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With Porter signing, Falk nearly done with rebuild at FAME05 / 20 / 13D avid Falk says he’s almost done rebuilding his agency, FAME , having recently signed Georgetown forward Otto Porter Jr. , one of the top prospects in this year’s NBA draft. “We will sign two or three more players and tha... Tags: Labor and Agents |
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NCAA cautions sports agents
B ill Saum, the NCAA's director of agents, gambling and amateurism, cautioned agents at the Sports Lawyers Association conference last month that they cannot give student athletes anything of value, including a can of Coke, while recruiting them. Agents and f ...
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Fehr, MLB trade shots
Baseball union chief Donald Fehr and league negotiators traded barbs last week over the stalled collective-bargaining negotiations, blaming each other for the hardball tactics that threaten a play stoppage possibly as soon as August. Fehr Fehr, sp ...
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Hoops union: No to luxury tax
N ational Basketball Players Association Executive Director Billy Hunter said the union is not going to support the luxury tax on owners whose payrolls exceed certain levels in the next bargaining session with the NBA. Hunter also indicated that he might want changes in the curr ...
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NFLPA targets outlaw agents
The NFL Players Association has hired a special prosecutor to crack down on sleazy agents. Upshaw Gene Upshaw, executive director of the players union, said the prosecutor will be charged with buildi ...
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All 'Rosey' for Iverson's agent
A fter years of slowly but steadily growing his basketball practice, Leon Rose has cracked the upper echelon of NBA agents by signing Philadelphia 76ers superstar Allen Iverson and top draft prospect Dajuan Wagner . "It's been a wonderful year," said Rose, who has been reppin ...
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Yao selects 'own' NBA agent
Yao Ming, the expected No. 1 pick in this month's NBA draft, has hired a distant relative and a college business professor to represent him in marketing and contract negotiations. Yao hired Eric Zhang, an MBA student at the University of Chicago, and John Huizinga, a University of Chicago ...
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Gould-Firm team will market Bird
No. 1 WNBA draft pick Sue Bird is the first new client for a partnership formed by agent Jim Gould and sports agency The Firm to represent players with major marketing and entertainment potential. Sue Bird, top pick in the W ...
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U.S. bill would regulate agents
A gents who get student athletes to sign representation agreements with cash inducements or false promises could be fined and prosecuted by attorneys general in all 50 states under legislation introduced in Congress earlier this month. The Sports Agent Responsibility and Trust Ac ...
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Rudoy's firm signs prep star
N BA agent Herb Rudoy has signed high school power forward and expected first-round NBA draft pick Amare Stoudemire for representation in what could be one of the strongest draft classes ever for his company, Interperformances Inc. The company also ...
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Gould, The Firm sign Bird
WNBA No. 1 draft pick Sue Bird has signed a representation agreement with veteran NFL agent Jim Gould and The Firm, Sue Bird helped lead Connecticut to the NCAA championship in March. the company that ...
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