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Liz Mullen
Staff writer Liz Mullen covers labor, agents and horse racing.
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NBPA’s Stackhouse: Search for leader in full swing05 / 20 / 13National Basketball Players Association officials met with NHL Players’ Association Executive Director Don Fehr and MLB Players Association Executive Director Michael Weiner last month as part of their effort to find a new head for the players union. “The process has started, and for ... Tags: Labor and Agents |
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History backs trust in Steve Fehr
If negotiations between the NHL and NHL Players’ Association for a new labor deal go off the rails, Steve Fehr, the union’s special counsel and younger brother of NHLPA Executive Director Don Fehr, could be the guy behind the scenes who gets things back on track. ...
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NFLPA enters conflict involving LMM
The NFL Players Association is reviewing the relationship between the player representation firm run by Ethan Lock, Eric Metz and Vance Malinovic and a financial advisory group called Your Source Financial and, in turn, that firm’s alleged association with a financial adviser who is being sued ...
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Lawsuits stack up against adviser
Seven current or former NFL players and gold-medal-winning soccer player Heather Mitts have filed lawsuits against athlete financial adviser Billy Crafton over the last few months. Former Pro Bowl cornerback Patrick Surtain, current Seattle Seahawks linebacker Matt McCoy and free agent linebacker ...
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Olympics golden for marketing agencies
Two U.S.-based global sports marketing firms, Wasserman Media Group and Octagon, posted their own impressive performances at the London Olympics, representing athletes who took home a combined 53 Olympic medals, 34 of them gold. ...
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More deals on horizon for Phelps
Michael Phelps is close to announcing two new partnerships with companies that are not Olympic sponsors, the swimmer’s agent, Peter Carlisle, said last week. Carlisle, managing director of Olympics and action sports for Octagon, declined to identify the companies, citing confidentiality agr ...
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Unique deal for Dolphins, player
Miami Dolphins quarterback Ryan Tannehill was the only player selected in the top nine spots of this year’s NFL draft who did not avoid offset language in his contract with his club, but what he got in exchange was increased cash flow allowing him to get large chunks of his pay earlier than so ...
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Broncos sign with Manning partners
Photo by: GETTY IMAGES The Denver Broncos have signed agreements with two more companies that sponsor the club’s new quarterback, Peyton Manning: DirecTV and Papa John’s pizza, accordi ...
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Teams try to link sponsors, athletes
Indianapolis rookie quarterback Andrew Luck must make good-faith efforts to work exclusively with Colts sponsors before signing marketing deals with competing companies under the terms of the contract he signed with the club, according to sources familiar with the deal. Fellow rookie quarterbacks ...
Advisers apply to NFLPA
The NFL Players Association has resumed accepting applications for financial advisers to be certified in its program, under new rules that require more experience and a more stringent background check. “The program had been on pretty much a hiatus for about three years,” said Dana Ham ...
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Fehr may propose new economic model
What will Don Fehr’s first move be in the NHL’s collective-bargaining negotiations? That’s the predominant question among observers of the talks, which actively started six weeks ago and continued last week. There’s a growing belief that Fehr, NHL Players’ Associatio ...
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