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NFL will wait till next year’s draft on other calendar decisions06 / 17 / 13The NFL may re-evaulate the timing of offseason activities that surround its annual draft, but any decisions on schedule changes would not come until after next May’s event, according to Atlanta Falcons President and CEO Rich McKay , who is ... Tags: Labor and Agents |
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Agent recalls his start with Shulman
S teve Herz was just starting out as a sports broadcasting agent in 1994 when a guy he met at a wedding told him he should sign a Canadian sports play-by-play announcer named Dan Shulman . “He was really convincing, he said, ‘You ...
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Agent Young near agreement to join Excel
N BA player agent Lance Young has left Octagon after about a decade working there and is close to a deal to join Excel Sports Management , sources said. If Young, who co-represented Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry and other NB ...
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IMG hires coach's son, agent
IMG has hired Matt Smith, son and agent of Chicago Bears head coach Lovie Smith, who will represent his father in both on-the-field and off-the-field work, including endorsements, as well as any future broadcasting work and literary efforts. Smith, 26, a graduate of Northwestern and Loyola Chicag ...
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Rule changes for NFL agents
In a normal year, veteran NFL player agent Alan Herman would amass between 60,000 and 70,000 air miles during the fall recruiting college football players for the next year’s NFL draft. But this year, Herman, who has 1.5 million air miles in the bank, says he expects to add another 150,000. Th ...
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NFLPA: Owners confirmed collusion
Did the Washington Redskins and Dallas Cowboys point blank tell an NFL arbitrator that the league engaged in collusion two years ago? That is the contention of the union in legal filings last week, contradicting the NFL’s previous assertion that there was no collusion in 2010. The union has ...
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Agent may organize tour for NHLers
N HL player agent Pat Brisson , who organized a tour of locked-out NHL players in 2004, may do the same this year if the NHL lockout extends another month. “We did it last time,” said Brisson, co-head of CAA Sports ’ hockey ...
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Meehan’s hockey optimism goes unrewarded
D on Meehan , founder of Newport Sports Management , said that before talks began for a new NHL collective-bargaining agreement this summer he was hopeful a deal could be reached, more hopeful than he was before the 2004-05 NHL lockout. &ldqu ...
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Heneghan joins Cornerstone Sports
Lal Heneghan, who has more than 20 years of experience working in the NFL, is now working for Cornerstone Sports Consulting, which is advising college football players at eight Division I colleges and universities. Heneghan most recently was the San Francisco 49ers’ general counsel and exec ...
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Junior agents leaving for rivals
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Mintz, former employer head to court
Editor's note: This story is revised from the print edition. A jury trial in federal court scheduled for next month in Los Angeles could determine whether NBA player agent Aaron Mintz can leave and take clients from his former employer Priority Sports & Entertainment to his new employer, ...
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