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On To The Next One: Mark Ingram

Friday afternoon, it was reported that former University of Alabama runningback, Mark Ingram, terminated his representation agreement with Rocky Arceneaux.  Arceneaux is the President and CEO of The Alliance Management Group, which is involved in the representation of sports, music, and entertainment personalities.  Its website claims that Marshall Faulk is involved with the company in some […]

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Steve Caric Under Investigation In Nevada

Two days ago, I wrote about football agent Steve Caric making a name for himself as a prominent figure in Las Vegas.  Sometimes positive press has negative consequences, as individuals become public figures and regulatory bodies begin to scrutinize their actions. Caric, who has five NFL Draft eligible clients, including University of Washington’s Mason Foster, who is […]

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Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-Up (4/1/2011)

I am going on a year long trip around the world and will not be posting any updates to this site until 4/1/2012.  April Fools?  It feels good to have baseball again.  It is too bad that the headlines will continue to revolve around the NFL/NFLPA labor dispute.  I picked one Final Four team correctly […]

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On To The Next One: Calais Campbell

It was suspected that with the passing of Gary Wichard, many of Pro Tect Management’s clients would be venturing to new agents and agencies.  While Wichard had been suspended by the NFLPA at the time of his death, it was speculated that he was still operating for his clients behind the scenes, which is why […]

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Football Agents Might Be Grandfathered Into New NFLPA

I do not buy into the notion that the football agent profession is going to go from “dirty to sewage” based on the decertification of the NFLPA.  However, there is no denying that anyone can hold himself out as a football agent now, since there is no longer a body in charge of licensing sports […]

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On To The Next One: Jimmy Smith

Jimmy Smith is a 6’2, 205lb cornerback from the University of Colorado Boulder.  NFLDraftScout.com currently projects him as the 4th best cornerback available in the 2011 NFL Draft and believes that Smith will be taken in either the 1st or 2nd round.  The Big 12 coaches voted Smith All-Big 12 First Team based on his […]

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Woeful Weslye Saunders Now Draft Eligible

It looks like Woeful Weslye Saunders will enter the 2011 NFL Draft after all.  Yesterday, ProFootballWeekly.com reported that the NFL announced that the former University of South Carolina tight end is eligible to be selected, changing its former stance of disallowing the player from being a part of the draft after he failed to file […]

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With New CBA Coming, Agents Will Garner Less At NFL Draft

While most of the chatter nowadays is about the NFL Super Bowl line found at BetUS and who will win the big game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Green Bay Packers, there’s another big debate looming: the Collective Bargaining Agreement. As it stands now, the NFL and players union have not come to terms on […]

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Joe Flanagan And BTI Sports Breaking Out In 2011

One of the main things that I will be watching during this year’s NFL Draft is the success of Joe Flanagan and his DePere, Wisconsin based company, BTI Sports.  Flanagan, a licensed attorney, is a Co-Founder of BTI Sports along with his partner, Brad Leshnock. As of the publishing of this post, Dominic Perilli predicts that […]

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Preparing For The Wonderlic Test At The NFL Combine

Yesterday, I talked to Patrick Fisher, Executive Director of SportsMeasures TestPrep.  Fisher is busy promoting his service now that the college football season is over and NFL draft-eligible players might be in the market for what he has to offer.  Our discussion was as follows. Darren Heitner: In five sentences or less, what is SportsMeasures […]