This comes by way of a reader of the blog who wishes to remain anonymous: Many sports management firms tout their abilities to assist their clients with contract negotiations, finances, tax prep, PR and marketing. Agents bend over backward to court the spouses and family members of their prospective clients. What happens when that comes […]
I honestly figured that this would be the week that the Jamarcus Russell holdout would come to an end when I wrote the post, Holding Out For A Hero? on Tuesday. At that point, Russell had been up to 40 days in his current holdout. Today is the 42nd day, and I was just forwarded […]
I decided to start a new column that will spark solid dialogue amongst our avid readers here at the blog. It’s entitled “What would you do…?” The column’s basic purpose is to pose a hypothetical situation related to athlete representation. This will give a chance for some current agents to provide a response. It will […]
Guest contribution from an entity within the sports representation industry. Let me begin by saying that I’m excited to be part of this blog, and reassure you that I’m not here as the proto-feminist of the group. I would, however, like to give voice to some of the topics that we women in this industry […]
The day has finally come. I Want to be a Sports Agent is proud to introduce our 9th writer to The SportsAgentBlog.com All-Stars, and our first female author! Please welcome Erin Kane to the team. Erin will bring an interesting first-hand view into the sports agent industry. She is a currently employee at Gaylord Sports […]
The final round finish to the second-leg of the PGA Tour’s first-ever “playoffs” at the Deutsche Bank Championship outside of Boston saw yet another thrilling installment in golf’s best rivalry between Phil Mickelson (now #1 in the FedEx standings) and Tiger Woods (currently third). Yet the Labor Day duel was marred somewhat by Mickelson’s seemingly […]
On June 29, I Want to be a Sports Agent contributor Paul Schackman wrote a Rookie Holdouts post, where he declared that “It is almost a guarantee that Jamarcus Russell will start this season, whether is it week 1 or three weeks in.” 2 months and a few days later, it looks like Mr. Schackman […]
I will be on a live feed tomorrow (Sept 4th) at 1 PM EST with sports radio host, Adam Taxin, on wnwr.com (and, if you’re in Philly, on 1540 AM WNWR). The interview will last for a few minutes on a segment for Adam’s NFL Preview show. Someone had already snatched up the AFC East […]
1. Philadelphia pitcher Brett Myers allowed two solo homers in the ninth inning of the Phillies’ 4-3 loss to San Diego on Saturday night. He told reporters a few times after the game that he didn’t think either ball was hit well, calling both “popups.” When one writer asked him to repeat his answer, the […]
The image above is I Want to be a Sports Agent‘s 12 month visit and page view chart. I have to say that I am pretty impressed. In August, the site broke 100,000 total unique visits and 250,000 total page views. We sure have come a long way since the site used to use this […]