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Football Agents/Lawyers Ralph Cindrich and John Phillips Engage in Twitter Fight

Last week, football agent and lawyer Ralph Cindrich went on NewsRadio 1020 KDKA in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and publicly chastised current University of Alabama head football coach Nick Saban and NCAA President Mark Emmert.  As Sports Agent Blog contributor Benjamin Haynes noted, Cindrich believes Saban is cheating and breaking NCAA rules, but offered no direct evidence to prove such on the radio.  Instead, Ralph stated, “everybody has something on Nick Saban. And if he has a problem with anything I say, then come after me, big guy.

While Saban has not come after Cindrich, many Alabama fans have.  In fact, Cindrich has given the Alabama contingent its own hashtag – #BamaMob, and has allegedly received many threats from them.  In response, Cindrich tweeted the following:

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And then last night, a “Twitter fight” erupted between Cindrich and another lawyer/football agent, John Phillips.  Phillips had the first punch, but Cindrich responded with his own blows.  The fight, below:

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I then noted on Twitter that there was a pending fight between Cindrich and Phillips, to which Phillips replied:

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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.