Comments on: Once Again, Kudos Mr. Condon http://www.sportsagentblog.com/2008/05/22/once-again-kudos-mr-condon/ A blog for sports agents: Discussing sports business news, Sports Law, and other interesting sports related material Sun, 14 Mar 2010 17:17:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: insidetheleague.com http://www.sportsagentblog.com/2008/05/22/once-again-kudos-mr-condon/comment-page-1/#comment-75763 insidetheleague.com Fri, 23 May 2008 19:54:43 +0000 http://www.sportsagentblog.com/?p=1207#comment-75763 By the way, here's how we rated the best free agent deals of the year, which might be a better metric for evaluating firms' relative negotiating acumen. Sorry it's not in tabular form. I copied and pasted it off the site. Best contracts of 2008 free agency as ranked by ITL Firm Rank Posn. Player Status Former team Current team Years Total deal Total guaranteed Notes MS World LLC 1 WO Javon Walker UFA Denver Oakland 6 $55M $11M No matter how you slice it, this is crazy money for a receiver on his third team in four years with game knees. ProFiles 2 DE Calvin Pace UFA Arizona NY Jets 6 $42M $22M That’s a lot of guaranteed money for a one-year player CAA 3 DE Justin Smith UFA Cincinnati San Francisco 6 $45M $20M Impressive money knowing no one else (esp. Bengals) wouldn’t go this high. Pro Tect Mgmt 4 DT Tommy Kelly UFA Oakland Oakland 7 $50M $18M Probably smartest move of all for Wichard was getting Kelly to free agency; from there it was easy. Infinite Sports 5 DC Asante Samuel UFA New England Philadelphia 6 $57M $20M Lots of pressure as the top FA on the market, but Shavers and Co. handled it. By the way, here’s how we rated the best free agent deals of the year, which might be a better metric for evaluating firms’ relative negotiating acumen. Sorry it’s not in tabular form. I copied and pasted it off the site.

Best contracts of 2008 free agency as ranked by ITL
Firm Rank Posn. Player Status Former team Current team Years Total deal Total guaranteed Notes
MS World LLC 1 WO Javon Walker UFA Denver Oakland 6 $55M $11M No matter how you slice it, this is crazy money for a receiver on his third team in four years with game knees.
ProFiles 2 DE Calvin Pace UFA Arizona NY Jets 6 $42M $22M That’s a lot of guaranteed money for a one-year player
CAA 3 DE Justin Smith UFA Cincinnati San Francisco 6 $45M $20M Impressive money knowing no one else (esp. Bengals) wouldn’t go this high.
Pro Tect Mgmt 4 DT Tommy Kelly UFA Oakland Oakland 7 $50M $18M Probably smartest move of all for Wichard was getting Kelly to free agency; from there it was easy.
Infinite Sports 5 DC Asante Samuel UFA New England Philadelphia 6 $57M $20M Lots of pressure as the top FA on the market, but Shavers and Co. handled it.

]]> By: insidetheleague.com http://www.sportsagentblog.com/2008/05/22/once-again-kudos-mr-condon/comment-page-1/#comment-75760 insidetheleague.com Fri, 23 May 2008 19:46:31 +0000 http://www.sportsagentblog.com/?p=1207#comment-75760 I think that, to some degree, the congratulations should be more in signing Ryan during the recruiting process to a CAA contract than in getting him signed by the Falcons. Whoever the agent would have been for Ryan, regardless of whether or not it was Condon, was able to enter into a 'perfect storm' of position played, the flawed rookie signing system, and team plight that allowed him to dictate terms. I think that, to some degree, the congratulations should be more in signing Ryan during the recruiting process to a CAA contract than in getting him signed by the Falcons. Whoever the agent would have been for Ryan, regardless of whether or not it was Condon, was able to enter into a ‘perfect storm’ of position played, the flawed rookie signing system, and team plight that allowed him to dictate terms.

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