“[Don't] ever represent any player that is a resident or goes to school in the state of Alabama. I am not an agent anymore, but I wouldn’t do it.” – Mike Trope, author of Necessary Roughness and former NFLPA agent.
Trope was quoted in SportsBusiness Journal (subcription required) in reference to the Raymond Lee Savage Jr. story that I have reported on in the past. Do Alabama’s notoriously tough agent laws truly create such a high risk of potential penalty that it is clearly not worth recruiting in the state? A potential verdict of ten-years in prison for Savage for failing to register as an athlete agent in Alabama (Class C felony)…seems like quite a hefty consequence. I am having a tough time trying to argue with Trope’s opinion.
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If the slimeballs would do the right thing then laws such as the agent law in Alabama would not exist. So stop complaining. I am for agent contact through the school’s compliance office prior to any contact with a player. If the agent does not comply they are forbidden to work as an agent. Or they are skinned alive and fed to gators. Just my opinion about slimeball agents.
This is a really tough law. Do you know by any chance who in the Alabama government would be the one to talk to about this?
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