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MLB Players

Baseball America’s Top 100 Prospects of 2006

Call me silly, but I value Baseball America’s prospect rankings over any other source. Their Top 100 list for 2006 was just released, with Tampa Bay’s Delmon Young at the top of the list. I hope this kid becomes a star, because pretty much every publication that I have read so far which discusses baseball […]

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NFL Teams

NFL Franchise Tags

The deadline for NFL teams to secure a “Franchise Tag” on one of their best roster players is today. Once the day is over, NFL teams will have a better understanding of which players are truly on the free-agent block. Some interesting names that have not been tagged are: Drew Brees (San Diego Chargers), LeCharles […]

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Contract Negotiation MLB Rules Sports Agents Sports Law

Regulations Governing Sports Agents

Being a student studying business I ask myself everyday: How is this lecture by this PhD relevant to my future life? The fact of the matter is that if you are aspiring to run your own business or manage a firm like a Sports Agency you will have to learn by doing. You can gain […]

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New Contributor!!!

Everyone welcome the newest contributer to “I Want to be a Sports Agent”: Nicholas Shwayri. Recently we have been averaging an increased 50 unique visits per day and we are seeing the placement of this blog move up search engine listings such as Google and Yahoo! daily. Please continue to forward this site to any […]

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NBA Players

Kobe Bryant meet Game Theory

Between school, work, updating this blog, and hard-core partying, I have had little time this semester to read for pleasure. I just reached page 117 of 342 in Basketball on Paper by Dean Oliver, and came across an interesting passage last night that I wanted to discuss. With a lot of hype over Kobe Bryant’s […]

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Sports Agents

Company Review: Sports Management Worldwide

Thanks to a reader who pointed out that Baseball Prospectus Radio had Dr. Lynn Lashbrook, President and Founder of Sports Management Worldwide on its radio show this past week. Before getting into the actual dialogue of the conversation, let’s look a little into Dr. Lashbrook’s company. Sports Management Worldwide offers online courses which train individuals […]

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Arbitration

The Arbitration Battle: Advatange – Team

100 baseball players entered the arbitration season, and the average salary obtained after the hearings (or after a deal was brokered before a hearing took place) is $2.5 million. While that number may not seem too shabby, the trend since 2004 is that arbitration verdicts (or prior settlements) are decreasing in monitary value yearly. In […]

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Contract Negotiation

They say: “The pay’s the thing”

Whenever I stumble upon a website that I think is valuable for any current or aspiring Sports Agent, I post it on this blog. Recently, I ran across Cot’s Baseball Contracts, a site dedicated to disclosing the fine details of contracts for every team in Major League Baseball. There is also some contract information about […]

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Colleges

Stanford…the Harvard of the West…with a 0.157 alcohol level…

Check this post out! While this may have absolutely nothing to do with being a Sports Agent, I find it to be ridiculously funny. As a HUGE fan of mascots, the Stanford Tree (Cardinal) ranks up there with the Syracuse Orangeman and Cocky, the South Carolina mascot. Shame on you, Stanford tree. Shame on you. […]

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Contract Negotiation Sports Law

SPARTA – not the Greek city

SPARTA stands for “The Sports Agent Responsibility and Trust Act,” and along with the UAAA (Universal Athlete Agent Act), it is an important document to become accustomed to. Of SPARTA’s three primary objectives, I find the second objective to be the most important. Its second objective places violations of the act under the jurisdiction of […]