WME Sports announced the hire of NFL agent Joel Segal. Segal recently left SPORTFIVE (previously known as Lagardère) where he was CEO of the Americas. This past NFL Draft, Segal represented fourteen (14) players that were drafted including two first-round picks, Miami Dolphins wide receiver Jaylen Waddle and Arizona Cardinals linebacker Zaven Collins. Joining Segal […]
WME Sports has hired NFL agent Ben Renzin to co-lead its football business alongside Brian Ayrault. WME is no stranger to adding breadth and depth to their organization, after merging with Endeavor and IMG to become an entertainment and media conglomerate in sports, events, media, and fashion. WME is most known for representing football players […]
Our 2011 NFL Draft Rounds 1-7 Picks (Player/Agent) report has agent Joe Linta with 5 clients drafted in the 2011 Draft (a 2nd round, 4th round, 5th round, 6th round, and 7th round pick). Linta is widely known as the representative of Baltimore Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco. In Connecticut, he may soon be better known […]
The following article is provided by Ryan Earls, CEO of Cover3 Representation LLC. You can follow Ryan on Twitter at @AskAnNFLAgent. The recent death of Gary Wichard sparked a round-table discussion between a few agents on Twitter. The question posed: “Are contract fees due to the estate of the agent after his/her death for the […]
Over the weekend, Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk.com wrote about NFL agent Brian Ayrault’s (@BrianAyrault) Tweets concerning his belief that there should not be an NFL Draft. Here are some of Ayrault’s Tweets from the weekend. Feel free to leave your comments based on what he stated. [blackbirdpie url=”http://twitter.com/#!/BrianAyrault/status/61617542661292032″] [blackbirdpie url=”http://twitter.com/#!/BrianAyrault/status/61622060404838400″] [blackbirdpie url=”http://twitter.com/#!/BrianAyrault/status/61622937916157952″] [blackbirdpie url=”http://twitter.com/#!/BrianAyrault/status/61625599545970688″] [blackbirdpie […]
Jack Bechta should be praised for opening up a lot of his practice for the world to understand how he recruits and maintains his clientele (even though he recently ignored my multiple requests for information regarding the representation of coach Jim Harbaugh up until yesterday, but I will get into that story later in this article). […]
Still want to be an NFL agent, right? Move as far away from Florida as imaginable and make sure to provide your client the least amount of publicity as possible, or else risk losing him to Drew Rosenhaus. All kidding aside, minus the costs (time and money), shady business, and sleepless nights involved, are you […]
The key to success for anyone hoping to become an NFL agent, or to work in football in any capacity, is awareness. A keen understanding of the rules governing the industry and how they are changing at this critical time in NFL history is difficult to attain, yet it is absolutely essential for anyone who […]