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Casey Muir To New NFL Agents: Live To Fight Another Day

Believing in stability as an NFL agent is like buying a used car off a Craigslist ad – the body may show no signs of physical abandonment on its surface, but what’s the likelihood it stalls on the interstate during rush hour traffic? Each day is rigged with long days, gambles and some happy days. […]

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Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-up (5/10/2013)

Happy Mother’s Day this Sunday to all the moms who read and enjoy Sports Agent Blog.  After a very tough Game 1, my Miami Heat came back to destroy the Chicago Bulls in Game 2 of the East Semis.  I absolutely love this time of year when NBA Playoffs basketball really heats up.  On Forbes […]

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Football Agent C.J. LaBoy’s Comments Express Concerns About Client Safety

No matter who won Sunday’s NFL playoffs match-up between the San Francisco 49ers and the Atlanta Falcons, Octagon Football agent C.J. LaBoy had to be feeling good.  While he says that his allegiances are now with the Falcons, LaBoy’s hometown team is the 49ers.  But these days, the 32-year-old football agent represents four players on […]

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SMU Defensive End Margus Hunt Becomes An Octagon Client

Octagon football agent CJ LaBoy announced that Southern Methodist University defensive end Margus Hunt is now a part of his company’s family. [blackbirdpie url=”https://twitter.com/CJ_Octagon/status/286155685455081472″] Hunt was extremely impressive in the Hawaii Bowl against Fresno State, which earned him an MVP trophy.  The walk-on from Estonia is massive and fast.  He is also an elite track […]

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Social Media in the Sports Agency Industry

The following guest contribution was written by Jacob Cohen (@jco5190), who interned in the Athlete Marketing and Client Representation at Octagon Football. As social media outlets become more and more abundant in the business world, those who fail to adapt will be left at a considerable disadvantage. In the cutthroat world of the NFL agency […]

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On To The Next One: Beanie Wells (Part II)

It feels like just yesterday that Chris “Beanie” Wells donned the scarlet and gray of THE Ohio State University.  It also feels like just yesterday that Wells was signed to DeBartolo Sports.  But back in October 2010, Wells switched from DeBartolo to Drew Rosenhaus of Rosenhaus Sports Representation (RSR).  At the time, it seemed like quite a trend; […]

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Catching Up With Octagon’s 2012 NFL Draft Class

Octagon Football represents 6 players who were selected in the 2011 NFL Draft.  Those players range from Cameron Jordan (defensive end selected #24 overall by the New Orleans Saints) to Stephen Schilling (offensive lineman selected #201 overall by the San Diego Chargers). Every year, Octagon Football represents a number of players who drafted, and Octagon is able to […]