I am slightly jealous of future University of Massachusetts at Amherst students who are interested in the business of sports, because at they will have the archives of Mark H. McCormack at their fingertips. Eventually, all of us may be able to access McCormack’s archives, as the school gradually digitizes his collection, but for the […]
Category: Sports Agents
Unless you are an Arizona Diamondbacks fan, you might have never heard the name Barry Enright. But that might change in the near future. Enright was a 2nd round pick by the Diamondbacks in the 2007 Draft. This past season (his rookie season), Enright started a total of 17 games, going 6-7 with a 3.91 […]
Tom Condon, who is an agent in the football division at Creative Artists Agency (CAA), has filed a lawsuit in federal court against former client, Ryan Pickett. Condon claims that Pickett owes the agent $83,600 in unpaid agent fees, and wants the court to confirm and enforce an arbitrator’s order stating such is true. The […]
This is an awesome week for me. I am traveling across the country, from Pennsylvania, to Jacksonville, Florida, and finally to Bloomington, Indiana, to speak about being a sports agent. One of the main things that people want to hear is the story of how I got into the agent profession at such a young […]
James A. Cook, better known as Bus Cook, has the duty, chore, obligation, privilege to represent Brett Favre as his Contract Advisor. Cook also represents 23 other active NFL players including, Peria Jerry, Michael Turner, Jay Cutler, Calvin Johnson, and Mercedes Lewis (who had a big game this past weekend, which will be important for future contract […]
On October 20, I highlighted Jordan Woy’s lawsuit against former client/employee, Horace Smith. I attached the Complaint to the bottom of that synopsis. Woy and his company are suing Smith for a variety of reasons including, Smith allegedly used money appropriated for clients for his own personal use and forged players’ signatures on promissory notes. […]
Chris “Beanie” Wells has not changed his nickname, but he has changed his agent. DeBartolo Sports has lost a lot of clients, and quite a few have gone to Drew Rosenhaus at Rosenhaus Sports Representation – DeSean Jackson, Louis Murphy, and now Beanie Wells. DeBartolo was also fired by New York Giants wide receiver Steve […]
Two days ago I reported on a new group comprised of influential people from the NFL, NFLPA, NCAA, government, agent community, universities, Collegiate Coaches Association, and American Football Coaches Association, which has been meeting to try to come up with some answers to the problem of sports agents providing money and other benefits to student-athletes. […]
Last week, Nima Zarrabi of SLAM Magazine published a question and answer session he had with David Falk when he bumped into the well known basketball agent at Evan Turner‘s first commercial shoot as a professional basketball player. It was an unexpected meeting, but Zarrabi was able to ask Falk quite a few questions. Zarrabi broke up […]
There might not be a solution to the problem of sports agents providing money and other benefits to student-athletes, but that does not mean that those with power in the business of sports are going to sit on the sidelines and just allow it to continue. Instead, a group of influential people from the NFL, […]