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Rockets’ Forward Jeff Green Has Joined Glushon Sports Management

Glushon Sports Management has announced the signing of Rockets’ Forward Jeff Green.  Green, 33, is currently on a veteran’s minimum salary that expires at the end of this season. For the 2019-20 season, Green is averaging 11 PPG and 3 RPG, shooting 39.1% from the arc. Green has been an integral part for the Rockets […]

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Rockets’ Guard Ben McLemore Hires Klutch Sports Group For Representation

On Monday afternoon Klutch Sports Group announced that they are once again representing Ben McLemore.  This season McLemore is averaging 10 PPG and 2 RPB. He is currently in the bubble with the Houston Rockets team participating in the seeding games for the playoffs. McLemore has performed well in Mike D’Antoni’s small ball lineups, while […]

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Rousseau, Farley Opt Out Of College Football Season, Sign With Rosenhaus

Miami Hurricanes defensive end Gregory Rousseau and Virginia Tech cornerback Caleb Farley were two of the top college players to make headlines this week as they both opted out of playing the upcoming season. Rousseau and Farley, who are both projected to be first round picks, will be represented by agent Drew Rosenhaus.  Rousseau, who […]

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Agent Live 360, The First Publicly Offered Software For Sports Agents

Trevor Swenson, talent agent and CEO of Dynamic Talent International, designed Agent Live 360 (AL360) to help agents in the sports industry track their business. In the music industry, Swenson used a CRM software called Tempo, and was surprised to find out that many of his sports counterparts relied on spreadsheets for tracking and maintaining […]

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Breaking Down The NFL’s Top 100 By Agency

The NFL recently released its annual list of the top 100 players in the game today, ranked by their peers. Here is a breakdown of which agencies represent the NFL’s best. Twenty-six different agents or agencies had one player crack the list, while fourteen agencies had two or more clients represented (forty agents and agencies […]

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Jets Sign First-Round Pick Mekhi Becton

The Jets signed the 2020 NFL Draft’s 11th overall pick Mekhi Becton to a four-year, $18.45M contract, including a $10.98M signing bonus. The contract is fully guaranteed, with a cap charge of $3.35M in 2020. Becton is a mammoth offensive tackle, weighing in at 6 ft., 7 in. and 364 lbs. He will likely protect […]

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UTA Adds Super-Agent Rich Paul To Board Of Directors

Rich Paul was appointed head of the UTA’s sports division in July 2019, when UTA invested in Klutch Sports Group and now he takes on the role as a member of the agency’s Board of Directors. Paul founded Klutch Sports in 2012 when he and LeBron James left CAA. Klutch Sports represents some of the […]

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Talent Agency CAA Prepares For Layoffs Due To Pandemic

The Los Angeles-based talent agency CAA said it plans to layoff about 90 agents and executives this week and to furlough approximately 275 assistants and other support staff. The cuts will be made across numerous departments and offices in LA, Nashville, New York and London. In a statement made by a CAA spokeswoman the cuts […]

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Tracy McGrady & Jermaine O’Neal Have a New Agency in Town

Tracy McGrady and Jermaine O’Neal know first hand what it takes to excel, differentiate and make waves. These two have a long standing relationship, they were both a part of the same agency when first entering the league. Now the two AllStars hope to start representing athletes this fall with their new agency Seven1 Group […]

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G-League Players Unionize With Help From NBPA

On Tuesday, it was announced that the players of the G League have teamed up to form their own union, temporarily named the Basketball Players Union (BPU). In accordance with the terms of the National Labor Relations Act, approximately 80% of G League players authorized the BPU to act as the players collective bargaining agent […]