Dynasty Athlete Representation NFLPA agent hopeful, Matthew Watkins, just completed the journey that many readers of this site hope to one day experience. Matthew recently returned from Washington D.C., where he joined 300+ other potential NFLPA advisors at the organization’s yearly seminar and took the NFLPA certification examination. Watkins has not had an easy schedule […]
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NFLPA Rolls Out New Website
The NFLPA has a sleek new website. Is Charlie Batch really the 8th most viewed player? My favorite new feature is the interactive map that displays Player Charities listed by state.
If you are not currently a certified NFLPA agent and want to be permitted to represent a player in the 2009 NFL Draft, today is your last day to register. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER. The next registration period will be from January 1-31, 2009. p.s. – Check out that […]
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99 Problems…Is The NFLPA One?
Jeffrey Standen, also known as The Sports Law Professor, strongly believes that the cause of NFLPA agent problems (he gives examples of Carl Poston and Tank Blank) stems from the players association itself. As always, I encourage you to check out the article in its entirety, but if you are too lazy or crunched for […]
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NFLPA Cuts Off Agent Contact
It was brought to my attention today that the NFLPA adopted a very harsh agent regulation back in April. It states that agents are strictly prohibited from having any contact with college football players who aren’t three years out of high school (including email contact). There wasn’t much press on it, but here it is: […]
The SATs, the LSATs, [insert your state’s name here]’s Bar Exam…when will the tests stop? With the right preparation, the NFLPA Certification Exam should be just one more exam that you breeze through. Loyal reader, Christopher L. Chambers, shot me an e-mail recently, and I would like to share with you all his question and […]
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2024 NFL Draft Player/Agent Pairings
Welcome to another year of providing the player/agent pairings as well as some notes for those selected in the NFL Draft. Notes Round 1
Catching up on some updates in the business of sports agency.
What are your rights if you wish to become licensed by a players’ association and the union rejects your application? Sometimes there is hope. Other times, not so much. I had the honor of representing Cleodis Floyd in an arbitration matter against the NFL Players Association roughly a decade ago after the NFLPA denied Floyd’s […]
Vanguard Sports Group Adds Veteran Agents. Las Vegas, Atlanta, and Raleigh-based Vanguard Sports Group has added to its football division by bringing in veteran NFLPA Contract Advisors Tony Paige and Chitta Malik, who had co-founded agency Dream Point Sports. Those two agents will assist with the football operations at Vanguard and add many NFL clients […]