The Andre Smith sweepstakes is over. For now. The newest winner (if that’s what you want to call it): Alvin Keels of Global Management Group (GMG). Just as a recap, here is how Andre has chewed up and spit out agents thus far (in chronological order). DeBartolo Sports GMG Priority Sports And now he’s back […]
Category: Sports Agents
Aaron Goodwin – Terrence Williams, Demar DeRozan Aaron Mintz (Priority) – Tyrese Rice, Jeff Adrien Andre Buck (CAA) – Dionte Christmas, DaJuan Summers Andy Miller (ASM Sports) – B.J. Mullens, Daniel Hackett, Eric Maynor, Alonzo Gee, Rudy Mbemba, Robert Vaden Arn Tellem – Wayne Ellington, Gerald Henderson Austin Walton (Dynasty) – Terrance Woodbury Bernie Lee […]
One of my good friends in law school always calls me Broseph. I’m not sure why. My name is not Joseph. Anyway, everyone says “bro” now-a-days, including yours truly from time to time. Thus, I was not surprised to see that a site like BroBible.com exists. Recently, the web site did a piece on sports […]
24 hours later, and I have figured out who wants to be Andre Smith’s agent. The only problem, is that I have no clue who he wants to be the person in charge of his contractual negotiations. Yesterday, I reported that Andre Smith dropped his third agent (Rick Smith of Priority Sports) and rumor had […]
What took them so long? As sports agents, we have a fiduciary duty to act in our clients’ best interests at all times. That includes informing them of the ramifications of abusing an illegal substance. It also means that we can’t be pushing or selling performance enhancing drugs to our clients. All of us would […]
Andre Smith (yes, the guy pictured below) has seen his ups and downs in a short span of time. Before Bowl season, he was listed as the best Offensive Lineman going into the 2009 NFL Draft. Then he was banned from playing in the Sugar Bowl for apparently having dealing with an agent (which is […]
I run across new agency web sites all the time, and when I do, I make sure to add them to our always growing database of Agency web site links. The latest edition is Jet Sports Management, which is located in my own state of Florida and is strictly a baseball agency. Its founder is […]
Yesterday, I reported that Athletes First led the pack of agencies in terms of number of clients drafted this year with a total of 16 players taken in the 2 days of the NFL Draft. Its President/CEO is David Dunn, who I have discussed on the blog a long time ago and recently had the […]
Neil Stratton runs an excellent web site, InsideTheLeague.com. Daily, Neil discusses the latest agent/player rumors in the NFL. Also, right around NFL draft time, Neil provides solid information regarding what players are signed with which agencies. Recently, he put together a list of agencies ranked by how many of their clients were drafted in April. […]
Aaron Goodwin – Terrence Williams Andre Buck (CAA) – Dionte Christmas, DaJuan Summers Andy Miller (ASM Sports) – B.J. Mullens, Daniel Hackett, Eric Maynor Arn Tellem – Wayne Ellington Bill Duffy (BDA Sports) – Brandon Jennings, Hasheem Thabeet, Darren Collison Brad Ames (Priority) – Ben Woodside Brian Elfus (Elfus & Siegel Management) – Connor Atchley, […]