Comments on: Gandolfini / Vaccaro: There Is No Retiring From This http://www.sportsagentblog.com/2007/08/14/gandolfini-vaccaro-there-is-no-retiring-from-this/ Sports Business, Sports Law, Sports Negotiations, NCAA Rules Thu, 01 Dec 2011 15:23:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Darren http://www.sportsagentblog.com/2007/08/14/gandolfini-vaccaro-there-is-no-retiring-from-this/#comment-43384 Darren Wed, 15 Aug 2007 19:57:49 +0000 http://www.dhpromo.com/blog/?p=640#comment-43384 Fair enough. As I say in the post, I compare him with William Wesley. Fair enough. As I say in the post, I compare him with William Wesley.

]]> By: LW http://www.sportsagentblog.com/2007/08/14/gandolfini-vaccaro-there-is-no-retiring-from-this/#comment-43369 LW Wed, 15 Aug 2007 17:25:45 +0000 http://www.dhpromo.com/blog/?p=640#comment-43369 I know exactly what Sonny is, however an agent he is not. Runner is far more appropriate. Been following Sonny and AAU basketball for many years, can assure you that sports agent is certainly the wrong term. He's similar to good old Jimmy Goldstein back in old LA. He's a facilitator, not an agent. He connects these young guys with sports agents, hooks them up on shoe deals. Pretty sure there are a few interviews running around online where Sonny explains his role in AAU basketball. Ask anyone within the business if he's a sports agent and you'll honestly be told no. I know exactly what Sonny is, however an agent he is not. Runner is far more appropriate. Been following Sonny and AAU basketball for many years, can assure you that sports agent is certainly the wrong term. He’s similar to good old Jimmy Goldstein back in old LA. He’s a facilitator, not an agent. He connects these young guys with sports agents, hooks them up on shoe deals. Pretty sure there are a few interviews running around online where Sonny explains his role in AAU basketball. Ask anyone within the business if he’s a sports agent and you’ll honestly be told no.

]]> By: Darren http://www.sportsagentblog.com/2007/08/14/gandolfini-vaccaro-there-is-no-retiring-from-this/#comment-43351 Darren Wed, 15 Aug 2007 12:27:31 +0000 http://www.dhpromo.com/blog/?p=640#comment-43351 zak - no longer blogging for pennies...now it's nickles. LW - chris is 100% correct. you are naive to think that he is merely a shoe exec. zak – no longer blogging for pennies…now it’s nickles.

LW – chris is 100% correct. you are naive to think that he is merely a shoe exec.

]]> By: chris http://www.sportsagentblog.com/2007/08/14/gandolfini-vaccaro-there-is-no-retiring-from-this/#comment-43346 chris Wed, 15 Aug 2007 11:27:59 +0000 http://www.dhpromo.com/blog/?p=640#comment-43346 LW, He's a "shoe exec" in name only... LW,

He’s a “shoe exec” in name only…

]]> By: LW http://www.sportsagentblog.com/2007/08/14/gandolfini-vaccaro-there-is-no-retiring-from-this/#comment-43311 LW Wed, 15 Aug 2007 02:59:32 +0000 http://www.dhpromo.com/blog/?p=640#comment-43311 "Turn that frown upside down, because James Gandolfini is coming back to HBO…in the form of a sports agent? Gandolfini will be playing Sonny Vaccaro in ABCD Camp" Hope you're not implying that Sonny is a sports agent! Try a shoe exec. “Turn that frown upside down, because James Gandolfini is coming back to HBO…in the form of a sports agent? Gandolfini will be playing Sonny Vaccaro in ABCD Camp”

Hope you’re not implying that Sonny is a sports agent! Try a shoe exec.

]]> By: zak http://www.sportsagentblog.com/2007/08/14/gandolfini-vaccaro-there-is-no-retiring-from-this/#comment-43310 zak Wed, 15 Aug 2007 02:49:06 +0000 http://www.dhpromo.com/blog/?p=640#comment-43310 Galdolfini may be a little too dramatic for Vaccaro, but this project sounds excellent. After reading " The Jump" by Ian O'Connor, who basically followed Sebastain Telfair around for 2 years leading up to Draft Day, Vaccaro has become a familair name. This should be a very interesting story. Congrats Darren, looks like you're not blogging for pennies anymore! Galdolfini may be a little too dramatic for Vaccaro, but this project sounds excellent. After reading ” The Jump” by Ian O’Connor, who basically followed Sebastain Telfair around for 2 years leading up to Draft Day, Vaccaro has become a familair name. This should be a very interesting story. Congrats Darren, looks like you’re not blogging for pennies anymore!

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