The following guest contribution was written by Richard Pallarino (@rpallarino). Richard is a student at CUNY-College of Staten Island and Assistant to the Director of Artist Management at Wilhelmina Models. The 2012 Ohio State Buckeyes Football program suffered 0 losses on their record, but were slammed with a ban that kept them from playing in the NCAA […]
In early January it was announced that Florida Gators safety Josh Evans signed with Malik Shareef of Dimensional Sports. When it was revealed that Shareef signed Evans, I noted that Evans was not the first Florida Gators client for Shareef or even the first secondary player for the NFL agent. Shareef represented Gators’ defensive back Joe Haden, […]
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. I know, you all are dying to get your hands on my John David Booty autographed football, but I’ll never part with it – and […]
How do you know a Compliance Office really takes pride in its agent policy? It begins its announcement of its new policy with: **NEW** Brigham Young University (BYU) sent an email out last week to all NFLPA certified Contract Advisors to notify them of changes to the university’s Football Agent Policy. The email included the revised […]
When I wrote that JT Johnson of Atlas Sports Agency is 2013’s Football Agent to Watch, the recently certified NFLPA Contract Advisor had picked up Tennessee wide receiver Justin Hunter as a client. Additionally, California wide receiver Keenan Allen and California quarterback Zach Maynard had committed to Johnson and his agency. While the latter two players […]
Newly minted NFLPA Contract Advisor Stephen Persia is no novice straight out of law school. Persia has been practicing law with the firm of Roetzel & Andress in their Cleveland, Ohio office and graduated from the University of Toledo College of Law in 2004. He also teaches Business Law and Ethics in the Workplace at the […]
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 […]
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 […]