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It’s Draft Season: NBA

The NBA Draft is quickly approaching (June 28th), and this is the prime time for players who have entered their name into the pool of possible selections to select an agent. Players who are just testing the waters, are putting their name out there without taking on any representation. A player that is testing the […]

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Sports Agents

Want to be a Jockey’s agent?

It has been quite some time since I have posted a title that starts with “Want to be a”…last one was Want to be a Coach’s agent?  Anyway, today I will focus on a sport that is not discussed much on this blog, which is horse racing.  Horse racing, unlike boxing, seems to have enough […]

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Interview With The Agent

Interview With The Agent: David Canter

Sports Agent Interview: With Matthew Vuckovich David Canter is a 34 year-old sports agent and is the President and CEO of DEC MANAGEMENT (http://www.decagent.com). He has had the opportunities to work for the Florida Marlins while in college and quickly learned that players need a voice too. Mr. Canter has seen some hard times when […]

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NBA Players Sports Agents

Conley Sr. Joins BDA Sports

Today I got an e-mail from a loyal reader of I Want to be a Sports Agent with this particular inquiry: “I was wondering if you by chance knew how I could get Mike Conley’s e mail or phone number. My athletic trainer recently told me he was starting MAC sports in Chicago.” Everyone in […]

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Congratulations To Contributor Graduates

Besides myself graduating from the University of Florida and embarking on 3 more years at UF Law, 3 of our contributors have also graduated. Congratulations are in order for the following 3 contributors in no particular order: Matthew Vuckovich for graduating from the University of Illinois undergraduate program. Matthew Allinson for graduating from The Ohio […]

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Contract Negotiation MLB Players Sports Agents

The Hendricks Strategy

Unless you could absolutely care less about anything that has to do with baseball and happened to throw away your newspaper’s sports page while avoiding your local news channel’s sports segment, you are aware that Roger Clemens has agreed to a $28 million contract this year, which will actually pay him $18 million for the […]

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MLB Players MLB Teams

The MLB Wakes Up And Televises Its Entry Draft

Summer interns rejoice! No longer will you have to sit for two whole days in front of a computer screen, tracking pick after pick to see where your agency’s baseball players are drafted. Instead, relax on the company couch and watch part (4 hours) of the MLB entry draft this June on ESPN2 [Coming this […]

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CFL Sports Agents

Darren Gill Strikes Again

I am back home for the Summer (besides a vacation and business trip here and there…including going to Israel from May 13-24), and am ready to get back to keeping you up to date with the latest happenings in the Sports Agent world. There is no better way to start than to give major props […]

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Nightmare Clients of the Week

Nightmare Clients for the Week of April 29th-May 6th

I graduated from the University of Florida undergraduate school today with a Bachelors in Arts.  After I write this, it will be inebriation time with the parentals!  Now for your nightmare client: 1. Julio Mateo of the Seattle Mariners was arrested after having a dispute with some unknown woman, missed a game without first getting […]

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Contract Negotiation Soccer

Major League Soccer Beckham

On January 12th, Chris Lesley was talking about the “milestone in sports,” which was David Beckham’s supposed contract that he was going to be signing with the L.A. Galaxy [Earn it like Beckham].  Hell, every sports news service was going crazy about the $250 million that Beckham was going to earn over 5 seasons.  Sorry […]