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 […]
Year: 2007
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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 […]
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 […]
“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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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If I Ran…
So I got a little crazy. I accepted an offer to become a contributor at If I Ran…, a sports blog with an amazing list of big-name bloggers who write about how they would run a team, league, network, etc. Here at SportsAgentBlog.com – I Want to be a Sports Agent, I am pretty much […]
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Agent Spotlight: Ken Staninger
Western Montana offers great hunting, great horseback riding, and an agent with 14 NFL clients and 5 CFL clients. For about 30 years, Sports Agent Ken Staninger has been representing football players from his home in Missoula, Montana. Not surprisingly, he mostly works with players from the Pacific Northwest. When you hire Staninger, you get […]
Sports Agent Interview: with Matthew Vuckovich Rick Walden is a 49 year-old sports agent and he represents hockey players at Dishon & Walden Sports Agency in Los Angeles, California. Mr. Walden has been in the sports agent business since 1995 and he specializes in hockey players that play in Europe. I was able to chat […]