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Don’t Player Hate, Arbitrate

Ryan Howard’s agent, Larry Reynolds Casey Close, is spending hours each day (or delegating that responsibility to someone else) preparing a case to prove that Howard deserves $10 million instead of the $7 million that the Phillies want to compensate him for his efforts. The system is called arbitration, but why is it used and […]

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Ryan Howard Aims To End Philadelphia’s Streak

A little over a year ago, Ryan Howard dropped his agent Larry Reynolds of Reynolds Sports Management in favor of Casey Close, who works for CAA. Howard was coming off of an MVP year and was hoping for another stellar season so that he could go to arbitration with Close and get a monumental deal. […]

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Splitting The Difference

Splitting the difference is a time-honored and often successful negotiation strategy. But, according to Roger Dawson, author of Secrets of Power Negotiating, the real rule is that one never offer to split the difference oneself, but should always encourage the other person to offer to split the difference. “Don’t fall into the trap of thinking […]

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The 72-hour countdown: Can Peter Greenberg eclipse Boras’ Zito deal?

I found an interesting ESPN.com piece on the Manhattan-based Peter Greenberg (rated by Forbes as the “best” agent in baseball), agent for the recently traded Johan Santana. Greenberg’s foray into the industry (he founded Peter E. Greenberg & Associates) occurred in the early 90’s after first working as a lawyer, and was founded upon a […]

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Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-Up

My 2nd favorite team, the New York Giants, will be taking on the evil empire in the Super Bowl. Can’t wait to see if Lawrence Tynes is still a savior in February. Anyway, lots and lots of links for you to visit on this week’s edition of Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-Up. Here are the links […]

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Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-Up

Only three days away from the big two year birthday for I Want to be a Sports Agent. I have to thank everyone who has ventured across this blog from its beginning and remained a part of it. Whether you are a contributor, reader, tip-giver, commentator, etc., I am truly thankful for your role in […]

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Come On, You’re Better Than That!!!

Last Saturday I was tuning into 1050 ESPN radio, hosted by Warner Wolf. The main topic was the Mitchell Report. After discussing the individual players who were mentioned in the report, Wolf went on to discuss how some of these players may have significantly altered the outcomes of games. The specific event he was talking […]

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Overwhelming A-Rod Coverage

Rumors begin that A-Rod will opt out of his contract with the Yankees and sign a big deal with the Cubs that includes a stake in the franchise. Boras asks the Yankees for something around $500 million in return for A-Rod’s services for the next 10 years. Hank Steinbrenner makes it clear that if A-Rod […]

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Can The Rocket Sue For Libel?

Mass Media law in the United States includes the tort of defamation (libel and slander) and is a surprisingly thorny subject matter. In fact, there are lawyers who devote their entire professional careers just to this subject. One question that immediately popped into my mind when I heard months ago that former U.S. Senator George […]

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Alex Speaks!

Nothing made me happier than seeing Alex Rodriguez stand up for himself and stick it to Boras on national television Sunday night. For years, Alex has been a magnet for criticism. A lot of that criticism was from ridiculous things he said and did, but some of the blame can also lie with his agent, […]