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Athletes And Agents Need To Learn How To Properly Use Twitter

There has been a lot of discussion this week regarding the Kansas City Chiefs releasing their once-upon-a-time star running back, Larry Johnson.  Did they release Johnson because he has not done anything special for the team in quite some time?  Probably.  But did his recent Twitter outburst have anything at all to do with it?  […]

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NFL Agent Recruitment Strategy

With Malcolm Jenkins coming to an agreement with the New Orleans Saints late Sunday night, the holdout party of 7 dropped to a smaller table of 6.  Those remaining unsigned, along with their representation are listed below: Aaron Curry, LB, Seattle Seahawks (4th overall pick) – Octagon Andre Smith, T, Cincinnati Bengals (6th overall pick) […]

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Is Creative Artists Agency Unstoppable?

After reading the article I wrote yesterday on CAA’s acquisition of CSMG’s President, Henry Thomas, and all of his clients, I realized that I did not spend enough time talking about the implications of this move on the sports agent industry as a whole.  CSMG wis probably gone for good, but what exactly does it […]

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2009 NBA Draft: Breaking Down The First Round

After 60 picks and 100,000 trades, we now know who was selected in the 2009 NBA Draft and what teams they may be playing for in 2009.  I will let the other web sites debate over what teams were the winners and losers.  Here, our main concern is sorting out the agencies that were popping […]

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Athletes First Leads All Agencies In Number Of Clients Selected

Neil Stratton runs an excellent web site, InsideTheLeague.com.  Daily, Neil discusses the latest agent/player rumors in the NFL.  Also, right around NFL draft time, Neil provides solid information regarding what players are signed with which agencies.  Recently, he put together a list of agencies ranked by how many of their clients were drafted in April.  […]

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NBA Draft Signing Update

Aaron Goodwin – Terrence Williams Andre Buck (CAA) – Dionte Christmas, DaJuan Summers Andy Miller (ASM Sports) – B.J. Mullens, Daniel Hackett, Eric Maynor Arn Tellem – Wayne Ellington Bill Duffy (BDA Sports) – Brandon Jennings, Hasheem Thabeet, Darren Collison Brad Ames (Priority) – Ben Woodside Brian Elfus (Elfus & Siegel Management) – Connor Atchley, […]

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NFL Draft Day 1 Notes – CAA In The Money

CAA clients Matthew Stafford, Jason Smith, Darrius Heyward-Bey, Knowshon Moreno, Brian Orakpo, Malcolm Jenkins, Brian Cushing, Josh Freeman, and Jeremy Maclin were selected in the first round.  CAA’s nine first round selections beat their 2008 record of six clients picked up in the first-round.  Most impressive about the nine CAA draft picks this year is […]

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CAA Is Going To Kill The NFL Draft

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 […]

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Early Entries Starting To Select Agents

Some of the best graduating seniors in the NCAA are currently participating in the Portsmouth Invitational Tournament.  Those that are younger and as, if not more, talented are starting to decide whether they will forego their NCAA eligibility by signing an agent and entering the draft, test the NBA draft waters without an agent (retaining […]

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Interview with Jim DeLorenzo, VP Octagon Digital

Jim DeLorenzo is a multifaceted professional in the sports industry. An attorney by trade, Jim is currently the Vice-President of the Digital sector of Octagon. In today’s social media craze, Jim and his staff at Octagon Digital, created Twackle.com in response to the massive explosion of Twitter. Jim, the founder of Twackle.com took a few […]