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ArcticWildMan
02-19-2003, 04:59 PM
I'm curious what an agent makes when his client signs a contract or is tagged.

Prices's agent apparently is disappointed that he was tagged. Doesn't he get a healthy chunk of the "measly" 5 mil Price is slated to make now that he is tagged?
clumping platelets
02-19-2003, 05:05 PM
3-5%
ArcticWildMan
02-19-2003, 05:08 PM
I'm in the wrong profession!!! :eek:
Shiny Chicken
02-19-2003, 05:09 PM
150K to 250K ain't bad money....
clumping platelets
02-19-2003, 05:10 PM
AND that's usually paid upfront.

$30 million contract X 3-5%=$900,000-$1.5 million
ArcticWildMan
02-19-2003, 05:13 PM
Hell...I could do that.

Buffnews: Gee AWM, what do you think of XXXXX being tagged by the Bills?

AWM: Disappointing.


See??!!! Anybody could do that!
clumping platelets
02-19-2003, 05:16 PM
I'd do it for less :)
Ebenezer
02-19-2003, 05:45 PM
Originally posted by clumping platelets
AND that's usually paid upfront.

$30 million contract X 3-5%=$900,000-$1.5 million

That is usually why players are broke their first year or two...after they buy their stuff, pay the agent, buy the house, etc...
ArcticWildMan
02-19-2003, 05:46 PM
Awww...my heart bleeds for the poor destitute players ;)
Ebenezer
02-19-2003, 05:50 PM
I wasn't siding with them AWM...just stating a fact...
Dozerdog
02-19-2003, 05:51 PM
In the NBA- the maximum a player can make is 13.8 million.

A lot of guys, like Ray Allen of the Bucks, are dumping their agents and pocketing the extra money.
clumping platelets
02-19-2003, 05:54 PM
The CBA in the NBA allows it. NFLPA requires representation
ArcticWildMan
02-19-2003, 05:55 PM
I know Eb. I was just voicing my total lack of sympathy about a player's inability to manage his millions of dollars :D
Ebenezer
02-19-2003, 05:57 PM
My wonder has always been, if you can hire a good lawyer at a flat rate to read the contract (I am betting most of them are boilerplate anyway) why do you even need an agent?
Ebenezer
02-19-2003, 05:58 PM
I agree AWM.
ArcticWildMan
02-19-2003, 06:05 PM
They need to have a cap on what a player can sign a contract for. That will help a lot.

I wonder if having a "pool" of agents would be a possible option? A player is assgned an agent at random from that pool. That would eliminate some of the shady deals and inflated contracts for mediocre players when an agent has multiple clients on one team (like happened to us a few years ago)