Labor and Agents
NFLPA C-suite veteran Don Davis to step down
Veteran NFLPA Chief Player Officer Don Davis will leave the union after 16 years, interim Exec Dir David White informed staff and players Wednesday.
WNBPA issues statement of solidarity, rejects latest league proposal
The WNBPA executive committee issued a joint statement Wednesday claiming they are not divided despite recent criticism from their inner circle and that a recent player survey reaffirmed the league’s latest proposal remains inadequate.
Fred VanVleet leads NBPA push to rebuild player trust
Rockets G & NBPA President Fred VanVleet has “taken on the task of rebuilding players’ trust in the organization” with the leading union role, according to Tania Ganguli of the N.Y. TIMES. The union has faced pressure from members, who elected VanVleet as president last summer, for a CBA that “s...
Plum, Stewart hint at player unrest within WNBPA
A week before a league-imposed deadline to finalize a deal or expect a disrupted WNBA season, two marquee players on the WNBPA’s executive committee -- Kelsey Plum and Breanna Stewart -- sent a letter out of frustration Monday to Exec Dir Terri Jackson, exposing a schism between the union and its pl...
Plum, Stewart at odds with WNBPA, hint at player unrest leaguewide
A week before a league-imposed deadline to finalize a deal or expect a disrupted WNBA season, two marquee players on the WNBPA’s executive committee -- Kelsey Plum and Breanna Stewart -- sent a letter out of frustration Monday to Exec Dir Terri Jackson, exposing a schism between the union and its pl...
CAA Baseball adds two agents
Ex-WME MLBPA certified agents Braden Looper and Matt Nimer are joining CAA’s baseball division. Both will report to CAA’s co-heads of baseball Andrew Nacario, Matt Ricatto and Ryan Hamill. Nimer will be based out of N.Y. and Looper will be based out of Chicago.
Wasserman Hockey responds to Globe column about clients’ potential status
The “toxicity around” the appearance of Casey Wasserman’s emails in the Epstein files could lead “some NHL players to sever business ties with their Wasserman Hockey-related reps,” according to Kevin Dupont of the BOSTON GLOBE.
WNBPA not planning new strike authorization vote amid player pushback
The WNBPA is not immediately planning a new strike authorization vote, sources said Friday, even though a perceived loud minority of players this week began to rethink a potential work stoppage.
How Megan Keller’s golden goal is paying off for Bartlett Hockey
Megan Keller was never supposed to be a cornerstone of Bartlett Hockey’s business. When she met co-leaders Brian and Scott Bartlett over lunch in Boston, there was no Professional Women’s Hockey League and she was living largely off USA Hockey stipends.
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A nice little campfire makes you feel warm. You got marshmallows and s’mores. But if it turns into a wildfire -- that kind of feels like where we are right now. I don’t know how you rein it back in.-- Rockets G and NBPA President Fred VanVleet, on how the ubiquity of sports gambling has impacted NBA players.
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