A friend of mine recently told me to connect with another young man doing it big in this industry. His name is J.I. Halsell, and has four years of experience working with NFL contracts. Halsell spent 2 seasons as the Salary Cap Analyst for the Washington Redskins after working for 2 years with the NFL’s […]
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Yesterday, I reported that Athletes First led the pack of agencies in terms of number of clients drafted this year with a total of 16 players taken in the 2 days of the NFL Draft. Its President/CEO is David Dunn, who I have discussed on the blog a long time ago and recently had the […]
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NFL v. NRL
This is a guest contribution from Gene Goodsell. Gene has a law degree with honours, a business degree and is currently Manager of Legal & Business Affairs for one of the leading international sports management agencies in Australia, as well as being a football agent. With the impending launch of the NRL (National Rugby League) USA […]
If you’re not a Godfather fan like myself, you may not have caught the Hyman Roth quote, but these words are easily applicable to the sports industry. Whether you like it or not – and if you’re an avid reader of this site I’m guessing you like it – the business of sports is almost […]
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NFL Draft Day Reading
A No. 1 N.F.L. draft pick may be one of the most overvalued assets in our society? [Is the Top N.F.L. Draft Pick a Penalty?] Andre Smith’s move from Alvin Keels to Priority Sports makes Smith a lock to be a top 10 pick? [Diner News: Questions that bother me before the draft] The rules, […]
In response to my recent article, CAA Is Going To Kill The NFL Draft, reader Kam asked, Also do you think BEST with their never ending capital who were buying agents/agencies out are disapointed by this year’s draft? I kind of remember that this article was published on here saying BEST were the top agency […]
Last year, I broke down how the first round of the NFL Draft went down. CAA led the pack with 6 clients selected in the first round. CAA was followed by Maximum Sports (5), and Octagon, BEST, FAME, and ProFiles Sports (all with 2 clients selected). Having 6 first rounders would be cause for celebration […]
Before this past season, many doubted that Byron Leftwich would ever start or even see playing time for any NFL team. But after starting a couple games in ’08 for Steelers’ injured quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, a small portion of optimism was served up to myself and other football fans. ESPN recently announced that the Tampa […]
Hey Jews…enjoying Passover yet? Nothing like some matzoh pizza. Bored at work? Play a game that allows you to choose whether to hit the gym or juice it up. I am spending most of this Passover weekend up in Tallahassee with my girlfriend and her parents. Only a couple of weeks until the NFL Draft. […]
Two days ago, Andrew Johnson joined Bo Marchionte on All Access Football Radio’s Monday Night Lights NFL Draft Edition show. The show runs an hour and a half long. Andrew’s segment starts roughly 55 minutes into the clip. You can’t hit what you can’t touch!