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Carnival of the NBA #44

I Want to be a Sports Agent has been lucky enough to be featured on Carnival of the NBA #44, the latest edition of Carnival of the NBA.  The post that is mentioned on the Carnival is Who Will Blaze The Trail?  There is a lot of discussion going on currently, so why not stop […]

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Call For Votes

I guess it is kind of pathetic to stoop so low as to beg all of you loyal readers to vote for me in a Hot Blogger Tournament, but I guess that it could be worse…at least I’m not a bigot. So anyway, I entered into a Hot Blogger Tournament sponsored by the great site, […]

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IMG Expands, Kobe Stays, and Condon Leaves

I would have spread each topic into its own post, but I have been busy all day and just got around to reading all of the relevant sports agent news for the day.  In the interest of time, I will post in the Darren Rovell form, and give you different stories in one jumble of […]

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Roll Out The Hold Outs

The MLB First-Year Player Draft is right around the corner, and you can expect to see some drafted players holding out for better offers. The media, MLB organizations, and the general public tend to agree on one thing: they hate it when players holdout. They also like to blame sports agents for ruining sports when […]

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Nightmare Clients for the Week of May 27th-June 3rd

Welcome to another week of Nightmare Clients! Things have been relatively quiet in the media with regards to players, but even during the quietest of weeks there is bound to be a Nightmare Client or two…or three…or four… 1. Chicago Cubs manager Lou Piniella was suspended indefinitely and fined an undisclosed amount by Major League […]

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MLB Players Race Issues

Sheff Serves Up The Race Card

Do Major League Baseball owners, GMs, and scouts tend to favor a specific type of race over another when in the draft room? Gary Sheffield says yes. Not only have Latin players replaced African-Americans as the largest minority group in the MLB since the 1980s, but the gap is rather large. In 2005, it was […]

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50 Athletes That Make More Money Than You

Jonah Freedman of SI.com recently released Sports Illustrated’s 4th annual Fortunate 50.  The list documents America’s top 50 money-making athletes for the past year (includes money made by actually playing the sport plus any off-the-field money…endorsements, appearances, etc.).  Jonah also released the International 20, which highlights the top 20 money grossing athletes in the world […]

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Skipping college for the PGA Tour

Will the PGA Tour eventually adopt a minimum age requirement, a la those of the NFL and the NBA? Chances are, not anytime soon. However, there is a growing number of people in the golf community and industry alike who happen to agree with Hank Haney, golf instructor and swing coach to Tiger Woods, that […]

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Interview With The Athlete: Steve Weatherford

Interview With The Athlete By Matthew Vuckovich Steve Weatherford is a 24 year-old NFL player. He is the punter for the New Orleans Saints (http://www.neworleanssaints.com/playerbio.cfm?playerid=361). I became friends with Steve through one of my fraternity brothers while Steve was playing football at the University of Illinois. Being a former Illini, he will always be star […]

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Enter Another Conglomerate

Joel Segal’s Worldwide Football Inc. has been acquired by Blue Equity LLC. If you have ever heard of Joel Segal, it is probably because he is Reggie Bush’s agent for contractual negotiations with NFL teams. In the past, I may have even put some of the blame on Segal for not negotiating Bush in the […]