Someone ought to write a book about all the crooked agents.
Someone ought to write a book about all the crooked agents.
There must not be as much money in track as I thought. HSI represented Mo Greene and all the top sprinters.
I googled Emanuel Hudson and found out he's a divorce attorney
http://www.yelp.com/biz/hudson-and-associates-attorneys-at-law-irvine
Are the real agents doing football and basketball?
Some of Michael Jackson's accusers got paid off.
How did that go down without a lawyer?
When is something like this extortion and when is it being a lawyer? Is the implication that he knew the scheme was false?
Another thought wrote:
Someone ought to write a book about all the crooked agents.
You mean Charlie Wells?http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/trackandfield/news/story?id=3267396
Our tremendous Attorney General, Eric Holder, will say that you are racist for bringing up the arrest of Mr. Hudson !!!
glovedone wrote:
Some of Michael Jackson's accusers got paid off.
How did that go down without a lawyer?
When is something like this extortion and when is it being a lawyer? Is the implication that he knew the scheme was false?
Funny that you wrote that. When I told my brother about the story, he said exactly what you said. Didn't MJ pay off his accusers? Is that not allowed.
Back when I was at Cornell, I had conversations about this type of thing with Cornell law students. I can't remember exactly their answer. I think you are allowed to structure NDA's for payment. It's all about how you write up.
If Hudson goes to them and says, "Sheik, this is a really unfortunate situation. My client is devastated and doesn't want to have to testify. To avoid having to testify, she's willing to take a payment and sign an NDA."
Is that allowed?
Any lawyers on here?
You'd think sports agents knowing what they must know about doping would be used to this type of thing. Hey, if you give my client antoher ** years, we'll make sure they sign a NDA and not tell the press about **.
Wasnt some agent going to write a book about the sport. I know I recall somethings from past posts.
When were charges ever filed against Jackson?
rojo wrote:
glovedone wrote:Some of Michael Jackson's accusers got paid off.
How did that go down without a lawyer?
When is something like this extortion and when is it being a lawyer? Is the implication that he knew the scheme was false?
Funny that you wrote that. When I told my brother about the story, he said exactly what you said. Didn't MJ pay off his accusers? Is that not allowed.
Back when I was at Cornell, I had conversations about this type of thing with Cornell law students. I can't remember exactly their answer. I think you are allowed to structure NDA's for payment. It's all about how you write up.
If Hudson goes to them and says, "Sheik, this is a really unfortunate situation. My client is devastated and doesn't want to have to testify. To avoid having to testify, she's willing to take a payment and sign an NDA."
Is that allowed?
Any lawyers on here?
You'd think sports agents knowing what they must know about.
Key distinction is between a criminal and a civil case. Michael Jackson's criminal trial ended when he was found not guilty by a jury. There were a number of people threatening civil suits who may have been bought off, but that's different.
When you are the complainant in a criminal case, your lawyer for purposes of that case is the district attorney. If you have a private attorney call up the defendant and make the offer to refuse to testify in return for money, yes, both you and your attorney can be subject to bribery/extortion charges.
And if the state finds convincing evidence that your complaint was fraudulent in the first place, then you are in particularly big trouble.
on the flip side of the coin.......
in show business, some say any press is good press.
if the story is juicy enough the words track and field will come up over and over worldwide.
all of which means some people will go ("thinking" from the subconscious), hey let's go to a track meet, we haven't been there in a while.
such is the insane world of marketing.
and the "best" press experts say, if it bleeds - it leads.
of course there are exceptions, PED busts don't win the day, for example.
speaking of dodgy promoters, what great promoter wasn't a bit or a lot dodgy, are they not kings of BS and masters of manipulation?
just sayin.
Another thought wrote:
Someone ought to write a book about all the crooked agents.
Ok , now would trust this guy if he said I know nothing about my athletes taking drugs.
I propose if an agent has an athlete busted the agent serves the same penalty of suspension , no questions asked no debate.
Is this what Ato Boldon was tweeting about on July 2nd?
Could have been what Ato was referring to but bad reflection on Ato if so. Hudson's athletes are bailing on him as they realize what a F up he is. Ato had a falling out with HSI that still continues so I kinda doubt this was his reference but you never know.
Extortion or cash settlement? He went about it the wrong way. Not a very good lawyer!