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Sign Here Please: Are NFL Contracts Getting Harder to Negotiate?

on Jul 26 in Contract Negotiation, NFL Players, NFL Teams, Sports Agent Blog Headline, Sports Business tagged Ari Nissim, dallas cowboys, Dez Bryant, Eugene Parker, Jack Bechta, JB Sports, Michael Crabtree, Mike Tannenbaum, new york jets, NFL, NFL Agents, NFL Draft 2010, nflpa, Sam Bradford, Tom Condon, Vlad Ducasse by Zak Kurtz

Finally!  Three months after the 2010 NFL Draft, the first contract for a first-round draft pick has been signed. On July 22nd, Dez Bryant, the 24th overall pick, reached an agreement with the Dallas Cowboys for a five year contract worth up to $11.8 million, including $8.5 million guaranteed. According to the National Football Post, the [...]

Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-Up (7/16/2010)

on Jul 16 in Friday Wrap-Up, Sports Agent Blog Headline tagged Baseball, basketball, contract, David Falk, Football, luther head, mark bartelstein, marketing, nba, new orleans hornets, Tom Condon, Yankees by Darren Heitner

I am smack in the middle of my last full-length Florida Bar Practice Exam.  Today, the focus is Day 2 of the exam – the Multistate Portion, which is a whopping 6 hours of 200 multiple choice questions.  Envy me yet?  I know I have been bitching a lot about this test; hopefully I haven’t [...]

Tom Condon Talks Rookie Wage Scale And Recruiting

on Jul 14 in NFL Players, Recruiting, Sports Agent Blog Headline, Sports Agents tagged CAA, Dynasty, Football, Tom Condon by Darren Heitner

Rick Horrow, also known as “The Sports Professor”, recently interviewed Tom Condon for Fox Sports.  He asked Condon if he thought that the agent business regulates itself adequately.  The response: ”No, not really.”  The big problem is the enforcement of the rules, not that the rules don’t exist.  If Condon could change one thing, it would [...]

On To The Next One: Anthony Davis, Trent Williams, And Quentin Groves

on Jul 02 in NFL Players, Sports Agent Blog Headline, Sports Agents tagged Ben Dogra, CAA, Drew Rosenhaus, Eugene Parker, Football, nfl agent, oakland raiders, Tom Condon by Darren Heitner

Still want to be an NFL agent, right?  Move as far away from Florida as imaginable and make sure to provide your client the least amount of publicity as possible, or else risk losing him to Drew Rosenhaus.  All kidding aside, minus the costs (time and money), shady business, and sleepless nights involved, are you [...]

State Of The Sports Agent Industry

on May 17 in Sports Agent Blog Headline, Sports Business tagged arn tellem, blue equity, Casey Wasserman, david dunn, Drew Rosenhaus, Endeavor, Jonathan Blue, mark bartelstein, Sports Business, Tiger Woods, Tom Condon, WMG by Darren Heitner

It was not all that long ago that IMG was known for its Client Management division, which included many talented athletes not named Tiger Woods.  Jonathan Blue was focused on investing in non-sports businesses and Creative Artists Agency (CAA) was known as one of the best Entertainment agencies in the world.  Today, IMG only manages [...]

On To The Next One: Shawne Merriman & Vince Young

on May 12 in NFL Players, Sports Agent Blog Headline, Sports Agents tagged athletes first, CAA, david dunn, Drew Rosenhaus, Football, Major Adams, nflpa, Shawne Merriman, Tom Condon, Vince Young by Darren Heitner

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 [...]

Breaking Down The 2010 NFL Draft Pick/Agent Master List

on Apr 27 in NFL Players, NFL Teams, Sports Agent Blog Headline, Sports Agents tagged Ben Dogra, brian bosworth, CAA, Eugene Parker, Football, gary wichard, joe haden, maximum sports, NFL, nfl draft, sports agent, Tom Condon by Darren Heitner

Now that we have this awesome, free resource that displays agent information for almost every player selected in the 2010 NFL Draft (click here if you haven’t seen it yet, or click the link at the top right of any page on SportsAgentBlog.com), what should we do with it?  First, it is a great repository [...]

The 2010 NFL Draft Pick/Agent Selection Master List

on Apr 26 in NFL Players, NFL Teams, Sports Agent Blog Headline, Sports Agents tagged albert elias, alvin keels, arrelious benn, athletes first, Ben Dogra, brandon spikes, Bus Cook, carlos dunlap, Colt McCoy, david dunn, DeBartolo, Derrick Morgan, Dez Bryant, Drew Rosenhaus, dsi sports, eric berry, Eugene Parker, gary wichard, Gaylord Sports, Ian Greengross, Jack Bechta, jimmy clausen, Jimmy Sexton, joby branion, joe haden, joe linta, Joel Segal, jonathan dwyer, Justin Schulman, Kelli Masters, lamont smith, major wright, mark bartelstein, maximum sports, mike sullivan, myron rolle, ndamukong suh, octagon, Peter Schaffer, priority sports, rick smith, Sam Bradford, Tim Tebow, Todd France, Tom Condon by Darren Heitner

After three days of draft picks, all seven rounds of the 2010 NFL Draft are complete.  Below, you will find the name of each player drafted, the player’s listed position, the team that drafted him, and his current representation.  Players that we don’t have representation information for have a “N/A” designation. ROUND 1 1. Sam [...]

Tom Condon Talks CBA & NFL Draft

on Apr 21 in NFL Players, NFL Teams, Sports Agent Blog Headline, Sports Agents tagged CBA, collective bargaining agreement, nfl draft, Sam Bradford, Tom Condon by Darren Heitner

Did you know that Tom Condon of Creative Artists Agency (CAA) has represented 5 of the last 6 #1 overall picks in the NFL Draft?  That is amazingly impressive.  To top it off, Condon represents Sam Bradford, and even though the St. Louis Rams say that they will not sign a contract with their future [...]

Ranking The Sports Agent Attorneys

on Mar 10 in Sports Agent Blog Headline, Sports Agents tagged arn tellem, Ben Dogra, Drew Rosenhaus, law school, scott boras, sports agent, Sports Law, Tom Condon by Darren Heitner

While no state and no players’ association requires an agent to be an attorney in order to become a licensed sports agent (the NFL does require that the person have a postgraduate degree, though), many agents did go to law school, and quite a few have passed at least one state Bar Exam.  There are [...]

Men Lie. Women Lie. Numbers Don’t.

on Mar 08 in Recruiting, Sports Agent Blog Headline, Sports Agents tagged Adrian Peterson, andre smith, CAA, Deion Sanders, eli manning, Eugene Parker, maximum sports, Michael Crabtree, patrick willis, roy williams, Will Allen by Rand Getlin

This is the first SportsAgentBlog.com post by Rand J. Getlin – President & Founder of Synrgy Sports Consulting. What do Deion Sanders, Michael Crabtree and Dez Bryant all have in common? Aside from the fact that they’ve all eaten dinner at chateau de Primetime, they’re all clients of super agent Eugene Parker. What do Mike Jenkins, [...]

Representing The Potential 2010 NFL First Rounders

on Mar 01 in College Football Players, NFL Players, NFL Teams, Sports Agent Blog Headline, Sports Agents tagged arrelious benn, Derrick Morgan, dsi sports, gary wichard, jacksonville jaguars, jimmy clausen, joe haden, kansas city chiefs, lamont smith, ndamukong suh, new york giants, nfl mock draft, Peter Schaffer, san francisco 49ers, Seattle Seahawks, st louis rams, tampa bay buccaneers, Tom Condon by Darren Heitner

Dominic Perilli’s most recent 2010 NFL Mock Draft lists four rounds worth of predictions.  Today, I will only focus on the first round.  If the athletes are selected according to Dominic’s suggestions (which is very unlikely), it will be nice to know who represents those players as they are selected.  Thus, I have researched each [...]

Gary Wichard Is On Freaking Fire

on Jan 11 in Agent Spotlights, NFL Players, Sports Agent Blog Headline, Sports Agents tagged Add new tag, Drew Rosenhaus, elvis dumervil, Football, jimmy clausen, national football league, NFL, Tom Condon by Darren Heitner

When you hear the term “football agent”, you most likely conjure up images of Drew Rosenhaus, Tom Condon, or Leigh Steinberg.  Why not Gary Wichard?  Wichard is the man behind Pro Tect Management, a company that may not be heard about much in the media, but already has a very impressive client list.  I’m also [...]

Influential People According To SportsBusiness Journal

on Dec 15 in Sports Agent Blog Headline, Sports Business tagged Baseball, Ben Dogra, boras corp, caa sports, Casey Wasserman, Football, Jacques Rogge, octagon, scott boras, scott boras corp, Sports Business, Tom Condon by Darren Heitner

Yesterday, SportsBusiness Journal released its annual 50 most influential people in sports business list.  Baseball tied Football with locking up the most slots (8 for each), Jacques Rogge (President of the International Olympic Committee) was ranked #1, and six agent types/groups were listed. #26 – George Pyne (President of IMG Sports & Entertainment) #32 – [...]

Rookie Duties: Another Bump in the Road

on Oct 26 in NHL, Sports Agent Blog Headline, Sports Agents tagged hockey by Scott Deady

Last Monday my phone rings and it’s the call I’ve been waiting to get…well, sort of. It’s Matt and I’d been anxious and excited to negotiate my first pro contract, which we were confident Louisiana would offer him. Instead of a contract offer, however, all Matt got was a “thanks but no thanks” phone call. [...]

GMs Playing Favorites?

on Jun 02 in Contract Negotiation, NFL Players, NFL Teams tagged alvin keels, andre smith, Anquan Boldin, CAA, Drew Rosenhaus, priority sports, rick smith, Sports Agents, Tom Condon by Darren Heitner

First Andre Smith dropped Alvin Keels and GMG Sports for Rick Smith and Priority Sports.  Rumors circulated that Andre did this to raise his draft stock, because many teams felt more comfortable if Andre was with Priority over GMG.  As we all know, Andre went back to Alvin Keels, and Rick Smith/Priority Sports have still [...]