First Andre Smith dropped Alvin Keels and GMG Sports for Rick Smith and Priority Sports. Rumors circulated that Andre did this to raise his draft stock, because many teams felt more comfortable if Andre was with Priority over GMG. As we all know, Andre went back to Alvin Keels, and Rick Smith/Priority Sports have still not forgotten (and may file suit).
More recently, Anquan Boldin dropped Drew Rosenhaus for Tom Condon and Creative Artists Agency (CAA). And yesterday, Cardinals GM Rod Graves expressed his excitement to work with Boldin’s new agents.
Asked if there would be enough money under the salary cap to sign Boldin this year, Graves said, “It will have some challenges. There’s certainly cause for some give and take and creativity on both sides, but Tom’s been noted for that. Again, I just look forward to sitting with him and we’ll find out where we are at that point.”
I never saw a quote like that from Graves when Rosenhaus was on the other side of the negotiation table.
It seems as though GMs and other team personnel definitely play favorites when it comes to sports agents. While Graves and others might place Condon over Rosenhaus, does it necessarily mean anything? As long as the agent gets his client the best deal possible, quotes in an article don’t mean a thing to me.
