CSMG recently acquired Arizona Cardinals quarterback and budding actor, Matt Leinart, but the company has seen a big downsizing ever since. To put it plainly, and directly from the mouth of Liz Mullen at SportsBusinessJournal.com: [CSMG] has terminated its CEO, laid off several employees, saw its founder step down as chairman of the board of […]
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The August 15th midnight deadline has come and gone. Last time we updated this thread (6 days before the deadline), slot values had still been down across the board and 22 of the top 100 picks had not yet signed. In addition 13 of the 22 were first rounders. Let’s just say that August 15th […]
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The NFL Draft Derby
I know many of you always wonder who are the power firms in sports and who are the so-called best agencies. Well would you judge the best by most clients or most high profile athletes? The ESPN NFL Draft Derby by Len Pasquarelli stacks the various firms against each other. Please keep in mind this […]
Sad that The Sopranos is over? Upset that you will never be able to see Tony Soprano on HBO followed by Johnny Drama and Ari Gold? Turn that frown upside down, because James Gandolfini is coming back to HBO…in the form of a sports agent? Gandolfini will be playing Sonny Vaccaro in ABCD Camp [Gandolfini’s […]
Rick Ankiel was called up from Triple-A Memphis this past Thursday. Since then, he has hit 3 homeruns. The thing is that Ankiel was never known for his power. Coming out of high school, the St. Louis Cardinals were able to persuade Ankiel away from signing with the University of Miami by offering him a […]
With the signing of Brady Quinn there are now two unsigned first round draft picks. The number one pick Jamarcus Russell and the 14th pick Darrelle Revis. You can’t be so surprised with the Oakland Raiders and Russell debacle…they are the Raiders after all. The Raiders are saying that the Russell party is asking for […]
Last time this subject was touched on, we were a month away from the deadline for MLB teams to sign their 2007 draft picks [2007 MLB Amateur Draft Signing Bonuses – Update]. Time has elapsed, and the August 15th deadline is drawing near. In 6 days, MLB teams will either sign their picks or those […]
So last night, Barry Bonds finally hit home run number 756 and since it seems that much of the sports world had been waiting with bated breath, I figured the issue might be worth delving into; more particularly to consider what his agent will (or won’t) be getting from the record. Typically the eclipsing of […]
When Greg Olsen became the first person selected in the first round of this year’s NFL draft to sign, I reported that it was full of bonuses, incentives, and escalators [Greg Olsen Is The First First To Sign]. The escalators had been the breaking point in the Brady Quinn negotiations until yesterday, when Quinn finally […]
On May 10, 2006, I referenced an article from Economist.com that noted the annual salary growth in the 4 major American sports since 1990 [Player Salary Growth = Agent Salary Growth]. Each sport has seen a rise in average salary of over 9% during that timespan. The hope is that a consequence of such rise […]