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Football Client not Ready for the NFL?

The AFL, the other football league

One viable option for many years now is to send football players to NFL Europe. Another arena (pun intended) is the Arena Football League (AFL), which will be the option discussed in today’s post.

Some interesting notes that I made while reviewing the AFL’s Collective Bargaining Agreement:

  • The AFLPA (players association) does not have an agent regulation system in place, but in the case that it does in the future, teams may not sign a player contract negotiated by an agent that is not certified by the AFLPA (Article VI)
  • The term of a player contract, plus the term of any option to extend such a contract, may not exceed 3 league years (Section 11 of Article XIV)
  • In 2006, the minimum player salary will be $1647 per game with a slight increase in future years (Section 1 of Article XXX)

The entire Collective Bargaining Agreement may be found here. The money is substantially less for players in the Arena Football League, but not everyone can make it into the NFL right out of college and sometimes players fall out of the NFL due to a lackluster performance. As an agent, it is likely that you may represent at least one client who will find himself in the AFL. It is important to be knowledgable in all areas where your clients may end up performing.

[tags]afl, arena football, nfl, sports agent[/tags]

By Darren Heitner

Darren Heitner created Sports Agent Blog as a New Year's Resolution on December 31, 2005. Originally titled, "I Want To Be A Sports Agent," the website was founded with the intention of causing Heitner to learn more about the profession that he wanted to join, meet reputable individuals in the space and force himself to stay on top of the latest news and trends.

Heitner now runs Heitner Legal, P.L.L.C., which is a law firm with many practice areas, including sports law and contract law. Heitner has represented numerous athletes and sports agents as legal counsel. He has also served as an Adjunct Professor at Indiana University Bloomington from 2011-2014, where he created and taught a course titled, Sport Agency Management, which included subjects ranging from NCAA regulations to athlete agent certification and the rules governing the profession. Heitner serves as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Florida Levin College of Law, where he teaches a Sports Law class that includes case law surrounding athlete agents and the NCAA rules.

2 replies on “Football Client not Ready for the NFL?”

[…] Year-round football on Monday nights…just another way that the World Wide Leader in Sports is trying to take over the world. At the same time, this deal should bring even more prestige to a league that has been growing as of late (NBC coverage, EA Sports video game, etc) and will benefit players who cannot quite make it in the NFL. Deadspin pokes some fun at the ESPN purchase, but I think that this may be even better long-term than short-term for the AFL. The AFL has lingered around as Minor League Football for a while on a certain type of speed that did not come close to the XFL. ESPN may give the league even more legitimacy and further establish the AFL as something that will not disappear anytime soon. For more information on the Arena Football league, check out a post I made on May 16, 2006: [Football Client not Ready for the NFL?]. […]

My Name is Terrance Agee I am a football player i played college football a Clark Atlanta. The positions I can play are WR, DB, SS, FS Kick return and punt return. I would like to play in the AFL or CFL then NFL can you help me.

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