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NFL Agents Have Been Getting Very Little Sleep

I know a lot of agents who love to boast about the fact that they rarely, if ever, get any sleep.  In fact, my friend Mook Williams of National Sports Management made his Facebook profile name, Mook NoSleepneeded Williams.

Judy Battista of the New York Times recently wrote an article titled, Sleep? For N.F.L. Agents, the Action Is Nonstop.  In that article, Battista mentioned David Canter, who can operate on 45 minutes of sleep (and is being talked about by many in the business after negotiating a whopper of a deal for client Eric Weddle), the CAA Football duo of Tom Condon and Ben Dogra, who have the daunting task of representing 5 first rounders in addition to Antonio Cromartie, Peyton Manning, and Nnamdi Asomugha (imagine how much time they spent on Asomugha alone!), and Joel Segal of Lagardere Unlimited, who summed up last week with the line, “Literally, no sleep!”

For more reading on the hectic weeks of various agents:

  • Rick Reilly sat on Peter Schaffer’s stool for an entire day [NFL back in business].  Check out the blurb from 1:41 p.m.  4:03 p.m. blurb = Swedish hookers?  I have my guess of the agent.  I’ll keep it to myself.
  • Andrew Astleford tracked down Harold Lewis’ every move at his agency’s offices in a mansion [A day in the life of an NFL agent].
  • And a story we linked to in last week’s Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-Up, GQ’s 72-hour binge with David Canter [An Insider’s Look at the NFL Free Agent Frenzy].

By Darren Heitner

Darren Heitner created Sports Agent Blog as a New Year's Resolution on December 31, 2005. Originally titled, "I Want To Be A Sports Agent," the website was founded with the intention of causing Heitner to learn more about the profession that he wanted to join, meet reputable individuals in the space and force himself to stay on top of the latest news and trends.

Heitner now runs Heitner Legal, P.L.L.C., which is a law firm with many practice areas, including sports law and contract law. Heitner has represented numerous athletes and sports agents as legal counsel. He has also served as an Adjunct Professor at Indiana University Bloomington from 2011-2014, where he created and taught a course titled, Sport Agency Management, which included subjects ranging from NCAA regulations to athlete agent certification and the rules governing the profession. Heitner serves as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Florida Levin College of Law, where he teaches a Sports Law class that includes case law surrounding athlete agents and the NCAA rules.

3 replies on “NFL Agents Have Been Getting Very Little Sleep”

So true. I’ve been talking to many of the top agents and they are overwhelmed. ..in a good way. Believe it or not, my past couple weeks has looked eerily similar.

So true. I’ve been talking to many of the top agents and they are overwhelmed. ..in a good way. Believe it or not, my past couple weeks has looked eerily similar.

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