- Decertification still has a role
- Ruling shakes workers' comp fight
- Rival, Dutt sign prospect Robinson
- Some teams want deals done quickly
- Kelly: Owners will try to boost share
- Wasserman expanding golf business
- Wagner to depart IMG golf division
- Agents discuss expanded NFL rosters
- Agents worry for NBPA's future
- Slams face rare labor fight
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Union leaders say decertification still has role as labor tactic05 / 21 / 12Just when conventional thinking in the industry was that the concept of decertification was dead, two players association leaders raised the specter of dissolving sports unions in the future at this year’s Sports Lawyers Association annual me... Tags: Labor and Agents |
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Ruling shakes workers' comp fight
In a ruling that could alter the sparring between the NFL and NFL Players Association over where players can file workers’ compensation claims, a California regulatory body said earlier this month that it would respect provisions of an NFL contract that specified the state in which such claims ...
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Rival, Dutt sign prospect Robinson
R ival Sports Group and veteran NBA agent Tony Dutt have signed Kansas power forward Thomas Robinson , one of this year’s top draft prospects. NBAdraft.net ranked Robinson No. 2 overall last week; DraftExpress.com ranked him No. 4. ...
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Some teams want deals done quickly
NFL clubs historically have waited until July to start signing first-round picks. This year, that process was starting early last week, only a few days after the draft, with a few general managers, agents said, looking to get their top picks signed. ...
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Kelly: Owners will try to boost share
F ormer NHL Players’ Association Executive Director Paul Kelly said he doesn’t think players will try to get rid of the salary cap and expects NHL owners to seek a greater share of revenue in negotiations for a new collective-bargain ...
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Wasserman expanding golf business
Wasserman Media Group is expanding its golf business by forming Wasserman Golf, giving the practice its own balance sheet while pressing forward with new hires and potentially new lines of business within the sport, such as event management and ownership, media rights and content creation. In the ...
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Wagner to depart IMG golf division
IMG Golf suffered another significant loss last week when industry veteran Jon Wagner abruptly parted with the company, representing another high-ranking leader within IMG that has departed the golf division in the last year. It was last June that Mark Steinberg, the head of IMG Golf, said he and ...
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Agents discuss expanded NFL rosters
N FL agents had differing views on a plan announced by the league last week to expand club roster limits to 90 players before the final cut down to 53 players when the season begins. Teams have had a roster limit of 80 in the spring and summer ...
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Agents worry for NBPA's future
As National Basketball Players Association Executive Director Billy Hunter and President Derek Fisher were engaged in a battle for control of the union last week, NBA agents and sports labor experts questioned whether either one, or the union itself, would survive the increasingly nasty, public figh ...
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Slams face rare labor fight
When Wimbledon on Wednesday unveils prize money for this year’s fortnight, the news is likely to trigger far more reaction in the sport than what typically greets a historically mundane and quickly forgotten news item about an increase of a few percentage points in the size of the purse. Wh ...
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Falk active again in NBA's first round
Last week’s news that top NBA prospects Jared Sullinger and Austin Rivers had signed with veteran agent David Falk had some people in the business asking whether the deals were the start of a comeback for Falk. “I never stopped ...
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