The following article is a guest contribution by Benjamin Haynes, Esq. Haynes is a former Division 1 Basketball Player at Oral Roberts University and currently practices law in the State of Florida. A week ago, the Green Bay Packers dominated the Chicago Bears in a 23-10 win. The Bears quarterback, Jay Cutler, had an atrocious game throwing […]
Andrew Gachkar was selected by the San Diego Chargers in the 7th round (#234 overall pick) of the 2011 NFL Draft. Gachkar was born in Kansas and was rated the 12th best player in the state prior to enrolling at Missouri, where he played linebacker, the same position he plays with the Chargers. He accumulated 15 […]
SAPP ATTACK. The title is bold and in caps, which is exactly what should be expected from a man with the physical size and generous personality of former NFL defensive tackle Warren Sapp. Currently an analyst on the NFL Network, Sapp found the time to write a book [click here for the Amazon link] that happened to […]
In the beginning of June, I reported that New York Giants defensive end Osi Umenyiora parted ways with his agent Tony Agnone of Eastern Athletic Services. Umenyiora only had to wait five days from the date that he left Agnone to hire a new agent, but did not decide on new representation until last week, when he hired Tom Condon […]
Jeff Otah has had a full plate as of late. The offensive tackle was traded by the Carolina Panthers to the New York Jets last week, only to go back to the Panthers based on the trade not going through due to Otah’s failure to pass a mandatory physical. Otah was a first round pick by […]
Arizona Cardinals linebacker Paris Lenon has switched agents. The LB was once represented by Jon Persch of Allegiant Athletic Agency (a3) and is now a client of Blake Baratz (The Institute for Athletes). [blackbirdpie url=”https://twitter.com/the_ifa/status/227382186981068800″] “Lenon is a mature, hard working, veteran of the team,” Baratz told Sports Agent Blog. “He’s the type of player that fits with the mold […]
Last Friday, I came across an article titled, Ed Reed Is a Terrible Sports Agent. Who knew that Reed could be his own agent (hint: the principal/agent relationship doesn’t work that way)? Then again, who knows where Reed is getting his advice from these days? According to InsideTheLeague.com, Reed is conducting interviews with several agents. […]
Richard Khamir Hurd was once a successful basketball walk-on at Baylor University. He played a full four years for the school. But he has recently made his name known around the country for his work off the court. In fact, his actions have led to his being arraigned on federal extortion charges of a man quite […]
The following guest contribution was written by Jacob Cohen (@jco5190), who interned in the Athlete Marketing and Client Representation at Octagon Football. As social media outlets become more and more abundant in the business world, those who fail to adapt will be left at a considerable disadvantage. In the cutthroat world of the NFL agency […]
Last week, the NFLPA mailed to all certified Contract Advisors several revised Standard Representation Agreements (SRA) dated June 2012. Contract Advisors have been instructed that the new SRAs are to be used from here on out. Going forward, should a Contract Advisor use an old SRA, that SRA will be voided and returned to sender. […]