McIlroy Leaving Horizon To Start Own Group CAA Grows More Active In Sports Did NFLPA Enact A Jay-Z Rule? IMG Hires Action Sports Agent Carl Harris California Assembly Passes Workers' Comp Bill NFL Jets' Geno Smith Fires Agents Could LeBron Jump To Roc Nation? CAA Leads With Five First-Round NFL Picks MLBPA Waiting On Jay-Z Agent Application Columnist: Boras Should Drop Claims To Cano
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Rory McIlroy Leaving Horizon Sports To Form His Own Management Group05 / 17 / 13Golfer Rory McIlroy is "planning to leave Horizon Sports and set up his own management company, made up of some friends, family and close confidants," according to Karl MacGinty of the IRISH INDEPENDENT. McIlroy's father, Gerry, is "expected to play a prominent role in the new operation." Rory McIlr... Tags: Labor and Agents |
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CAA Grows More Active In Sports
The emergence of William Morris Endeavor “as a superpower to challenge the hegemony of CAA has altered the talent representation playing field for everyone,” according to Cynthia Littleton of VARIETY. The biggest change among agencies is the "growing complexity of these companies as busi ...
Did NFLPA Enact A Jay-Z Rule?
The NFLPA has enacted an amendment to its rules "tightening undergraduate and post-graduate degree requirements" for agents representing players, according to Mike Freeman of CBSSPORTS.com. The rule states that agents "must come from an accredited college but there's no question that if you don ...
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IMG Hires Action Sports Agent Carl Harris
IMG has hired longtime action sports agent Carl Harris and landed his roster of clients, which is headlined by 14-year-old Japanese snowboard star Ayumu Hirano. Hirano made news this year when he earned an X Games Silver Medal in the superpipe competition and second place at the Burton U.S. Open of ...
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California Assembly Passes Workers' Comp Bill
Legislation that would “restrict most professional athletes from out-of-state teams from filing claims in California workers' compensation courts won overwhelming approval Thursday in the state Assembly,” according to Marc Lifsher of the L.A. TIMES. Despite “aggressive lobbying&rdq ...
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NFL Jets' Geno Smith Fires Agents
Jets second-round NFL Draft pick QB Geno Smith recently " fired his agents in his first significant decision" as a pro after he "plummeted" out of the first round of the NFL Draft last week, according to Manish Mehta of the N.Y. DAILY NEWS. Smith's "belief that he would have -- and should have -- b ...
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Could LeBron Jump To Roc Nation?
Grantland’s Bill Simmons speculated in his podcast that Heat F LeBron James could leave his current agent, CAA’s Rich "Shorty" Paul, and sign with CAA-backed Roc Nation Sports Agency, operated by Jay-Z. Simmons said of Leon Rose, who was James’ agent before Paul and is "tied in" wi ...
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CAA Leads With Five First-Round NFL Picks
CAA Sports led all agencies in the first round of Thursday night’s NFL Draft with five clients selected, including the No. 2 overall pick, Texas A&M OT Luke Joeckel. Three Octagon clients were chosen in the first round, the same number as Lagardère Unlimited, whose Joel Segal reps t ...
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MLBPA Waiting On Jay-Z Agent Application
MLBPA Exec Dir Michael Weiner, in his first public comments on the matter, said the union would consider Jay-Z' decision to sell his interest in the Nets , among other things, in deciding whether to grant him permanent certification to represent MLB players in contract talks with clubs. Jay-Z and t ...
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Columnist: Boras Should Drop Claims To Cano
MLB agent Scott Boras should "turn the page" and let Yankees 2B Robinson Cano join Jay-Z' new sports agency "without a fight," according to Buster Olney of ESPN.com. Cano last week announced plans to join Roc Nation Sports , which is working with CAA Sports. Olney wrote about Boras, "Just move on. ...
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Murray Agency Creates Globosport Partnership
XIX Entertainment, which represents tennis player Andy Murray, on Thursday announced an “intriguing new partnership with Globosport, the company run by" Indian tennis player Mahesh Bhupathi, to "explore business opportunities in China and India,” according to Kevin Mitchell of the GUARDI ...
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