David Falk re-entered the sports agency world in 2007 (representing draft pick, Jeff Green), and has not been afraid to vocalize his opinions about the industry ever since. “The sports agent business has become so corrupt — I would not encourage anyone to try to become an agent right now.” [Short and Sweet] – 4/23/08 […]
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National Sports Agency got a lot of solid press for winning Spike TV’s reality show, Super Agent. Harold Lewis and his company beat out nine other agents to win the right to represent Detroit Lions DT, Shaun Cody. Harold also received some solid press from his interview at SportsAgentBlog.com. But the biggest news for his […]
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Matt Sosnick Speaks At UCSB
Matt Sosnick stopped by UC-Santa Barbara last Friday to speak to a Sports Management class. He was very frank in his discussion with students about his former business, his college days, and how Sosnick and Cobbe Sports ended up becoming the large California baseball agency that it is today. Here are some things that Matt […]
After the University of Alabama looked miserable against the Utah Utes in the 2009 Sugar Bowl, I thought that Alabama’s poor performance might actually have a beneficial effect on Andre Smith‘s draft stock. Alabama’s offense could not move, which Smith’s advisors might have tried to blame on Smith’s absence from the game. But those thoughts […]
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BDA Loses Agent to WMG
Lindsay Kagawa, who less than a year ago took the helm of BDA‘s Women’s Elite Division, has decided to leave Bill Duffy and join the team at Wasserman Media Group. Sports Business Daily reported Kagawa’s switch yesterday. BDA promoted her to the head of the Women’s Elite Division after she spent five years as Duffy’s […]
A good buddy of mine/CEO of Chaney Sports Group, Chris Chaney, passed along this interview with his friend, Matthew Seminara. Matthew is the CEO of Seminara Sports, which looks to be a full-service baseball agency with an office in New York City. Seminara Sports seems to have a nice stable of Minor League clients after […]
I imagine that sports agent, Kennard McGuire, gets his fair share of people calling him Jerry Maguire. Not only are their last names almost identical, but both the real agent and the fictional one represent football players. Jerry struggled to maintain one demanding client, Kennard just had three make the 2009 Pro Bowl. His latest […]
MLBPA Certified Agents Larry O’Brien, Kurt Varricchio and Barton Cerioni have agreed to merge their athlete representation firms to form Full Circle Sports Management, LLC. Talks have been underway between the three agents since October 2008. The firm’s Senior Partner, Larry O’Brien, made the announcement. “This is an exciting day for us and our athletes,” […]
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One “Ace” of an Agent
I recently had the opportunity to throw a few questions at American tennis superstar James Blake. Fortunately for me, and all of you, I received some genuine responses from the 11th ranked player in the world. A lot of people, including myself, are intrigued by the agent’s role in dealing with professional athletes. However, most […]
Dynasty Baseball Agent, Bryan Swalley, recently received an email from a graduate student at LSU asking Swalley for help on a school project he was working on regarding sports agentry (specifically, baseball). I believe that the Q&A is valuable for SportsAgentBlog.com readers and thus decided to post them below. Q: What types of services do […]