SportsBiz - The Business of Sports Illuminated
"At the intersection of sports, business, law and money—and when you are talking about sports, you know it's all about the money."
Author: "Mark" is a recently retired corporate attorney with 30 years experience in private corporate practice specializing in mergers and acquisitions, new and emerging companies and sports law, having represented several professional sports franchises and Division I athletic programs."
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Recent Posts from SportsBiz - The Business of Sports Illuminated
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Where's the Outrage: Clips Owner Pays Millions to Settle Racial Discrimination Charges
Donald Sterling is the not only the extraordinarily cheap owner of the Los Angeles Clippers, but a Southern California real estate developer with hundred of apartments throughout the Southland. Three years ago the Justice Department…
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Adidas Ends Relationship With UCF Over Jordan Wearing Nike
The UCF Knights basketball had an exhibition game against St. Leo Wednesday night and every player but one wore adidas shoes as is required by the school's contract with the shoe and apparel contract. The…
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Adidas Plans Huge Push Behind World Cup and New Zidane Boot
Athletic wear sales tend to run in cycles. Interest often peaks around major sporting events and companies assoicated with star athletes see their sales rise as the athletes medals move up the metal scale. With…
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Election Results; The Day After
Yesterday's elections produced a few surprises and a couple of results with significant impact in the world of sports. First, the upset victory of Chris Christie in New Jersey, where he knocked off incumbent governor…
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Rondo Signs for $55 Million; Did Celtics Overpay?
It's been reported last night and today that the Celtics have signed point guard Rajon Rondo to a five year contract, worth at least $55 million. He would have been a restricted free agent at…
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BetonsSports.com Founder Gets More than Four Years in Jail
Concluding a more than four year investigation, BetonSports.com founder Gary Kaplan pleaded guilty yesterday to several felony counts and was sentenced to more than four years in jail. Kaplan, jailed since his arrest more than…
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Newstex Interview
An interview I did with Newstex, the excelllent content syndicator, can be found here. If you're not familiar with Newstex, they syndicate content to a variety of outlets including Reuters and Lexis-Nexis. You can find…
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North American Sports Day
Sunday will be a groundbreaking day in the annals of North American sports As far as I've been able to determine, Sunday will be the first day on which all four/five major professional sports leagues…
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McCourts Battle Each Other Tougher Than Dodgers Fought Phils
The McCourt divorce is going to be the gift that keeps on giving this season. Already, 700 pages of documents have been dumped on Los Angeles Superior Court, and the fight is just beginning. We're…
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Coyotes Sold to the NHL
Phoneix, your long nightmare appears to be over. Jerry Moyes has agreed to sell the Coyotes to the NHL. While the deal must still be approved by the bankruptcy court judge, that would seem to…