Many National Football League players are celebrating this weekend. Some of them are recipients of massive deals from the prior week, which included a combined amount of roughly $1.7 billion promised to players in the future with $842 million of that guaranteed. However, the celebrations are slightly tamed for a few by the events that […]
Hundreds of NFL Players Association certified Contract Advisors come from all areas of the United States to Indianapolis on an annual basis for the NFL Combine. They are in town primarily to support their clients, communicate with NFL personnel and attend an NFLPA meeting to satisfy their certification requirements under the union’s regulations. But this […]
Shabbat Shalom from Antalya, Turkey, a place that I am visiting for the third time in my life and despite the current ban on Visas provided between Turkey and the U.S. I am here as a guest of Turkish Airlines, which is hosting its annual Turkish Airlines Open on the European Tour. It’s an amazing […]
Buffalo Bills tight end Nick O’Leary has signed with Pat Dye, Jr. of SportsTrust Advisors for his representation. O’Leary was drafted in the sixth round of the 2015 NFL Draft out of Florida State. As a Seminole, he played in 51 career games hauling in 114 passes for 1,591 yards and 17 touchdowns. A consensus […]
Green Bay Packers safety Ha Ha Clinton-Dix has signed with SportsTrust Advisors for his representation, according to Liz Mullen. This decision comes on the heels of Clinton-Dix dropping Athletes First who had represented the former first round pick for the entirety of his career. The 21st overall pick in the 2014 NFL Draft, Clinton-Dix won […]
While the young NBA offseason has been making most of the headlines in the sports world this week, in NFL news, agents Pat Dye Jr. and Jimmy Sexton are dealing with a lawsuit surrounding the stealing of clients. Dye and Sexton were partners at SportsTrust Advisors until Sexton decided to break off and join CAA […]
Yesterday, Atlanta-based sports agency SportsTrust Advisors, which is one of the world’s top-10 most valuable football agencies, lost two of its NFLPA Certified Contract Advisors: Michael Perrett and Kevin McGuire. The two sports agents shared roughly 20 years of experience working together at SportsTrust. The duo is pursuing the formation of their own company, Element Sports […]
Sports Business Journal’s labor and agency beat writer, Liz Mullen, recently chatted with NFL Certified Contract Advisor, Pat Dye, Jr. Dye is the Founder of SportsTrust Advisors, an Atlanta-based agency that represents 70-plus players in the NFL, such as the Denver Broncos’ DeMarcus Ware and the Miami Dolphins’ Ryan Tannehill. Below are some of the […]
Arguably one of the most decorated players in University of Georgia football history has finally found a sports agent. Bulldogs’ quarterback, Aaron Murray, recently secured Atlanta-based SportsTrust Advisors for representation. NFLPA Certified Contract Advisor, Pat Dye Jr., will represent the four-year starter. Murray ended his five-year stint in Athens, Georgia with four, 3,000-plus yard seasons. […]
Heading up to West Palm Beach this weekend to celebrate the wedding of one of my best friends. It will be another nice vacation, especially with the beautiful weather (not really) we have been experiencing in South Florida. This week on FORBES: (1) College Athletes Should Not Expect Stipends Because The Amateur Model Is More Important; (2) NBA […]