Bears 2007 Franchise Tag player, Lance Briggs, wants out of Chi-Town. I opened up ESPN.com yesterday to find Len Pasquarelli telling me that Lance Briggs is very upset with his franchise tag, hates the Chicago Bears organization because of it (makes sure to leave the actual team out of his disgust), and wants to be […]
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Nate Clements was signed yesterday to an 8-year, $80 million contract by the San Francisco 49ers, making him the highest paid defensive player ever. The deal has made headlines on many sports-media outlets, and the first response of many has been “really?” It is true that an $80 million contract has been signed, but it’s […]
Looking to have your client rise up on Mel Kiper’s Big Board? Hoping to prevent him from falling to the 6th round? Realize the importance of the NFL combine. This year, 327 players have been invited to Indianapolis, which is where the combine is held every year. There are 3 activities in particular that stick […]
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Pacman Keeps Chomping
Pacman Jones wants YOU to be his agent! So a shooting goes down at a strip club in Las Vegas and rumors start flying around that Pacman Jones was a part of it [A Strip Club Incident That Might NOT Have Featured Pac Man Jones]. Pacman is no virgin when it comes to being involved […]
But that does not mean that players should not take every opportunity that they have to learn more about the business that they are in, the payroll intricacies (are you being paid through CloudPay for example?) and life after their football careers are over. The NFL has teamed up with Harvard Business School, Northwestern’s Kellogg […]
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‘Tis Also Franchise Season
Last year, I fully explained how the franchising process works in the NFL [NFL Franchise Tags]. Players who have been franchised by their respective teams: 1. Lance Briggs – Chicago Bears 2. Justin Smith – Cincinnati Bengals 3. Dwight Freeney – Indianapolis Colts 4. Asante Samuel – New England Patriots 5. Charles Grant – New […]
And tell them to stay away from the other performance-enhancing drugs that are already on the NFL’s list of banned substances. The league and the players union have agreed to increase the fines for being caught for using performance-enhancing drugs and have added EPO (Erythropoietin) to the list of banned enhancers [NFL, players agree to […]
Along with all of the money, fame, and glory of representing those who go out and give it their all for 60 minutes every Sunday comes a lifetime of pain and agony for some of those who were once professional NFL players. USAToday has a great piece on former Chicago Bear standout, Doug Plank, who […]
Here at I Want to be a Sports Agent, we would much rather cover players when they do things to help out the community and thus strengthen their image. Much too often, the media prefers to highlight when players are convicted of DUIs and fail drug tests. Hey, we do it too! Anyway, today I […]
I came across a new website for football agents. Its called www.condraft.com, and it is a great way for younger guys to look into who will be the next big thing to come out of the NFL draft. I think that condraft will be a great way to get information on players that you may […]