Labor and Agents

The MLS Players Association exercised an option in 2025 to increase its equity stake in OneTeam Partners by $5.1M, while also making an initial $1M investment in the firm’s global licensing business, OneTeam International. The moves came as the union’s licensing revenue from OneTeam grew 15.6% year ...

MLBPA agency Dynasty Elite Management has become the latest entrant into the baseball representation space. However, the Atlanta-based agency’s leaders are anything but newcomers.

WME Basketball led all agencies with three clients selected in the first round, including two in the top five, of the 2026 WNBA Draft. TCU G Olivia Miles, UCLA C Lauren Betts and South Carolina G Raven Johnson were chosen second by the Lynx, fourth by the Mystics and 10th by the Fever, respectively....

Using this week’s World Congress as a backdrop, The Team (formerly Wasserman) is launching an executive search/leadership advisory practice. Amy Segal, who has headed or handled recruitment at companies including Bloomberg, Edelman, Ogilvy & Mather, Sony Music Entertainment, Verizon, Turner, and...

Nike is entering professional lacrosse by signing a deal with the Premier Lacrosse League and its affiliated Women’s Lacrosse League to become the official apparel partner of both properties through 2028. The PLL, WLL and Nike negotiated the deal directly. Financial terms were undisclosed, but this ...

So much for the NFL offseason. At a time when most NFL and team employees are starting to envision life after the draft and maybe some PTO, the league is putting together a lengthy and significant offseason to-do list. Here’s a rundown of the most obvious big-ticket loose ends, which doesn’t even in...

Students looking to break into the sports industry got another shot at negotiating mock NFL contracts last month at Villanova. Following the 12th annual Tulane Professional Football Negotiation Competition, Villanova hosted its own event March 20-22, drawing dozens of teams from law schools across t...

Amid the frenzy of the 2026 Masters Tournament, WME Sports is adding longtime golf marketing executive Sean Guerrero as a golf agent focused on brand consulting and digital strategy, deepening the agency’s presence across the sport’s rapidly evolving commercial and digital landscape.

Women’s talent representation agency Always Alpha will begin representing tennis players with the completion of its first acquisition. The L.A.-based agency acquired tennis agency Courtside Talent, gaining a talent roster that includes Grand Slam champion Sloane Stephens, who is also represented by ...