WMG Nearing Deal For SFX Golf

Wasserman Media Group is close to finalizing a deal to acquire SFX Golf, a major golf agency which represents 30-40 golf and broadcast clients, including John Daly and Rickie Fowler , sources said. A WMG spokesperson declined comment; SFX Golf CEO John Mascatello did not return a phone call. L. ...

Players Seek Damages From NFL TV Deals

The NFLPA Thursday filed court papers in federal court in Minnesota seeking a multimillion-dollar compensatory and punitive damages award, as well as an injunction seeking to prevent the NFL from receiving more than $4B in television revenues if no NFL games are played during the lockout. The pla ...

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NFLPA Files Injunction Over TV Revenues

The NFLPA Thursday filed court papers in federal court in Minnesota seeking a multimillion dollar compensatory and punitive damages award, as well as an injunction seeking to prevent the NFL from receiving more than $4B in television revenues if no NFL games are played during the lockout. The player ...

NFL Asks Court To Deny NFLPA Motion

The NFL today filed a legal memorandum asking a federal court to deny a motion filed by NFL players asking that the NFL lockout be enjoined, questioning whether the NFLPA had legally decertified as a union. The U.S. District Court in Minnesota is scheduled to hear arguments in the pla ...

NFLPA Affirms Its Licensing Rights

Keith Gordon says NFL locked out sponsors along with players The NFLPA’s marketing and licensing arm today issued a strongly worded statement saying that it does have the right to use group player licensing rights in deals with NFL and non-NFL sponsors and disputing public comment ...

NFLPA Discusses Breakdown In CBA Talks

Pete Kendall , the permanent player rep for the NFLPA, said Friday that NFL owners last week, on the last day of their mediation talks with players, took off the table the players’ ability to share in the growth of future revenue by making the NFL salary cap a fixed cost. Kendall made his comme ...

NFL Players Respond To Goodell Letter

NFL players at the annual meeting of the NFLPA Friday in Marco Island, Fla., said it was possible that they could talk with the NFL, but not as a union. They said they viewed a letter sent by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell to all players Thursday as a way to divide them. “Any negotiations from thi ...

NFLPA Continues Meeting In Florida

The NFLPA is set to hold its second full day of meetings today in Marco Island, Fla., where player reps and other players are expected to be updated by the organization's Exec Committee on, among other things, what happened in the federally mediated CBA talks that resulted in the NFLPA decertifying ...

NFL Players Allege Draft Is Illegal

While speculation over the past few days has centered on whether top NFL Draft prospects will attend the NFL Draft in N.Y. next month, players in the antitrust case filed Friday have alleged that the Draft is a violation of antitrust laws and is illegal. It is not expected that the players in the  T ...

NFL Players Discuss CBA Talks

NFL Players trade association leaders Kevin Mawae , Saints QB Drew Brees and Colts C Jeff Saturday held a conference call with the media today to refute what they said was misinformation and false reporting about the NFL CBA talks, including how close they were to a deal before the union decert ...