Some athletes don’t ask much out of their agents. Negotiate their professional contract, take your cut, and go on with your lives. Others really enjoy the personal attention and expect an agent to negotiate the pro deal, but also look for endorsements, help with the selection of a financial planner, development of a social media […]
Month: August 2009
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Agent Spotlight: John Greig
Basketball agency, SportsTalent, does not have a working website and does not even have an agency profile at respected basketball website, DraftExpress.com. But a quick look at the company’s listing on Eurobasket, displays an agency rich with overseas players, a few talented NBDL players, Pops Mensah-Bonsu, and a couple of NBA assistant coaches. The list […]
Rookie holdouts are nothing new to the sports world. Every year we see a few or more rookies being advised by their agent/advisor to hold out of camp until a fair contract is signed. Before I jump to support any side, I’d like to present some important points-of-view. From the athlete side: Professional sports are […]
I’m not a big fan of writing posts on the weekend, and rarely churn out two News & Notes pieces on consecutive days, but Dynasty‘s boys have been performing extremely well at a pivotal point of the season. With all teams past their All-Star breaks and lots of cuts being made, Dynasty’s boys are shining. […]
Some of our boys playing at low levels had big games on the mound last night. Here is a quick recap: Lee Roberts got his very first taste pitching at a higher level than the Arizona League last night, and did not disappoint. He went 2.2 innings in relief for the Burlington Royals, struck out […]
Back in Sunny South Florida (as if Gainesville did not feel like 120 degrees this past week). I’ll be down here for a week and change. I have some business matters to take care of, and the usual standard doctors/dentist visit. It’s always nice to spend some time with family as well. The baseball division […]
In June, I wrote an article describing the future implications of the “decade deal” as I called it, on the National Hockey League. A player typically signs a deal longer than ten years for tens of millions of dollars. There are elements of risk and reward for each side. The team gets the player signed […]
The Saints are waiting for Malcolm Jenkins to come marching in and it looks as though the 49ers will be waiting a lot longer for their first round pick to sign. The battle over next year’s crop of talent is not a two company fight between CAA and Athletes First. At least Eugene Parker wants […]
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Shop Till You Drop
As the summer winds down so does the shopping spree for clubs like Manchester City and Real Madrid. Team director for Real Madrid, Jorge Valdano, stated that the club had shifted their focus to trimming the squad rather than adding to it after Liverpool and Real Madrid came to terms for midfielder Xabi Alonso for […]
The New York Giants and their prized quarterback Eli Manning have agreed to a deal for 6-years, $97.5 million with $35 million guaranteed. This will give Manning an averaged $15.3 million per year, which is $1.13 million more per year than older brother Peyton Manning. Let’s take a look at the other quarterbacks drafted in […]