodriguez negotiate a 3-year, $37 million deal, which included a very impressive $17.5 […]

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Has Billy Hunter Neutered The Influence Of Powerful Player Agents?

There are plenty of articles about the NBA lockout, and perhaps none will be better than the one recently written at Grantland by Bill Simmons.  A little over a week ago, though, David Aldridge at NBA.com wrote an in-depth piece about the lockout, which is also a recommended read.  Instead of summarizing Aldridge’s lengthy write-up, […]