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After not being the #1 overall pick, Geno Smith fires his agents
Posted on 4/30/13 at 12:22 pm
Posted on 4/30/13 at 12:22 pm
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Liz Mullen of Sports Business Journal reports that Smith fired Select Sports, the agency representing him throughout the draft process. By league rule, he can't hire another agent for another five days.
Manish Mehta of the New York Daily News writes that Smith believed he "would be and should be" the No. 1 overall pick in the draft. When he didn't make the first round, the agents paid the price.
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Posted on 4/30/13 at 12:22 pm to wope
It's a business.
Posted on 4/30/13 at 12:22 pm to wope
Well hes an idiot then
Posted on 4/30/13 at 12:23 pm to SabiDojo
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"would be and should be" the No. 1 overall pick in the draft.
What a prick
This post was edited on 4/30/13 at 12:24 pm
Posted on 4/30/13 at 12:23 pm to wope
I have a feeling the agents will get the last laugh in the end
Posted on 4/30/13 at 12:24 pm to wope
How's that work with payment?
I don't know the first thing about it, but I do know that agents usually get a percentage of every contract/endorsement a guy has that they help broker.
But in this case, the agents are fired before signing his deal, so I wonder how they are compensated for the work they did up to this point.
I don't know the first thing about it, but I do know that agents usually get a percentage of every contract/endorsement a guy has that they help broker.
But in this case, the agents are fired before signing his deal, so I wonder how they are compensated for the work they did up to this point.
Posted on 4/30/13 at 12:24 pm to wope
How the hell could his agents have controlled that?
Posted on 4/30/13 at 12:25 pm to OBUDan
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How the hell could his agents have controlled that?
By representing the actual 1st pick, or the 31 guys after him.
Posted on 4/30/13 at 12:27 pm to OBUDan
Well, agents do have a part in where a guy gets drafted. they work the phones and try and sell their client to teams. Seeing that Geno fell out of the first round and wasn't even the first QB taken, I think he has plenty of grounds to fire his agents for failing to deliver.
Posted on 4/30/13 at 12:27 pm to OBUDan
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How the hell could his agents have controlled that?
By not leading Smith to believe he would be the the #1 pick.
Posted on 4/30/13 at 12:27 pm to barry
Agents know how it is. It is the world they live in. One minute you're signing RGIII, the next minute you're trying to sign nine year old girls for the Tri County beauty contest.
Posted on 4/30/13 at 12:28 pm to shel311
Who covers his advance??? He didn't buy that suit.
Posted on 4/30/13 at 12:31 pm to tiger94gop
quote:That's what I'm wondering!
Who covers his advance??? He didn't buy that suit
Posted on 4/30/13 at 12:33 pm to wope
Geno seems like a perfect fit for the Jets.
Posted on 4/30/13 at 12:34 pm to wope
I don't recall a single analyst speculating Geno would be the #1 overall pick.
He wasn't even the consensus best QB in the draft.
Dudes sense of reality is skewed.
He wasn't even the consensus best QB in the draft.
Dudes sense of reality is skewed.
This post was edited on 4/30/13 at 12:43 pm
Posted on 4/30/13 at 12:34 pm to shel311
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How's that work with payment?
They had a documentary on this on ESPN a while back. One of the agents they followed had this happen to him, and IIRC (and someone can correct me I'f I'm wrong) the agents pretty much just lost a ton of money they invested in the athlete.
Posted on 4/30/13 at 12:34 pm to shel311
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How's that work with payment?
ESPN did a 30 for 30 on agents. What I gathered from it is that the players are not financially liable to the agents at all. The agent fronts the money for training, marketing, etc, but the player isn't actually "under contract." Meaning they are free to change representation at any time with no penalty.
Posted on 4/30/13 at 12:34 pm to shel311
I'm wrong
This post was edited on 4/30/13 at 12:35 pm
Posted on 4/30/13 at 12:35 pm to EarthwormJim
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By not leading Smith to believe he would be the the #1 pick.
This. If his agents were blowing smoke up his arse then I guess he had a reason to get rid of them.
Posted on 4/30/13 at 12:35 pm to Baloo
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Well, agents do have a part in where a guy gets drafted. they work the phones and try and sell their client to teams. Seeing that Geno fell out of the first round and wasn't even the first QB taken, I think he has plenty of grounds to fire his agents for failing to deliver.
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