- Joined
- Sep 10, 2006
- Messages
- 16,238
- Reaction score
- 33,794
Registered Members experience this forum ad and noise-free.
CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.What do the agents do that the players don't?
Tedy Bruschi went without agent for most of his career and it didn't seem to bother him.I don't know of many cases where players went without agents (or went with minimally qualified/unqualified agents), but of the ones I do know it backfired far more often than not. Agents may be sleazy a lot of the time, but the value they provide is real.
How come players always lose money when going solo. What do the agents do that the players don't?
He can just wait for some other 3rd rounders to be signed, and reference 3rd round picks from last year... then just copy them and change the names and account numbers.. bam, there is your rookie contract! I'd highly advise him to seek an agent afterwards though, I think navigating the waters solo as your rookie deal starts to expire, or if you're going to be traded or something is not exactly the smartest approach.. unless you went to law school or something
Because all it takes is a team sneaking in some clause so none of your salary is guaranteed except for injury or something and you're screwed.
Right. If the agent gets 3% of the contract which I will guess is $3 million over 4 years, he'd be paying $90k versus the $5k (probably less since it is a standard contract) to get it reviewed. Smart move.Yeah but you can just pay a sports lawyer $5k to review your contract and get the same peace of mind that there are no gotcha clauses.
still a stupid selection by BB