Late last night, Neil Stratton of InsideTheLeague.com broke a story that certainly kept me awake for a while. The headline alone, which reads, “A super-agency goes supernova and in its place arises an even bigger agency,” made me anxious to click on the link and consume Stratton’s content. I was not disappointed with the result. […]
The State of North Carolina and the NCAA have been busy fighting over access to documents regarding findings from the NCAA’s investigation of past NFLPA agent activity on the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill’s campus. On July 29, 2011, North Carolina’s Secretary of State Elaine Marshall issued a subpoena asking for said documents, which are apparently under the […]
On September 16, 2011, I wrote that Jamal Crawford was on to the next one after he officially terminated Aaron Goodwin of Goodwin Sports Management as his representative. Crawford had not given any indication as to who would become his next agent of record. According to the NY Daily News, Crawford has finally made a decision, opting to sign with […]
Sponsored Post At the risk of going out on the proverbial limb, I’m going to make a bold statement: We have a serious issue emerging in sports world, and it’s called retirement preparedness. Statistics show that 60% of NBA players are broke five years after their playing days are over. So, why are athletes so […]
When I was contacted over the weekend by Brian Walton of TheCardinalNation.com and Scout.com with about six questions related to the baseball agent profession, I had no idea just why he was asking me those specific questions. Now, after Walton published his piece titled, Dan Lozano and Albert Pujols’ 2004 Contract, it all makes sense. […]
In almost 6 years of operating this website (our 6th year anniversary is December 31), I have only covered sports agent LaPoe “Smitty” Smith Jr. a total of 1 time – in reference to O.J. Mayo signing with Smith for representation. Mayo signed with Smith after firing Leon Rose of Creative Artists Agency (CAA). After publishing this post, I […]
The biggest news of the weekend was undoubtedly the proclamation that there will be a 2011-12 NBA season (albeit reduced from 82 regular season games to 66 regular season games). The announcement was made between 3 a.m. and 4 a.m. early Saturday morning. The season will tentatively kick-off with 3 Christmas Day games, including the […]
Let’s start this with a shout out for Ryan Braun of the Milwaukee Brewers. Braun was selected as the National League MVP (Most Valuable Punim?). He is the first Jewish MVP in baseball since Sandy Koufax in 1963. I hope everyone had a fantastic Thanksgiving and enjoys their weekends. There is so much to be […]
Enjoy your turkey and football today. I am thankful for so much, but most importantly, for having what I consider to be the best family in the world. Here are some things sports agents are thankful for this Thanksgiving: [blackbirdpie url=”http://twitter.com/#!/AskAnNFLAgent/status/139333117046554624″] [blackbirdpie url=”http://twitter.com/#!/RalphCindrich/status/139339653525422080″] [blackbirdpie url=”http://twitter.com/#!/the_ifa/status/139344931172007937″] [blackbirdpie url=”http://twitter.com/#!/HowardShatsky/status/139356968509906944″] [blackbirdpie url=”http://twitter.com/#!/MookWilliams/status/139374696650129408″] [blackbirdpie url=”http://twitter.com/#!/NEWTONAGENCY/status/139381687795720192″] [blackbirdpie url=”http://twitter.com/#!/DSMsportsmktg/status/139383923116482561″] [blackbirdpie url=”http://twitter.com/#!/agentlinton/status/139395023799193600″] […]
Prior to last night, if baseball agent Dan Lozano was a stock, his rating would be “Buy, Buy, Buy.” It is not a far-fetched claim to state that no agent, in any sport, has experienced the meteoric rise in popularity in the past few years that Danny Lozano has accomplished. Lozano departed from Beverly Hills Sports […]