Pete Parise was not drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals. In fact, he was not drafted at all. Pete played in the Independent Frontier League before having his contract purchased by the Cards in 2007. Only 2 years later, Pete has made his way up to AA with the Springfield Cardinals and has shown that […]
Month: May 2009
If you are looking for some fun in the sun, now is not the time to travel to Florida. Over the past week and a half, there has been only one day where the sun peaked its head out of the clouds, and that was only for roughly three hours of that day. Bad weather […]
If you are one of the lucky people to have applied this past January for NFLPA Contract Advisor certification, you most probably received an email recently that states whether your application has been approved or denied. If approved, step one (the easy step) is out of the way. Now you will have to attend the […]
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Your Client and His Brain
We all know that keeping in touch with our clients is vastly important for many different reasons. But we can add another reason to that list: uncovering unexpected/unknown injuries. In April, TSN reported that Ron Salcer accused the Minnesota Wild medical staff of negligence for failing to diagnose that his client, Bret Burns, had a […]
Are you ready for some fantasy football? Whether you are an agent, financial planner, or even an NFL player yourself, you are most likely going to be fielding a team this year. Our resident football analyst, Brandon Thorn, will be churning out posts to help you make your picks leading up to the start of […]
Over at the brand new, EntertainmentAgentBlog.com, we have discussed the effects of the recent merger between William Morris Agency and Endeavor. The merger is not only affecting the entertainment industry, but has been felt in many other industries, as well…including sports. Endeavor has never put together a sports division, but William Morris had some high […]
Recently, I discussed the three main workouts that NBA teams are putting on for the top prospects in this year’s draft class. Teams are joining up on these workouts to cut the cost of doing them individually, which include the fixed costs of hosting the event itself, flying the players out to the workout, putting […]
The NCAA took notice of a recent popular post on this blog: Coaches Can Talk To Athletes On Twitter/FB. What About Agents? Not only was the post published, but I tried reaching out to the NCAA on Twitter to answer the question. A week and a half went by with absolutely no communication, and then […]
One of Dynasty‘s newest baseball clients, has been on a tear since signing with the sports and talent agency. Kyle McPherson, a 14th round pick of the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 2007 amateur entry Draft got the start for the Low A West Virginia Power last night and went 5 innings with 6 strike outs […]
Yesterday was an eventful day for one Drew Rosenhaus. He was fired by a client, re-signed a client who had fired him in the past, and negotiated a contract extension for one of his current clients…all in one day. But such is a normal day for Rosenhaus (minus the firing). The man who fired Rosenhaus […]