A recent Washington Post article includes the following paragraph within: There are about 830 agents certified by the NFL Players Association — more than one for every three players in or around the league — which makes it a brutally competitive business. Roughly 75 percent of NFL players are represented by just 17 percent of all certified agents, […]
NFL Agent & Attorney Martin Fischman has signed DE Christian Ringo from the University of Louisiana Lafayette. Fischman is an agent with the company Fischman & Wiltz Sports. In 2014, Christian Ringo (6’1 295) had 11.5 sacks and 20.5 TFL, remarkable stats for a defensive tackle. Ringo’s 11.5 sacks this season broke the all time […]
Shabbat shalom from Chicago, where the annual Sports Lawyers Conference is currently being held. I did some more TV work this week, appearing on Al Jazeera America to discuss what is likely to be next in the battle between Donald Sterling (and wife) against the NBA. This week on FORBES: (1) 2014 NFL Draft Dominated By […]
It is signing season. Well, it is just the early stages of signing season, when upperclassmen who have no opportunity to play in a Bowl Game will begin to make their agent selection decisions. A few signings have been trickling in as of late, with perhaps the most notable one being made by an individual […]
The following is a guest contribution from Martin Fischman (@Martin_Fischman), Dynasty’s Football Division Director. During this post draft/pre training-camp season, it seems that rookies have switched agencies at a higher rate than ever before. It is perplexing as to why so many players are changing agents when no player contracts can be negotiated and endorsement deals […]
Round 1 1. Carolina – QB Cam Newton ~ Auburn – Agent: Bus Cook, Tony Paige, Chitta Mallik (B.C. Sports/Perennial Sports) 2. Denver – LB Von Miller ~ Texas A&M – Agent: Athletes First 3. Buffalo – DT Marcell Dareus ~ Alabama – Agent: Todd France 4. Cincinnati – WR A.J. Green ~ UGA – Agent: Creative Artists Agency 5. Arizona – CB Patrick Peterson ~ LSU – Agent: Patrick Lawlor (Galaxy Sports) 6. Atlanta – WR Julio Jones […]
Prior to Dynasty Athlete Representation bringing in Martin Fischman to head its Football Division, the company was not involved in representing professional football players. That was not always the case, though. At one point in time, my agency had signed a few NFL hopefuls, including Rulon Davis, a former defensive end from California Berkeley. Rulon […]