University of Kentucky offensive guard Larry Warford has officially determined that he wishes to be represented by football agency Schwartz & Feinsod leading up to the NFL Draft. [blackbirdpie url=”https://twitter.com/schwartzfeinsod/status/277479125025955841″] Warford was a Second Team All-Southeastern Conference selection by the media and coaches in 2012. He is the first Kentucky offensive lineman to receive All-SEC […]
Just yesterday, Benjamin Haynes published an excellent interview with former Miss Oklahoma and current football agent (and attorney), Kelli Masters. Not long after the interview went up on Sports Agent Blog, Masters had news of her first 2013 NFL Draft prospect. Masters has informed Sports Agent Blog that she signed Rob McCabe a linebacker from […]
Albert Elias has distinguished his company, Elias Sports Management, from the competition by focusing his recruiting on the southeast. In particular, Elias has had much success recruiting players out of Louisiana State University and other colleges within the state of Louisiana. LSU will be going to a bowl game, so there is not yet an indication […]
College football players who participate on teams that are bowl eligible will hold off on committing (verbally or in writing) to a particular agent and agency before the completion of their bowl games. Making such a commitment prior to performing in the bowl game would make those players ineligible to perform based on NCAA regulations. […]
The University of Washington compliance office has informed NFLPA Contract Advisors that the university has a new Agent Policy in place regarding student-athlete interaction with agents, financial advisors, or “anyone recruiting” UW student-athletes. The scope of the class is larger than the class in the recently established Agent Policy at the University of North Carolina-Chapel […]
It is hard to believe that two years have passed since Sports Agent Blog reported that many players at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill had been interviewed by the NCAA regarding possible rules violations surrounding gifts and benefits received by players from sports agents. Part of the fall out from the myriad investigations was that […]
Yesterday, I published my first article at Forbes (I recently signed an agreement to become a Contributor for the magazine’s SportsMoney column). The article is titled, University Of Miami Unveils Football Agent Policy Aimed At ‘Limiting Distractions’, and it looks at the recently implemented policy that attempts to restrict communication between football agents and football players […]
A new agency named Symmetry was established in the past year. Mook Williams, an attorney, is the President of Symmetry. Joining him is Brian McLaughlin as Vice President, who used to work at National Sports Management with Williams. They are proud to announce the following players as the company’s inaugural class: WR Marcus Rivers, Buffalo. 6’3 / 220 pound receiver with […]
Two days ago, I chatted with NFLPA Contract Advisor Malik Shareef of Roanoke, Virginia regarding a rumor I was hearing that he was in line to be the next agent for 2012 NFL Draft hopefuls Janoris Jenkins and Dwight Bentley. Jenkins and Bentley, former high school teammates from Pahokee, Florida, each recently fired their agents. Jenkins terminated Creative […]
Over the weekend, Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk.com published two questions and answers from the 2012 NFL Scouting Combine that he believed to be particularly humorous. The following is the second Q&A that caught Florio’s attention: “Another player was asked why he didn’t sign with one specific agent, with a representative from the NFL team mentioning […]