As Zak Kurtz pointed out earlier today, tomorrow is the signing deadline for those players selected by MLB organizations in the 2008 First-Year Player Draft. Besides Pedro Alvarez, many early selections remain unsigned with the deadline looming over their heads. Some will be content to forego signing with an MLB club and will attend a […]
Category: Contract Negotiation
It is now August 14th. The deadline to sign a 2008 MLB draft pick is tomorrow and the Pittsburg Pirates million-dollar prospect, Pedro Alvarez, has still not signed an official contract with the Pirates. Scott Boras’s client was the second overall pick in this year’s MLB Draft. If Pittsburgh does not work out a deal […]
Can’t wait to see what the Brian Westbrook contract looks like. We are talking about a guy who is being talked about as being a potential number two overall pick in many fantasy football drafts this year. He is already on his third agent since joining the NFL and seems to like his new agent […]
The majority of people on this site are looking to represent players from one of the big four (NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL). When it comes time to represent a major client, how many contracts will you have negotiated? Well now, thanks to PASPN.net’s Fantasy Basketball Mock GM game, you can practice your agent skills against […]
Maybe Keith Rivers read Paul Schackman’s post. Doubt it. But Rivers did sign last night, leaving Derrick Harvey as the only first-round pick yet to sign with his team. Ken Kremer may be waiting for market value, but the former University of Florida defensive-end is missing valuable snaps while holding out. Many have recently been […]
This summer we heard a lot from Chad Johnson talking to the media. Shoot, we always hear a lot from Johnson, but this summer it was about him wanting to be traded. Jeremy Shockey complained to the Giants much like Chad has, and Shockey wound up in a Saints uniform. So why hasn’t Ocho Cinco […]
With training camps now under way, there remains only two 1st round picks yet to sign deals: Jacksonville’s Derrick Harvey who went eighth, and Cincinnati’s Keith Rivers who went ninth. The Jaguars’ displeasure with the Harvey holdout has been made pretty apparent. Harvey’s representatives want money similar to what the 7th pick, Sedrick Ellis received. […]
Following up on the excellent post made by Vinson Vadakara…if his pay scale were in place, the Jacksonville Jaguars would be a happier organization. Former University of Florida sack machine, Derrick Harvey, continues his holdout because he apparently is not being offered the market value at his slot. A slotting pay scale system would obviously […]
Rookies. Veterans. Doesn’t really matter who you are anymore in the NFL, but if you are unhappy with your contract, chances are you are holding out. The holdout has become a normal occurrence in NFL training camps, and it hurts all parties involved. Training camps are used to build team chemistry, help get new personnel […]
In recent years, there has been a progressive increase in the number of footballers failing to honor their contracts. In soccer, most players are signed to 3, 4 or 5 year contracts. The sad truth is that many supporters of soccer know that this is meaningless today. The evidence shows that a contract provides little […]