We always hear about NFL players firing their agents for guys like Drew Rosenhaus and Tom Condon, but it is rarely reported when big name agents lose a client. The main reason for that, though, is that it is a rare occurrence that RSR or CAA has a football client leave them for a rival…
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May
12
On To The Next One: Shawne Merriman & Vince Young
May
11
The Minor Leagues: That Time of Year
This is it…that intensity-packed time of year again when the people who are prepared succeed, and when the people who can’t handle the pressure or failed to put in the work, to put it lightly, “choke.” It’s finals time; a time to show your professor that you really have been paying attention in the three-hour…
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May
11
Ray Lewis Unveils RL52 App
I am a workout freak. I genuinely get upset if I hit the gym less than 6 days a week, and most weeks, I don’t skip a day. One problem I have is that I find I get bored doing the same routine over and over again. Over the years, I have constantly changed the…
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May
10
Rookie Duties: Back in the Driver’s Seat
When you work as an agent, most people have a fairly basic understanding of some of things you do on a day-to-day basis. Recruiting and promoting clients, negotiating deals – all those things that make the headlines. But in reality, those are only a few of the many responsibilities an agent has. One obstacle I’ve…
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May
10
Protections For Baseball Advisors
The NCAA permits its student-athletes and high schoolers (who are not yet “student-athletes” under the jurisdiction of the NCAA) to secure the services of an advisor and still maintain their current and/or future NCAA student-athlete eligibility. As mentioned last week, advisors are valuable to players who have the talent to be drafted by a Major…
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May
10
Let’s Make a Deal – Sam Bradford
Welcome back to the Let’s Make a Deal column. Now that the draft is set in stone, I will be able to predict my contracts more accurately. Let’s start with Oklahoma quarterback Sam Bradford. Sam Bradford QB, Oklahoma 1st Overall Selection in 2010 to the St. Louis Rams Requested Contract: 6 years/ $78 million with…
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May
08
NBA Early Entry Deadline
Today is the deadline for all NCAA basketball players to either withdraw their name from NBA draft, or go through with the decision and continue to see where their stock lands them. With the NBA playoffs starting to finally matter, the fourteen teams that were not invited to the party have been playing the “Whom…
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May
07
Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-Up (5/7/2010)
To all the ladies who love themselves some SportsAgentBlog.com, Happy Mothers Day this Sunday! I am down in South Florida and loving every second of being down here. This month, I will have my article titled, The Plight of PASPA: It’s Time to Pull the Plug on the Prohibition, published in the Gaming Law Review…
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May
06
Making Yourself Available
As most of us know, being an agent is a 24/7 job. One obstacle that I encountered while attempting to conduct informational interviews with various agencies, was being able to actually talk to the agent instead of a secretary or leaving a voicemail . I made phone calls to over twenty-five different agencies in and around…
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May
06
An Open Letter to Future NFL Athletes
Dear future NFL athlete: My company, Synrgy Sports Consulting, exists to fight for you. You don’t know me or my colleague, JD Nelson, so you may not pay attention to what I’m saying here, but if you care about your future, you’d be wise to read this article. Got your attention? Good. Over the past…
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