“Negotiating is, for most, an uncomfortable attempt at impromptu haggling. For the [skilled negotiator], it is a planned sequence of predictable objections and responses that can be orchestrated to produce the desired outcome. It’s like planning three or four moves ahead in chess, forcing an opponent to put themselves in checkmate.” – Timothy Ferris A […]
Author: Andrew Bouthiller
Special Announcement: From this point forward, SportsAgentBlog.com will be overhauling the Nightmare Clients of the Week column. The column will no longer be a weekly column that recaps the previous week’s player blunders and mishaps. The new Nightmare Client/Agent column will be a recurring column that will focus on specific instances of player or agent […]
1. Houston Texans offensive lineman Chester Pitts was free on bail Friday one day after he was arrested and charged with speeding off during a traffic stop near Reliant Stadium [Pitts free on bail after arrest]. Pitts was released from the city jail early Friday after posting bail, according to a jail attendant. He is […]
A quick and dirty Nightmares this Week: I would typically make this more in-depth, but I am on my way down to Orlando to watch my undefeated Celtics move to 9-0! Readers, what do you think of the Bonds indictment? How do you think this will reflect on baseball? 1. Stephon Marbury grinned as he […]
Special Announcement: Nightmare Clients of the Week will be moving to a new date/time. All further Nightmare posts will be updated to the blog on Sundays mornings before Noon. So feel free to have your Sunday morning cup of coffee, watch the NFL pregame shows, and catch up on the week’s Nightmare Clients! 1. Veteran major-league outfielder Jose […]
1. The St. Louis Rams released offensive guard Claude Terrell after he was arrested early Tuesday and charged with assaulting his wife at a suburban Houston hotel. The Rams announced Terrell’s release in a news release. More information about release the new slots, read at A spokesman declined to comment further. Police in the Houston […]
1. I normally don’t post incidents with players/coaches that don’t require the services of an agent, but this was just too funny to pass up: Waco police issued a misdemeanor citation charging disorderly conduct-indecent exposure to Baylor assistant football coach Eric Schnupp early Sunday morning after an incident in which a man urinated on a […]
1. Philadelphia forward Jesse Boulerice was suspended 25 games by the NHL on Friday for striking Vancouver‘s Ryan Kesler across the face with his stick, the longest single-season ban in league history. The suspension was handed down by NHL disciplinarian Colin Campbell after a hearing in Toronto. “This was more than a careless and reckless […]
1. The NFL has suspended free agent quarterback Tim Couch for six games because Couch violated the league’s steroid policy, an NFL spokesman said Wednesday [Couch banned]. Couch told Yahoo! Sports in a story about his recent comeback attempt that while recovering from shoulder surgery he briefly used human growth hormone, which is banned by […]
1. Indiana Pacers forward Shawne Williams missed a court hearing Friday and faces the threat of arrest if he misses another hearing Monday. Williams faces a misdemeanor charge of driving without a license. Defense attorney John Tompkins said he told Williams he needed to attend Friday’s hearing. Williams was jailed on an initial charge of […]