Comments on: The contract for the 20th pick could get interesting, too http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/12/the-contract-for-the-20th-pick-could-get-interesting-too/ ProFootballTalk on NBCSports.com Wed, 22 May 2013 03:18:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: jayhawk6 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/12/the-contract-for-the-20th-pick-could-get-interesting-too/#comment-1781670 Sun, 13 May 2012 12:42:03 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=728190#comment-1781670 Z-z-z-z-z-z-z-z-z-z-z-z-z…

]]> By: deadeye http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/12/the-contract-for-the-20th-pick-could-get-interesting-too/#comment-1781357 Sun, 13 May 2012 01:16:41 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=728190#comment-1781357 For everyone who is suggesting that going agentless is a bad idea because agents are also involved in setting up endorsements and so forth, here is a simple concept to quell your fears: sign the rookie contract, then hire an agent the next day.

The point is that agents get some fixed percentage of the contract value. Why give that away for free?

]]> By: mjkelly77 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/12/the-contract-for-the-20th-pick-could-get-interesting-too/#comment-1781318 Sun, 13 May 2012 00:32:32 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=728190#comment-1781318 deadeyedesign23 says:May 12, 2012 7:56 PM

Yeah people need to realize an agent does a lot more than negotiate your rookie contract.

Andrew Luck didn’t need an agent for that, but when you start seeing him in Under Armor, Reebok, etc etc ads in the next few months you’ll know why he had an agent.
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That’s pretty obvious. Luck was a No. 1 pick and will make more money in the same time frame from endorsements than he will from his 1st contract. Kendall Wright just doesn’t fit that same demographic.

]]> By: deadeyedesign23 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/12/the-contract-for-the-20th-pick-could-get-interesting-too/#comment-1781279 Sat, 12 May 2012 23:56:08 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=728190#comment-1781279 “If I was a rookie, I’d represent myself on my 1st contract.”

Yeah people need to realize an agent does a lot more than negotiate your rookie contract.

Andrew Luck didn’t need an agent for that, but when you start seeing him in Under Armor, Reebok, etc etc ads in the next few months you’ll know why he had an agent.

]]> By: profootballwalk http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/12/the-contract-for-the-20th-pick-could-get-interesting-too/#comment-1781240 Sat, 12 May 2012 23:15:08 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=728190#comment-1781240 “If I was a rookie, I’d represent myself on my 1st contract.”

And have a fool for a client.

]]> By: mjkelly77 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/12/the-contract-for-the-20th-pick-could-get-interesting-too/#comment-1781118 Sat, 12 May 2012 21:22:30 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=728190#comment-1781118 Yes, it may be a little confusing. The point is that, for a handful of the picks in round one, it will be a little more complicated to get these deals done.
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Now that the rookie contract dollar amounts are sensible and prescribed, these agents have to earn their keep by extending the guaranteed money. What, three years from now the 2nd rounders will start getting fully guaranteed contracts? If I was a rookie, I’d represent myself on my 1st contract. I’d put the portion that I would have had to pay an agent leech into my own pocket. If I was still around for a 2nd contract, then I’d hire a leech to handle it.

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