San Francisco 49ers running back Matt Breida has switched representation and has joined Young Money APPA Sports. Agent Andy Simms announced the signing on Twitter. Simms also represents Patriots defensive backs Devin and Jason McCourty, Seahawks defensive tackle Jarran Reed, and Redskins running back Derrius Guice. Undrafted out of Georgia Southern University, Breida had a […]
Sports Illustrated has its Oklahoma State story, Yahoo! Sports has its Southeastern Conference story. Those two beasts alone are enough to make your eyes tired. The idea of amateurism also is enough to exhaust you — don’t even try to justify the claim that it is a relevant concept in today’s day-and-age. I hope all […]
Three football agents had their names listed front-and-center as part of a new investigative report published by the team of Charles Robinson and Rand Getlin at Yahoo! Sports. Those agents are Andy Simms of PlayersRep Sports Management, Peter Schaffer of Authentic Athletix and John Phillips, who was formerly the owner of Breakthrough Sports Agency (BTSA), […]
Successfully recruiting a football player to become your client is difficult. Sitting around waiting for your client to be selected on one of the days of the NFL Draft is stressful. But nothing may be as challenging for NFLPA Contract Advisors as this week, when many will have their clients cut by NFL teams and […]
Safety Jerron McMillian played his college ball at Maine before he was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the fourth round of the 2012 NFL Draft. When drafted, McMillian was represented by Abu Toppin of Reliance Sports Management (RSM). However, according to Andy Simms, McMillian has recently made a change, and Simms is the beneficiary of that decision. [blackbirdpie […]
On May 1, 2012, I reported that NFLPA Contract Advisor Ken Sarnoff left Lagardère Unlimited. A little over a month has passed, and Sarnoff has already found a new home, literally. Sarnoff has moved from Phoenix, Arizona to Chicago, Illinois and paired up with the PlayersRep Sports Management team. PlayersRep Co-Founder Andy Simms first reported the news yesterday on […]
What: Cleveland-Marshall College of Law’s 2nd Annual Entertainment and Sports Law Association Symposium – Cleveland and the Three Major Leagues: How the Recently Agreed NFL, NBA and MLB Collective Bargaining Agreements Will Help (or Hurt) Our Hometown Teams Win a Championship When: Friday, April 13, 2010 (12:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.) Where: 1801 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, Ohio 44115 (Moot […]
Lazarius Levingston was picked in the seventh round (#215 overall) by the Seattle Seahawks. The former LSU Tiger, better known as “Pep” was the last player from his class at LSU to be selected in the 2011 NFL Draft. He has experience playing at the defensive end and defensive tackle positions. He also now has […]