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Scott Boras: The Devil Wears Jeans?

When Scott Boras isn’t busy eating your children, he is actually baking cookies for his employees. Our boy, Jason Wulterkens, not only knows his fair share about golf, but is knowledgable about the entire industry. He has decided to share a second contribution to this site, and will officially become a contributor after this post […]

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Breaking into the Industry: 10 Questions with an Aspiring Agent who already has

Have you ever wondered what it takes to break into the ultra-competitive sports agent industry? Every year, as the deals in professional sports become more and more lucrative, the crowd of aspiring agents only continues to grow deeper. You can break into the industry several different ways. The first and quickest way to land your […]

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Introducing Matthew Allinson

SportsAgentBlog.com – I Want to be a Sports Agent has just received its fourth contributor: Matthew Allinson.  He is a 3rd year law student (also known as a 3L) at The Ohio State University, but I won’t hold being a Buckeye against him.  His resume more than makes up for his choice of school. Matthew […]

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Plan For Your NFL Client Being Cut

The NFL has a lot of money and its owners have been sharing more of it with their players. It happens all the time.  A player is signed to a high priced multi-year contract only to be cut way before the contract expires.  Most of the money that was displayed with awe in the major […]

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The Aftermath

I guess I was a little naive, or maybe it’s just that my national sports leagues don’t have it, but after reading this article it makes sense [Pensions in Pro Sports]. Most jobs have a retirement savings plan, whether it be Superannuation, 401k etc. so why shouldn’t professional sports? An athletes career can be short […]

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The End Of The Franchise?

Bears 2007 Franchise Tag player, Lance Briggs, wants out of Chi-Town. I opened up ESPN.com yesterday to find Len Pasquarelli telling me that Lance Briggs is very upset with his franchise tag, hates the Chicago Bears organization because of it (makes sure to leave the actual team out of his disgust), and wants to be […]

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Els To Callaway Raises Eyebrows?

“The Big Easy” is the newest client of Callaway Golf Company. Loyal reader of SportsAgentBlog.com and avid golf fan, Jason Wulterkens, has decided to hand over his first contribution to this site (besides his insightful comments). His post is a great read: South African professional golfer Ernie Els, nicknamed “The Big Easy” and also a […]

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Going Abroad

Sports Agents and the MLB are on the rise in the Far East, which makes a perfect situation for an aspiring baseball agent who wants to specialize in Asia. There are already many Asian baseball players in the MLB, and according to ESPN’s Tim Kurkjian, the flow of players from the Far East to America […]

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Nightmare Clients of the Week

Nightmare Clients for the Week of February 25th-March 4th

1) Vladimir Radmanovic of the Los Angeles Lakers went snowboarding during the All-Star break, separated his shoulder, and has now been fined $500,000 (roughly 10% of his 2007 salary) for violating provisions of his contract and subsequently lying about how he got injured [Lakers fine Radmanovic for lying about injury]. 2) Gary Matthews Jr. of […]

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In-Depth Look At The Nate Clements Deal

Nate Clements was signed yesterday to an 8-year, $80 million contract by the San Francisco 49ers, making him the highest paid defensive player ever. The deal has made headlines on many sports-media outlets, and the first response of many has been “really?” It is true that an $80 million contract has been signed, but it’s […]