Perfect Game, the world’s largest youth baseball scouting service, is expected to officially agree soon on a multi-year memorabilia deal with Fanatics.

Britt Ghiroli spoke to more than a half-dozen agents and all had concerns about the arrangement ⤵️

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You’d be surprised (or not) how many people are currently acting as agents, particularly in the #NIL space, without being properly licensed state-by-state.

There can be consequences 👇

Representing a lot of NFL Draft picks is good for show.

Rep players on their 2nd, 3rd, 4th contracts, and that’s how you make the dough.

Signing good players is tough. Keeping them is tougher.

CAA reps 12 of the 32 (37.5%) players selected in the 1st round of the 2024 #NFLDraft .

Athletes First and WME Sports each rep 4 1st rounders, followed by Excel and Wasserman with 2 each.

2 players have no agent.

The breakdown:
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Through 12 picks in the 2024 #NFLDraft , CAA has 5 clients selected and no other agency has more than 1 client off the board.

Creative Artists Agency is doing what CAA does -- dominate the 1st round of the #NFLDraft .

It reps 3 of the first 8 picks -- Drake Maye, Joe Alt, and Michael Penix Jr.

Caleb Williams and Marvin Harrison Jr., the 1st and 4th overall picks in the 2024 #NFLDraft , decided to go into the Draft without signing agents.

Sports Agent Blog will provide player-agent pairings, as always: sportsagentblog.com/2024/04/25/202…

Leading up to the #NFLDraft , here are the agents by # of clients on NFL rosters:
1. Drew Rosenhaus (82)
2. Joel Segal (54)
T3. David Mulugheta (53)
T3. Jimmy Sexton (53)
5. Tory Dandy (51)
6. David Canter (50)
7. Ness (41)
8. Joe Linta (37)
via Neil Stratton

Ja Morant has new representation: LIFT Sports

Teamworks will develop a process to collect #NIL contracts and build a voluntary registration process for agents and other service providers.

The registry will include a ratings and dispute resolution system + background info about the agents/service providers.

Wasserman has hired Dan Vertlieb as Senior Vice President, Baseball.

Vertlieb’s MLB clients include Matt Brash, Tony Gonsolin, Scott McGough, Ryne Nelson Adley Rutschman, Austin Voth, Jacob Waguespack, and Tyler Wells.

We have seen athletes like Lamar Jackson succeed without representation but I firmly believe that is the outlier not the move for most guys.

Athletes a good agent can help you avoid the land mines you don’t even know about.

There is incredible nuance in pro sports.

How much money is Caleb Williams saving by not having an agent?

It’s not as much as you may think.

The NFLPA caps agent fees at 3%. Every agent would take 1% or less to rep a guaranteed #1 overall pick. Many would do the 1st contract (which is slotted) for no commission.…

Agent of Change (see what I did there?)

Caleb Williams Goes Solo in NFL Representation Debate 👇

sportico.com/business/sport… via @sportico Eric Jackson

#SportsBiz | #NFLDraft

Bingo! Since the NFL makes big money off the event, I’ve always felt they should compensate the players for being there. An honor to be there is nice, but let’s share the pie folks. It’s time. Same with the NFL Combine.

Range Media Gets Investment From Billionaire Bonderman, Liberty 👇

sportico.com/business/finan… via @sportico Brendan Coffey

#SportsBiz

NEW: Star NHL Defensemen Charlie McAvoy and John Carlson sue IF Management and its owner for alleged false and unauthorized use of their NIL.

Rimas Sports’ request to temporarily continue representing clients was denied by an arbitrator Friday. The Bad Bunny-led agency faces a 5-year suspension and a $400,000 fine from the MLBPA for improper benefits to players. It will soon file an appeal. …

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My client's former agent didn't negotiate his NIL collective agreement.

Didn't find the opportunity or review the contract.

Now, the former agent lawyered up and sent a demand letter seeking a 10% commission, threatening the player's family.

Be careful of these 'agents.'

Jeff is a smart man but this is a miserable take.

You get what you pay for and the industry standard is 20% on marketing deals. This has been true for decades. Good luck finding a reputable agent who is willing to take a discount.

Sure, some very marketable players have…