Jimmy Smith is a 6’2, 205lb cornerback from the University of Colorado Boulder. NFLDraftScout.com currently projects him as the 4th best cornerback available in the 2011 NFL Draft and believes that Smith will be taken in either the 1st or 2nd round. The Big 12 coaches voted Smith All-Big 12 First Team based on his […]
Year: 2011
A few days ago, it was first reported that Nick Swisher left long time Cincinnati, Ohio based agent, Joe Bick of Pro Star Management, Inc for Scott Boras. Part of that was correct. Swisher did leave Bick, but actually left him for Dan Lozano. Lozano has not slept much lately; the only thing on his […]
It is not yet law, but the state of Arkansas is one step closer to having a tougher law regulating sports agents. Last week, the Arkansas House of Representatives passed a bill titled THE ATHLETE AGENT REFORM ACT OF 2011 (embedded at the bottom of this post in its entirety). House Bill 1061 by Rep. […]
It looks like Woeful Weslye Saunders will enter the 2011 NFL Draft after all. Yesterday, ProFootballWeekly.com reported that the NFL announced that the former University of South Carolina tight end is eligible to be selected, changing its former stance of disallowing the player from being a part of the draft after he failed to file […]
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If you follow country music, you know a bit about Carrie Underwood. What you may or may not know is that Carrie’s husband is ex-Ottawa Senator and new Nashville Predator Mike Fisher. Lucky for you, this article isn’t about country music. No offense to anyone who enjoys some Garth Brooks. The Predators acquired Fisher on […]
A few weeks ago, Rachel Baribeau of the Tuscaloosa News had a long conversation with Jimmy Sexton of newly formed SportsTrust Advisors. Baribeau got a hold of Sexton at the Senior Bowl in Mobile, Alabama. I strongly consider you to read the interview in its entirety. The Q&A that interests me the most is the […]
Last Tuesday, the University of Southern California hosted an “Agent Awareness, Education and Eligibility Summit.” The following officials were in attendance: Jimmy Sexton – Co-Founder, SportsTrust Advisors Tom Condon – Football Agent, CAA Rick Smith – Agent, Priority Sports Mark Levin – Director of Salary Cap and Agent Administration, NFLPA Ray Anderson – VP of […]
Amazing that I arrive in New Orleans when the city happens to be the coldest it has been this entire Winter. Oh well. At least The Big Easy has been a great time thus far, and I have really enjoyed serving as a arbitrator at the Tulane Law Baseball Arbitration Competition. Many thanks to everybody […]
A rookie wage scale has been a disputed item in current Collective Bargaining Agreement negotiations between the NFL and NFLPA. The NFL would like rookie contracts to be based on a wage scale based on the thought that rookies are vastly overpaid and are taking money away from established veterans. To an extent, the NFLPA […]