Here at I Want to be a Sports Agent, we try and provide you with key issues that impact the industry. Whether it be current or future agents, this issue will no doubt pop up sometime. Indian cricketer Yuvraj Singh has recently signed with new representation, leaving Percept Management. However, under his previous management contract, […]
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It’s not in time for Christmas, but a new book due out next month will still seem like a lump of coal in Reggie Bush’s stocking this holiday. Roughly one month after Lloyd Lake, a partner along with San Diego businessman Michael Michaels in the failed sports marketing agency New Era Sports & Entertainment, played […]
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Like Father, Like Son???
Two weeks ago I came across a story that relates in a way to an article I wrote a few months back. This story has to do with DeBartolo Sports and Entertainment signing professional wrestler Joe “The Animal” Laurinaitis for marketing, appearances and entertainment work. Right off the bat, this may not sound like such […]
Well, the dust has settled after the draft and it’s time to wrap it up for another year. It was no surprise that Matthew Kreuzer was taken at No.1 by Carlton with their priority pick. In fact the top ten was fairly standard of what was expected. For us future sports agents, the draft is […]
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Sign On The Dotted Line
Last week, Sports Illustrated’s Seth Davis sparked up some conversation (albeit very little convo) about high school prospects signing letters of intent (LOI) with collegiate universities. I am sure that Will Leitch of Deadspin.com was not the only one out there wondering for a while why players give up their rights so early to sign […]
I Want to be a Sports Agent recommends that you buy Marc Isenberg’s new book: Money Players. Three athletic departments have purchased 10+ copies. One prominent sports agent purchased 50 copies for his clients. 1 copy: $25 per 2 copies: $20 per 10 copies, $15 per 50 copies, $10 per Currently free shipping on purchases.. […]
I blogged last week that Lloyd Lake, co-founder of the now defunct New Era Sports & Entertainment along with partner Michael Michaels, was scheduled to meet Friday with NCAA investigators and allegedly supply them with documents and receipts, including a deposit slip, showing that Lake had placed hundreds of dollars into Reggie Bush’s personal bank […]
As if sports agents were not already looked at in a shady manner, the San Fransisco Chronicle picks up the slack and hammers into your skull just how ruthless many of my colleagues may be [A TEMPTING BUSINESS]. If you want to see the minority of an industry exposed, which is something that mainstream media […]
A new opportunity may become available soon for basketball players. NBA Commissioner David Stern in in talks with authorities in China to set up a ‘Second NBA’, which would be a world-class professional basketball league. [China could host ‘second NBA’] But don’t get too excited, this won’t be for a while. David Stern is in […]
Officially my fourth appearance on Adam Taxin’s radio show, which is broadcast on 1540 AM WNWR in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The entire segment is devoted to a discussion about Reggie Bush and his involvement with Michael Michaels and Lloyd Lake of New Era Sports & Entertainment while enrolled at the University of Southern California. For the […]