Marc Cornstein is the Founder & President of Pinnacle Management Corp. (PMC). The New York agency focuses solely on representing basketball players in the United States and overseas. Its website...
Last week, I read one of the best pieces of journalism that I have been able to find on ESPN.com in quite some time. The title of the piece is, The curious case of Deion Sanders. Be warned, it is...
Over the past few weeks I know I’ve mentioned the fact that my goal is to make this column a truly interactive experience for all of you readers. I encouraged more questions and comments to be asked...
Ready for a new feature? I was listening to the radio yesterday and on comes Jay-Z’s, On To The Next One. For some reason I start to think how I can incorporate the song’s title into SportsAgentBlog.com....
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),...
In the past few weeks, hotstove.com has had a couple of agents on its Hot Stove TV column. One is Joe Rosen of Orpheus Sports and the other is Jeff Frye of Franklin-Frye Sports.
Joe Rosen’s big...
As I mentioned last week, this entry marks the 26th week of “Rookie Duties” and to celebrate Darren not pulling the plug on my operation thus far, I wanted to provide you with a little “Best of”...
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...
Earlier this week, it was reported that Alvin Keels, a young (early thirties) and successful NFL agent who was President of Global Management Group, merged with a new startup firm, Corporate Athletic Management....
Henry Abbott of ESPN’s TrueHoop recently wrote a piece concerning how sports agents promise the world to athletes in order to give them a fighting chance at being hired for representation purposes....
Super-baseball agent Scott Boras has a new client, Cleveland Indians rising start Shin-Soo Choo. The right fielder, who hit .300 and 20 homeruns last year is part of the Indians grand scheme for the...
Well despite the fact that this past week was every bit as hectic as the previous one, things certainly seemed to be heading in the right direction. While we had to push back Brian’s official signing...
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...
This past Saturday, I sat on a panel at the 2010 NSU Sports & Entertainment Law Symposium. It was a fantastic event, and I thank the entire Executive Board for including me as a part of the event....
If you’ve been following my column throughout the past few months, I’m sure you’ve gotten the impression that I have some extremely hectic weeks, with a few down weeks sprinkled in between. Without...
Neil Stratton of InsideTheLeague.com is offering a free presentation Thursday, Feb. 25, at 7 p.m. at the Hilton Indianapolis Downtown. The presentation, titled ‘Building a Successful Football Agency’...
It’s been a nice run for Daunte Culpepper. Or has it? Culpepper has long subscribed to a policy of negotiating his own contracts, talking to NFL teams on his own behalf, and keeping the 1-3%...
Coming out of Benedictine High School, Ed Davis was the talk of Virginia, a state known for its high level of basketball more than its production in any other sport. Ed Davis played with the very popular...
If you recall last week’s edition of this column, I started off by explaining how much I love the fact that everyday with my job is truly different. The one challenge that comes along with that, though,...
Busy weekends is the norm over at Scott Boras Corp. headquarters. This past weekend was no exception. Scott Boras has been busy playing with the media concerning Johnny Damon negotiations, but he...