In December, I wrapped up my second year of teaching Sport Agency Management at Indiana University Bloomington. It has been a true blessing to have been given the opportunity to teach driven, intelligent students, which is something I hope to continue doing for the rest of my life. The Sport Agency Management course is intended […]
In 2011, I wrote that Morgan Advisory Group (MAG) was an agency to watch. My prediction could not have been that far off; the company represents the hottest baseball player in Major League Baseball – Pablo Sandoval. But MAG has also been very successful in other sports, including football. In the 2012 NFL Draft, MAG […]
The following is a guest contribution from Heather Brittany (@HeatherBrit). Heather is currently a law student at Loyola Law School, Los Angeles and alum at the University of Southern California. National Signing Day is only a week away, and the Internet is overflowing with articles analyzing the increase of attention the day now receives. National […]
Cedric Davis and Travis Bell of Newport Beach, CA-based The Seven Bridges Group have announced the signing of University of New Mexico free safety Freddy Young to a representation agreement. Young, who was a four-year letterman, played cornerback and safety and brought a steady influence to the New Mexico secondary. He finished his collegiate career with […]
Baseball agent Al Goetz of Jet Sports Management has years of experience as an agent, scout (for the Atlanta Braves) and professional baseball player (in the Detroit Tigers organization). He has been affiliated with professional baseball, one way or another, since 1984. With that type of experience, one builds a certain level of clout amongst […]
Manti Te’o and Lance Armstrong were still topics of conversation this week, and then the NCAA had to come in and stir the pot. Now, the talk of the town is what went wrong in the investigation of former University of Miami booster Nevin Shapiro. I am happy to announce that I was named a […]
Jeremy Snyder has gone from walk-on kicker at Syracuse to working in private equity before working in the NBA’s marketing department, helping a start-up agency get off the ground and then building his own company – The Factory Agency. Snyder’s agency has a heavy focus on the representation of Olympics and Paralympics athletes, which can […]
“Founded by a team of professionals with over 40 years of combined experience in corporate finance, marketing, law, and sports, DSI understands the new opportunities and challenges that athletes have today.” That’s how the second paragraph of Dimensional Sports, Inc.’s (DSI) “Who We Are” page on its website begins. The company was co-founded by attorney […]
2013 NFL Mock Draft Last Updated: January 23, 2013 The following is contributor Brandon Thorn’s initial 1st-round mock draft, where he makes sense of where each and every prospect can go based on his review of items such as team personnel, management, and history of the organizations. The Sports Agent Blog NFL Mock Draft is a yearly […]
No matter who won Sunday’s NFL playoffs match-up between the San Francisco 49ers and the Atlanta Falcons, Octagon Football agent C.J. LaBoy had to be feeling good. While he says that his allegiances are now with the Falcons, LaBoy’s hometown team is the 49ers. But these days, the 32-year-old football agent represents four players on […]