Yesterday, George Dohrmann of Sports Illustrated posted the sports business story of the year, at least if you are judging by the number of tweets for a single article on the web. Dohrmann, the last sportswriter to win the Pulitzer Prize, highlighted a sports agent named Josh Luchs, who admitted to paying money and providing […]
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Unemployment Isn’t For Me
There hasn’t been a better than average two-sport athlete since the likes of Deion Sanders and Bo Jackson, but Brandon Marshall may be the next one to join this elite list. The Miami Dolphins’ Wide Receiver said that if the NFL teams lock out the players for next year’s season, he will try to play […]
At this year’s SEC Media Days, Alabama football head coach, Nick Saban, said that the NFL Players Association (NFLPA) needs to do more to protect student-athletes from unscrupulous agents who do not have the student-athletes’ best interests in mind when offering anything of value to them. Saban’s statement immediately gave people a place to point […]
As you may recall, at the end of May, Randy Moss fired his agent Tim DiPiero, who had been representing Moss since his entrance into the NFL. Moss made an announcement that he fired his agent because he felt that he was able to handle his own contract negotiations, but wanted an agent that could find […]
Kudos to the Atlanta Falcons for being the first professional sports team to implement their own team-sponsored MMA training program in their off-season workouts. This is a voluntary workout program run by MMAthletics, a company founded by FOX Sports NFL Insider Jay Glazer and UFC legend Randy Couture. As the popularity of the UFC and […]
Last week, I read one of the best pieces of journalism that I have been able to find on ESPN.com in quite some time. The title of the piece is, The curious case of Deion Sanders. Be warned, it is not one of the short fact-based pieces you are accustomed to finding on ESPN. I […]
Jack Bechta is an NFLPA Certified Advisor who is not afraid to speak his mind. He has been in the business of representing professional football players for almost two decades and his engine has not experienced any wear. Jack is the owner of JB Sports Inc, which has a valuable list of clients and a […]
Blake Baratz is a young guy (only 29-years-old), but already has a good amount of experience as an NFLPA certified advisor. Since becoming certified with the union, Baratz has worked at Impact Sports, a representation firm with its principal office in Boca Raton, FL. Baratz was working on behalf of Impact Sports from across the […]
With the average NFL career lasting about three and a half years, players have to worry about their post-playing careers. Athletes often seek employment in the sports industry, because most of the time it’s all they’ve ever known. Many agents make a long-term commitment to their clients by continuing to advise them when their playing […]
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Changes Coming in the 2009 NFL Season
NFL Owners passed five safety regulations last Tuesday during their annual meeting. These new safety regulations are focused on making the game safer for players both administering and receiving the hit. Many of these new regulations are aimed at eliminating most of the big hits that fans are accustomed to seeing. Now on onside kickoffs, […]