Matt Leinart: Who’s Your Daddy?
For a sports agent blog, we sure do cover Matt Leinart quite a bit. Let’s do a quick recap… April 26, 2007: I reported that Leinart cut his marketing ties with Creative Artists Agency...
Category: Sports Business
The Most Comprehensive Sports Agency Database On The Web
When I created this blog on December 31, 2005, it looked like crap, had no readers, and had little content. Not much has changed! One of the original purposes of creating this site was...
Where Do I Start: Getting into the Sport Agent Business
I am considered one of the new guys to this site, but I have already noticed that many people view the site for a variety of different reasons. Some are just interested in what...
An Industry Of Conglomerates
For a long time, IMG stood alone as the behemoth in an industry made up of smaller boutique agencies. Athletes were not making near the money that they make today, and agencies were making...
Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-Up
I missed a lot of news from Sunday-Wednesday (being trapped in a poker room in Biloxi, Mississippi…losing my ass), and it took a while for me to catch up with all of that on...
Where is the Grass Greener?
I attended a recent symposium at Manhattanville College where there was a discussion about the agent business in professional sports. One of the speakers was Art Weiss, the agent for Wayne Chrebet, Harry Carson...
Keep Yourself Busy
I will be heading to Buloxi, Mississippi today (Sunday) until Wednesday evening on a gambling vacation with my father. It is kind of a nice way to lose $500 win $3,000 before I enter...
Kruezer joins the Elite
Last week Elite Sports Properties secured the representation of Nothern Knights player Matthew Kreuzer. [Tonight’s loser may find white Knight] After recieving many calls, Kreuzer felt it was time to make a decision, and...
The Name Game: Audience Participation Required
Do ever get that feeling that an athlete should be promoting a product or service? Either the product’s name reminds you of the athlete or vice-versa? Maybe it’s just me and my sports business...
An Eventful Way To Market Your Clients
Guest Contribution by Mandi Frishman, who works in the field of Meeting and Event Planning for (an undisclosed) major corporation: The search for new ways to differentiate your client can take a lot of...