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Tracy McGrady Thanks Agents Arn Tellem And Tim Hoy In Farewell Facebook Post

Tracy McGrady was drafted #9 overall by the Toronto Raptors in 1997.  In 2000, he signed a whopping 7-year $93 million contract with the same team.  And recently, after a long, up-and-down NBA career, McGrady has called it quits (although he will continue to play overseas).  But he exits with dignity. On October 9, McGrady announced […]

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Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-Up (5/4/2012)

Earlier this week, I had a blast speaking at the American Bar Association Forum On The Entertainment And Sports Industries.  I spoke on the issue of high interest rate loans to athletes, and was somewhat surprised to find that much of those in attendance were unaware of the loans (not just “lockout loans”) that athletes have […]

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Jamal Crawford Picks Andy Miller Of ASM Sports For Representation

On September 16, 2011, I wrote that Jamal Crawford was on to the next one after he officially terminated Aaron Goodwin of Goodwin Sports Management as his representative.  Crawford had not given any indication as to who would become his next agent of record.  According to the NY Daily News, Crawford has finally made a decision, opting to sign with […]

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Sources Indicate That LeSean McCoy Was Almost A Joel Segal Client

Yesterday, I reported that LeSean “Shady” McCoy was very close to being “on to the next one.”  He fired his agent Drew Rosenhaus only to re-hire him one day later.  After publishing the story, multiple sources have informed me that McCoy was not having second thoughts about Rosenhaus based on Rosenhaus’ culinary preference of Chickie & Pete’s.  Instead, […]

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Wilson Chandler Signs Deal In China

On August 30, 2011, J.A. Adande of ESPN.com reported that Wilson Chandler stated he has signed a contract to play for Zhejiang Guangsha, which plays its games in the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA).  There are two reasons why I find Chandler’s move to the CBA and the article itself to be of importance to Sports Agent […]

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Protecting Your Client Base From The Sharks

The following is a guest contribution from Martin Fischman (@Martin_Fischman), Dynasty’s Football Division Director. During this post draft/pre training-camp season, it seems that rookies have switched agencies at a higher rate than ever before.  It is perplexing as to why so many players are changing agents when no player contracts can be negotiated and endorsement deals […]

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Football Agents Fighting It Out In The Wild Wild West?

Immediately following the NFLPA’s decertification as a union for NFL players, turning it into a trade association representing professional football players’ interests, Twitter blew up with football agents Tweeting their concerns that athlete representation is going to turn into the Wild Wild West. Nate Haber of PlayersRep Sports Management tweeted: “With the decertification of the […]

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Woeful Weslye Saunders Now Draft Eligible

It looks like Woeful Weslye Saunders will enter the 2011 NFL Draft after all.  Yesterday, ProFootballWeekly.com reported that the NFL announced that the former University of South Carolina tight end is eligible to be selected, changing its former stance of disallowing the player from being a part of the draft after he failed to file […]

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Agents Scared Of Having Clients In Miami, Near Rosenhaus

Readers who frequent this site are probably familiar with the fairly new column, On To The Next One, where I highlight when an athlete leaves his agent for new representation.  I do not cover every switch; not all changes are worth reporting, and I could probably make a post per day due to the high […]

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Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-Up (6/18/2010)

Really slow sports news week.  When vuvuzelas and Miami-Wade County seem to be two of the hottest speaking topics, you know there is not much to talk about.  For those in the baseball agency world, there is a rather large showcase currently taking place in Tampa, Florida.  The Perfect Game National Showcase has many players […]