The biggest fallout from the NFL Lockout thus far is not the opening of some sports agent Wild Wild West, where agents are prying clients from one another’s grasp at any chance they get. If anything, that sort of atmosphere already existed and did not change much with the decertification of the NFL Players Association…
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May
16
NFL Lockout Fallout: Players Taking High-Risk Loans
Feb
14
University of Southern California’s Agent Summit
Last Tuesday, the University of Southern California hosted an “Agent Awareness, Education and Eligibility Summit.” The following officials were in attendance: Jimmy Sexton – Co-Founder, SportsTrust Advisors Tom Condon – Football Agent, CAA Rick Smith – Agent, Priority Sports Mark Levin – Director of Salary Cap and Agent Administration, NFLPA Ray Anderson – VP of…
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Jan
14
Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-Up (1/14/2011)
I heard that two days ago Florida was the only state in the United States to not have fresh snow on the ground. I sure hope Florida schools are selling that to their recruits. Cancelling school for Snow Days is fun, but it’s not fun when in slightly better conditions you have to trudge through…
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Oct
26
Jimmy Sexton, Fletcher Smith, And Rick Smith Amongst Leaders Looking To Fix Football Agent Issues
There might not be a solution to the problem of sports agents providing money and other benefits to student-athletes, but that does not mean that those with power in the business of sports are going to sit on the sidelines and just allow it to continue. Instead, a group of influential people from the NFL,…
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Jun
02
GMs Playing Favorites?
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…
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May
22
Andre Smith Re-Hires Keels. Priority Sports Pissed!
The Andre Smith sweepstakes is over. For now. The newest winner (if that’s what you want to call it): Alvin Keels of Global Management Group (GMG). Just as a recap, here is how Andre has chewed up and spit out agents thus far (in chronological order). DeBartolo Sports GMG Priority Sports And now he’s back…
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May
14
Why Not Let Andre Smith Speak For Himself?
24 hours later, and I have figured out who wants to be Andre Smith’s agent. The only problem, is that I have no clue who he wants to be the person in charge of his contractual negotiations. Yesterday, I reported that Andre Smith dropped his third agent (Rick Smith of Priority Sports) and rumor had…
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