With Malcolm Jenkins coming to an agreement with the New Orleans Saints late Sunday night, the holdout party of 7 dropped to a smaller table of 6. Those remaining unsigned, along with their representation are listed below: Aaron Curry, LB, Seattle Seahawks (4th overall pick) – Octagon Andre Smith, T, Cincinnati Bengals (6th overall pick) […]
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The signing deadline for players drafted in the 2009 MLB Rule 4 Draft is less than two weeks away. In fact, players and their advisors have 12 more days to come to agreement with MLB organizations. If a deal is not struck by midnight of August 17th, that player will either return to college, go […]
First round NFL deals are moving along slower than a snail’s pace. We saw this coming, though. That said, New Orleans Saints fans are not happy that their first round pick, Malcolm Jenkins, continues to sit out of camp. Their unhappiness is amplified by the fact that Brian Orakpo (picked before Jenkins) and Brian Cushing […]
I’d like to think that there is nothing true about this post, but I am not naive enough to believe that it is far from reality. The post was written by Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk.com. He claims that the reason there have been so few 2009 1st round NFL Draft selections signing is because the […]
After reading the article I wrote yesterday on CAA’s acquisition of CSMG’s President, Henry Thomas, and all of his clients, I realized that I did not spend enough time talking about the implications of this move on the sports agent industry as a whole. CSMG wis probably gone for good, but what exactly does it […]
What do Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh, Devin Harris, Udonis Haslem, Dee Brown, Anthony Parker, Ronnie Brewer, Michael Finley, Shaun Livingston, Quinton Ross, Denham Brown, Marcus Taylor, Loukas Mavrokefalidis, and Marcellus Sommerville all have in common? Their primary agent is Henry Thomas, formerly of CSMG. This weekend, it was reported (via Twitter) that Thomas will be […]
First Andre Smith dropped Alvin Keels and GMG Sports for Rick Smith and Priority Sports. Rumors circulated that Andre did this to raise his draft stock, because many teams felt more comfortable if Andre was with Priority over GMG. As we all know, Andre went back to Alvin Keels, and Rick Smith/Priority Sports have still […]
Neil Stratton runs an excellent web site, InsideTheLeague.com. Daily, Neil discusses the latest agent/player rumors in the NFL. Also, right around NFL draft time, Neil provides solid information regarding what players are signed with which agencies. Recently, he put together a list of agencies ranked by how many of their clients were drafted in April. […]
CAA is the old IMG, shot up with a dose of corporate steroids. Its football division is leaps and bounds above its competition, in a sport where new entrants come into the fold every day trying to take some of CAA’s share (with not much success). Its baseball division is right up there with names […]
Drew Rosenhaus did not have a single player taken in the first-round of this draft (he does represent the first pick of the 2nd round, Louis Delmas). When’s the last time there was a Rosenhaus-free first round? I’m sure he kept himself very busy during the first-round, anyway. Michael Mitchell, the biggest surprise of Day […]