The Maine Sunday Telegram has an in-depth article on Octagon agent Peter Carlisle with the tagline, “Some of the biggest names in Olympics sports say Peter Carlisle is ‘more than just an agent.” It is a very nice exposé of Octagon’s managing director Olympics and Action Sports who is probably best known for his representation of U.S. […]
Early yesterday morning Sports Agent Blog published an article announcing that Lagardère Unlimited Golf’s senior vice president David Yates resigned from the company. Later that day, Octagon revealed that it had already hired Yates, who will join the company next month as its Managing Director of Golf in Octagon’s Athletes & Personalities Division. Yates will be […]
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File this one under “big #Jeah” for the “Lochtenator.” As announced on his Twitter account late last week, the five-time gold medalist has made a change of agents, signing with Creative Artists Agency (CAA). [blackbirdpie url=”https://twitter.com/ryanlochte/status/274518334207324160″] CAA becomes Lochte’s third agency of record since he became a professional swimmer. His first agents were at Octagon, […]
Stephen Curry has signed a 4-year, $44 million extension with the Golden State Warriors. If his agent takes a 4% commission on the total contract, that agent will receive $1.76 million. But who will be the agent that collects the commissions on the deal? The cause for confusion is that basketball agent Lance Young recently […]
Early in the 2012 London Olympics, Fox Business caught Michael Phelps’ agent Peter Carlisle of Octagon’s Olympic & Action Sports division. The general discussion was focused on how Phelps will be marketed now that his career in the pool has been declared to be complete. Here is a quote from the interview: “Partnerships now have to be not only […]
19 Olympic medals. Michael Phelps has broken the record for most medals one by any single athlete in the modern era Olympics Games. In the pool, Phelps is the man. Outside the pool, his man is Peter Carlisle, managing director of Olympics and Action Sports at Octagon. It was June 2002 when Phelps decided that Carlisle and […]
The following guest contribution was written by Jacob Cohen (@jco5190), who interned in the Athlete Marketing and Client Representation at Octagon Football. As thousands of college students and recent graduates wrap up their academic year and begin to pursue various sports internships all across the country, one thing to keep in mind is the importance […]
Yesterday, Octagon Basketball announced that the company signed University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill point guard (and Virginia native) Kendall Marshall. Marshall will be represented by Octagon agent Alex Saratsis. DraftExpress.com currently has Marshall as the 14th overall pick in the website’s 2012 NBA Mock Draft. Marshall is leaving UNC after his Sophomore season; as a […]
It happens all the time. An agent goes from one company to another and brings his clients with him. In the case of baseball agent Josh Yates, he is on to his third company in the span of roughly five years. Yates began his career as a baseball agent with the company CSMG, which had […]