Yesterday, I discussed a cause of action for a sports agent who loses a client based on another agent’s interference in his contractual relations with a client. As I assumed, the post has generated quite a bit of conversation on this site and also on social media sites like Twitter. Jay Reisinger, a partner at […]
Category: Recruiting
Ever since I first thought about entering this industry, one thing I have been told time and time again by those within and outside of the athlete representation business is that sports agents never sleep. It’s not that they are working 24/7, it is that they are so worried that their best clients will be […]
A battle may be brewing between Bernie Lee and Andre Buck. Andre Buck worked with CAA for a while before recently leaving the behemoth to set up his own shingles. In his first year doing things on his own, he was able to wrap up Hassan Whiteside, a big early entry center who was a […]
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Making Yourself Available
As most of us know, being an agent is a 24/7 job. One obstacle that I encountered while attempting to conduct informational interviews with various agencies, was being able to actually talk to the agent instead of a secretary or leaving a voicemail . I made phone calls to over twenty-five different agencies in and around […]
Dear future NFL athlete: My company, Synrgy Sports Consulting, exists to fight for you. You don’t know me or my colleague, JD Nelson, so you may not pay attention to what I’m saying here, but if you care about your future, you’d be wise to read this article. Got your attention? Good. Over the past […]
I represent athletes, but first and foremost, I consider myself an Educator. They really run hand-in-hand, though. I make sure to provide all of my clients up-to-date, relevant information that will help them succeed in life. I do the same for athletes who are not yet my clients, but whom I may be advising before […]
Every so often the question comes up on SportsAgentBlog.com asking whether or not getting a law degree is really necessary to be an agent. The technical answer is “no” – no professional leagues require that agents have a law degree. Some leagues, like the NFL, call for prospective contract advisors to meet additional requirements if […]
For anybody not familiar with hockey players, I’m telling you that you’ll never find a closer group of guys. Your teammates are your family and the bond you share with them is truly something that people rarely, if ever, find. This week just seemed to be one of those that proved my point to the […]
This is the first SportsAgentBlog.com post by Rand J. Getlin – President & Founder of Synrgy Sports Consulting. What do Deion Sanders, Michael Crabtree and Dez Bryant all have in common? Aside from the fact that they’ve all eaten dinner at chateau de Primetime, they’re all clients of super agent Eugene Parker. What do Mike Jenkins, […]
Henry Abbott of ESPN’s TrueHoop recently wrote a piece concerning how sports agents promise the world to athletes in order to give them a fighting chance at being hired for representation purposes. He draws interesting comparisons to the medical and real estate worlds, where many doctors and real estate brokers will over-promise and under-deliver. Alonzo […]