Here’s some stories you may have missed last week: – MLS team owners want more money in the salary cap. They have proposed two options. First, a straight out $2.5 million dollar cap. Secondly, a $2.3 million cap, with extra money allowed for transfers. [Debate highlights MLS salary cap split among teams] A surprising fact […]
Month: December 2007
Morton’s Steakhouse? Capital Grille? Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse? Those are so old school. Next time you are going to sit down with an owner to sign a multi-million dollar deal for your client, do it at a fast food joint! That’s the setting for Torii Hunter’s contractual negotiations. Larry Reynolds of Reynolds Sports Management does not […]
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Sports Business Carnival #5
Head over to Take a Peck and check out the newest edition of Sports Business Carnival. [Sports Business Carnival #5]. I Want to be a Sports Agent made it into the carnival with our recent post arguing that athletes should continue to have full-time agents and that an hourly fee based relationship should only be […]
1. Houston Texans offensive lineman Chester Pitts was free on bail Friday one day after he was arrested and charged with speeding off during a traffic stop near Reliant Stadium [Pitts free on bail after arrest]. Pitts was released from the city jail early Friday after posting bail, according to a jail attendant. He is […]
Well, the dust has settled after the draft and it’s time to wrap it up for another year. It was no surprise that Matthew Kreuzer was taken at No.1 by Carlton with their priority pick. In fact the top ten was fairly standard of what was expected. For us future sports agents, the draft is […]
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Missouri And West VA Lose, BCS Anarchy
Having finals to study for allows me to stay home and watch the big Saturday night games. Pittsburgh beat WVU in West Virginia and Oklahoma has less than 10 minutes left before the Sooners pull off a big win against Mizzou. Here are my early BCS predictions: BCS Championship – Ohio State vs. LSU Rose […]
Seventh installment of The Primary Cut – weekly insights from the world of golf player management and other golf-related industry and player news. 1. Q School: The Midway Point Three rounds out of six are in the books [see leaderboard] in the 2007 PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament (Q School), where 166 players are playing for […]