Comments on: Mark Sanchez Selects Brother To Be His Agent

By: bobby rosenberg

bobby rosenberg — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:56:44 +0000

LOL – so all the naysayers who said they wouldn’t represent Sanchez because he was your brother just lost out on the chance to represent McCoy.
Nice business move!

bobby

By: schuhb

schuhb — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:33:59 +0000

Sounds like Nick is going to represent Colt McCoy too. Not too shabby.

By: SportsAgentBlog.com | Sports Agent News» Sports Business » This Is Family Business

Thu, 26 Feb 2009 19:00:40 +0000

[...] When I reported that Mark Sanchez selected his brother Nick to be his NFLPA certified representative in contractual negotiations, there was a great follow-up discussion in the comments section regarding whether or not it should be a concern that Mark picked a family member to serve as his agent. Commentator, Tony, had this to offer: [...]

By: Cleo

Cleo — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 01:18:36 +0000

I’d much rather trust somebody I have a close relationship with than someone I have never met before. His brother is an practicing attorney. I believe he will be fine…

We fail to mention how cut throat this industry is and how many faulty people are in this industry….

By: Curtis

Curtis — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 23:00:33 +0000

If Mark was my little bro and I went to Yale and SC law and I was a business litigator, I’d be crazy not to represent Mark.

By: Mook

Mook — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 22:57:57 +0000

Bobby, let me be completely honest:

OF COURSE!!!! (lingering thoughts about whether “I could do it on my own” be damned . . . then again, I am an only child so I have no clue what it’s like to even have a brother)

However, in all candor, it would be a VERY difficult decision to represent one of my children.

I just heard Leigh Steinberg on Mad Dog, and he implied that he isn’t crazy about the situation, either.

Hey, I wish the Sanchez camp the best of luck, and I certainly hope that the relationships in that family are strong enough for Mark to benefit from an extremely high level of representation.

By: Justin Herzig

Justin Herzig — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 14:11:12 +0000

Another important view…

If brother Sanchez does not take Mark as a client but still wants to continue his attempts at becoming a sports agent, imagine what kind of image that gives off that his own brother doesn’t even want him representing him. Sure, he could always say it is because they didn’t want to mix family with business but many players would still shy away from being represented by brother Sanchez.

When there are so many agents out there today, the smallest risk could be enough to turn away from a certain agent. Having the image that your own brother doesn’t even trust you enough to be represented by you is not something you want in this business…

Given that, as well as a couple other things previously mentioned, brother Sanchez needs to take the opportunity and run with it. If things don’t work out, there may eventually have to be a break-up by I see that as just an unavoidable risk.

By: Bobby Rosenberg

Bobby Rosenberg — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 05:42:27 +0000

So lets take a poll -

Since most people on this site want to be some type of agent. If Mark Sanchez was your brother, would you represent him?

By: Tony

Tony — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 04:29:54 +0000

I have to agree with Darren that this is a bad idea! Not because brother Nick can’t handle the details of representing a professional athlete, but rather because mixing business with family always impacts the nature of the family relationship. There will be disagreements, fallouts, and possibly a breakdown in family matters – I don’t think it’s worth the risk. If Mark wants to get his brother started as an agent he could simply pick a big-league agency and require they provide Nick a job as part of his contract. Nick will get some good experience and Mark will get objective representation (something everyone needs in life). Also, being a lawyer myself, I don’t think Nick’s legal experience in litigation transcends the nature of representing professional athletes – it’s like being a surgeon and then being asked to do the work of a pediatrician. Yes a surgeon could become a pediatrician, but there are many things about pediatrics that surgeons will only know after practicing pediatrics for some time.

By: jae

jae — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 00:00:53 +0000

Mook,

“One problem from Brother Sanchez’s perspective is that he will always owe this portion of his career to his QB brother, and will be left wondering whether he could have pulled it off on his own . . . when QB brother ponders this, the relationship could turn permanently weird.”

Nick Sanchez went to Yale and then SC law. If his lil brother wasn’t a football player, he would still be a successful business litigator for a firm in Costa Mesa. It’s unlikely that he would have tried to become a sports agent if his brother wasn’t a football stud. I could see your point if Nick was just some scrub off the street, but he has his own life and now is looking out for his lil bro. Good luck to him. Having those SC ties won’t hurt for future players either.