With the end of March Madness less than a few weeks away, there has been a ton of speculation over whether freshman college basketball sensations Greg Oden (Ohio State Buckeyes center) and Kevin Durant (Texas Longhorns guard-forward) will turn pro at the end of the season. Long before these Diaper Dandies even set foot on […]
Year: 2007
by Jason Wulterkens While much of the sports world is currently abuzz over whether or not college basketball freshmen phenoms Greg Oden of [the] Ohio St. University and Kevin Durant of Texas will decide to turn professional by declaring for this June’s NBA Draft, the golf community received a shock this week when one of […]
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Let’s Do Chinese
That’s what Kobe Bryant’s agent (Rob Pelinka of SFX) is thinking. The NBA continues to grow in China, and more people are buying jerseys (especially Kobe Bryant’s). Besides being alongside Kobe throughout all of his struggles, Rob Pelinka has helped him become one of the most prized athletes in China. Kobe’s jersey is more popular […]
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The Big Baby Is Growing Up
Glen “Big Baby” Davis will leave school early to enter the NBA Draft with John Hamilton of Performance Sports Management Group as his agent. LSU fans may not be too happy, but here in Gainesville, FL, we were ecstatic to find out that Glen Davis will be foregoing his senior year to turn pro this […]
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2 New Sports Agency Links Added
Professional Sports Representation, Inc. (PSR Inc.) A family-run sports agency by Bob and Lynn LaMonte. A few baseball players use PSR for representation, but most of the clientèle includes head coaches, coordinators, and NFL management. 2X Inc. They’re slogan is Representing the female athlete, and that is exactly what the company does with most of […]
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When Agents go bad
Story from the UK this week, with former agent Nicholas Fowler sentenced to jail for defrauding his clients [Stars Fraud Agent Jailed]. It wasn’t a higher cut on a contract, but rather Nicholas losing player’s pension funds. Nicholas told his clients that he was investing in bonds, but was actually investing in high risk shares. […]
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1 New Sports Agency Link Added
I have not added any Sports Agency links in a while and decided that I would return to scrounging around the internet for some sites that have been left off the list. Today’s addition: Prestige Sports International. Led by Terry Bolar, Prestige focuses on representing football players. If you ever come across any dead links, […]
1. Gustavo Chacin of the Toronto Blue Jays must have not realized that Florida’s blood-alcohol content limit is .08, because he logged a .152 and was arrested for DUI [Jays pitcher Chacin arrested, charged with DUI]. 2. Tank Johnson of the Chicago Bears likes to go fishing, but that won’t help him avoid a 120 […]
Sports Agent Interview: with Matthew Vuckovich Steve Kauffman is a 58 year-old sports agent and he runs Kauffman Sports Management Group (www.kauffmansports.com) in Malibu, California. Mr. Kauffman has been in the business for a long time and has extreme amount of knowledge to share about the sports agent industry. Mr. Kauffman’s educational background includes a […]
by Jason Wulterkens One agent’s career change is a lesson for all would-be sports agents: don’t be afraid of risk. Some would call it an epiphany. For Brian Balsbaugh, it was the greatest risk he had ever taken. Balsbaugh, a graduate of the Indiana University School of Law in Bloomington and now 34, found himself […]