Nothing made me happier than seeing Alex Rodriguez stand up for himself and stick it to Boras on national television Sunday night. For years, Alex has been a magnet for criticism. A lot of that criticism was from ridiculous things he said and did, but some of the blame can also lie with his agent, […]
Month: December 2007
Derrick Gordon is a 6-3 freshman SG for St. Patrick High School in Elizabeth, NJ and one of the top rated freshmen basketball players in the country. Many high school basketball pundits have touted his freshman class at St. Patrick as the best in the nation (featuring Derrick, 6-6 F Michael Gilchrist (rated as the […]
I am so happy that Matt persuaded me to make a public post about Dynasty Athlete Representation‘s new internship program. Without posting on the subject, we would not have received the great number of responses from an elite class of applicants that we did over this past week. Since April, I have sporadically received emails […]
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Building Dreams
Top agencies are spending big coin on extravagant new office spaces in order to woo clients. Your average sports agency is not going to go over the top when it comes to architectural design of its office space. However, I can tell you from personal experience, that while I was at CS&E interning a few […]
Here at I Want to be a Sports Agent, we try and provide you with key issues that impact the industry. Whether it be current or future agents, this issue will no doubt pop up sometime. Indian cricketer Yuvraj Singh has recently signed with new representation, leaving Percept Management. However, under his previous management contract, […]
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Aussie Millions
Once again, BRW have released their Top 50 Australian Sports Earners for the year. [BRW highest sports earners] No points for guessing who is number 1, yet again. Greg Norman. The Shark amassed the same as he did last year, pocketing $20 million. Shark doesn’t get out on the course much anymore…only $500,000 was from […]
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The Primary Cut
Ninth installment of The Primary Cut – weekly insights from the world of golf player management and other golf-related industry and player news. 1. Take two pills and call me in the morning In light of the fact that drug testing on the PGA Tour will start July 8, 2008 after the Tiger Woods-hosted AT&T […]
Tony LaRussa has signed his first agent. He is now represented by Creative Artists Agency (CAA) for speaking engagements [Business is sweet]. CAA has also taken over representation for professional beach volleyball company, AVP [AVP ANNOUNCES NEW STRATEGIC RELATIONSHIP WITH CREATIVE ARTISTS AGENCY]. Tack on another 10 years for Coca-Cola to say it is the […]
Two college coaching contracts made a splash this week. University of Minnesota men’s basketball coach Tubby Smith finalized a contract Tuesday that will pay him $1.75 million annually, making him the highest-paid employee in University of Minnesota history. Smith’s seven-year contract was agreed upon roughly nine months after the former Kentucky coach was hired to […]
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Adam Taxin Show #6
It has been a little while since my last radio appearance. Email me if you would like me on your show! That being said, yesterday I had a great time on the air in my sixth appearance on Adam Taxin’s radio show. I was able to interview former Heisman quarterback, Eric Crouch, who discussed everything […]