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Sports Figures That Belong On The Simpsons

In honor of The Simpsons Movie coming out this Friday, I decided to do some research and see what athletes deserve to have guest appearances on the most successful cartoon of all time. This is what I came up with: O.J. Simpson – Ex-Running Back for the Buffalo Bills and San Fransisco 49ers. Homer Bailey […]

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Nightmare Clients for the Week of July 15th-July 22nd

I know everyone out there was probably very worried about the lack of a Nightmare Clients column last night. I had a minor incident that kept me from putting it up last night, but never fear….nothing will stop SportsAgentBlog.com from exposing the Nightmares!  1. Troubled pitcher Scott Olsen of the Florida Marlins was arrested early […]

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Brady Quinn Signing (not with the Browns)

Charging at least $75 per autograph is not exactly the best publicity move when you are a rook who has not even signed with the team who picked you in the first round.  Someone might want to give that hint of advice to Brady Quinn, who refused to sign any memorabilia that was paid for […]

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Agent Spotlight: Molly Fletcher

From the 2nd post ever on I Want to be a Sports Agent (made on January 1, 2006) to this day, I have stressed the importance of having an internship in the sports agent industry if this is truly the job that you envision yourself having in the future. I have mentioned it in many […]

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Michael Vick: Inmate 007

I see that there have been a few requests for the status of Michael Vick and his endorsement situation. Let me get that issue out of the way immediately. His latest shoe, the Nike Vick Zoom V, has been suspended, but at this moment Nike does not want to comment on the future of their […]

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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 we have to say and like reading the articles, some have a strong interest in the agent business and would like […]

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Kevin Durant Is In Safe Hands

The recent signing of Kevin Durant with Nike means two things. 1) Kevin Durant and Greg Oden are now teammates. 2) Durant’s agent (Aaron Goodwin) made good on his guarantee. As an incentive to sign Durant, Goodwin made a guarantee that he would net Kevin Durant a shoe contract of at least 40 million dollars. […]

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Scott Boras Has Been Awfully Vocal Lately

First, Boras decided that he would push Major League Baseball to change the standard best-out-of-seven World Series format to a best-out-of-nine event with some other minor changes mixed within [Scott Boras’ Plan To Take Over The World (Series)]. Then, Mr. Boras made every SportsCenter show for 3 straight days after saying that his client (Alex […]

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I Hope That No NFL Team Will Waste His Franchise

The deadline for players who had been given a Franchise Tag to sign multi-year contracts has passed. July 16th at 4PM marked the close of any such possibility. That leaves Asante Samuel and Lance Briggs in the dust (as far as long-term contracts are concerned), with both players threatening to hold out until the 10th […]

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Going Up: NFL Salaries

The past two NFL off-seasons have changed the financial make-up of the NFL for years to come. The 4 signings that have significantly changed the checkbooks for the present and future of the NFL are Steve Hutchinson, Nate Clements, Dwight Freeney, and Cory Redding. Last off-season, Steve Hutchinson signed a tremendous 7-year 49 million dollar […]