As a consumer of NFL merchandise, I think it is great that the NFL and Nike were able to put together a five year deal, which makes Nike the official uniform provider of the NFL beginning in April 2012. Nike makes a fantastic product, which is tough for other large companies to match. But as […]
Category: NFL Teams
With week 1 of the NFL season officially in the books, many football analysts start turning their attention towards surprise teams, surprise players and early season trends. While Calvin Johnson’s controversial TD call, the Jets inability to gain positive yardage and the stunner in Kansas City all made headlines in week 1, the injuries were […]
Readers who frequent this site are probably familiar with the fairly new column, On To The Next One, where I highlight when an athlete leaves his agent for new representation. I do not cover every switch; not all changes are worth reporting, and I could probably make a post per day due to the high […]
The Let’s Make a Deal (LMAD) column was a very big success here on SportsAgentBlog. Many people thoroughly enjoyed playing the role of General Manager for various NFL teams. I would like to thank you all for your participation! Now let’s take a look on how I did: Sam Bradford, QB, St. Louis Rams (1st […]
Remember when I took roughly a week of your time going on a rant about interference with contractual relations? If you need a refresher, see: Sports Agents Interfering With Contractual Relations, Digging Deeper Into The Contractual Interference Claim, and The Interference With Contractual Relations Conversation Continues. In those posts, I looked into the claim that […]
After thirty days and plenty of headaches from those lovely vuvuzelas (Don’t worry- they will NOT be allowed at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil), this first World Cup in South Africa has come and gone. Paul the Octopus went 8-0 and correctly picked Spain to be the World Champions. The 2010 World Cup has […]
Often times with young, stud players such as Chris Johnson, Darrelle Revis, DeSean Jackson, and Patrick Willis, we hear a lot about what is called the 30% rule. The 30% rule basically states that a player’s new deal cannot be an increase of the annual salary of the rookie deal by more than 30 percent. […]
The time for NFL Training Camp is now. For all the teams, there will be a lot of the same faces at camp in the first few days. This is not always a good thing. Why? Because this means that the new faces are rookie holdouts. I’d like to share my point of view on […]
Finally! Three months after the 2010 NFL Draft, the first contract for a first-round draft pick has been signed. On July 22nd, Dez Bryant, the 24th overall pick, reached an agreement with the Dallas Cowboys for a five year contract worth up to $11.8 million, including $8.5 million guaranteed. According to the National Football Post, […]
NFL players and owners aren’t exactly seeing eye to eye (more specifically wallet to wallet) when it comes to the league’s new labor agreement that will need to be negotiated before a possible lockout ensues in 2011. NFL Players Association executive director DeMaurice Smith explained that players wish to extend the league’s current collective bargaining […]