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 […]
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 […]
Last week I wrote a post titled, Will The Yankees Success Hurt Agents?. The post received a lot of hits and I received a lot of personal e-mails to further discuss the matter. Within the article, I mentioned SBR’s note on how the Yankees’ team may be the worst Return on Investment in the history […]
Amidst all the talk about arbitration hearings, the Patriots reneging on their promise to trade Branch, etc, is there any place for Branch’s agent to be blamed for the Branch saga? ProFootballTalk.com believes that Jason Chayut, agent for Deion Branch, should have focused on first finding out from the Patriots exactly what it would take […]
Kickoff is just about 3 hours away, and I am extremely excited to see my hometown Miami Dolphins take on the Pittsburgh Steelers. Here are my predictions on what teams will make the playoffs and how far each will go. Feel free to leave your own predictions in the comments area. AFC East: New England […]
We may look back to the beginning of 21st century sports as The Years of the Drug. Baseball has suspended players for steroids and human growth hormone use while football has repeatedly suspended players for violating its substance abuse policy. Agents need to be aware of what their clients are taking and what the rules […]
8 years ago, Forbes started calculating NFL team values. From that time, the average NFL team has seen a 211% increase in value and is now worth $898 million [The Business of Football]. The steady increase in broadcasting fees, which equal more than MLB and the NBA combined, has become the main source for player […]
Not only are they a lot more fun than elevators, but making sure that you earn your client fair escalators in an NFL contract may make a difference in whether he gets paid any given year. With the high incidence of injury in professional football and no such thing as a guaranteed contract, agents have […]
Coming to you a couple of days late, but still here for your enjoyment. Here are your nightmare clients of the previous week. 1. The Cincinnati Bengal organization Instead of naming every Cincinnati Bengal that had been arrested or suspended before the 2006 season has even started, I am just going to go ahead and […]
As reported on July 24th, the NFL and the NFLPA have agreed to increase the daily fine for holding out of training camp from $5,000 to $14,000 [Fine line: Increased amoung might limit NFL holdouts]. This increase definitely gives NFL teams even more leverage over its players, and perhaps way too much. Sports Agents must […]