Confessions of an Agent

[stuy119]

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/magazine/10/12/agent/index.html?eref=sihp

 

This is pretty bad, and in light of the recent NCAA sanctions (USC & UNC), more will likely be coming out about it. Ohio State is already looking into the Santonio Holmes stuff.

[SpongeWorthy]

Sham amateurism.

[Magnetic Curses]

i cheated my whole career and now i'm going to rat everyone else out since it's not me.

[Outshined_One]

i cheated my whole career and now i'm going to rat everyone else out since it's not me.

 

Jose Canseco approves.

[TruffleShuffle]

they spelled ryan leif's name wrong

[OleMissCub]

not exactly a courageous whistleblower when you are no longer in that occupation.

[chuckywang]

This is explosive stuff. Great read. I don't care about the whistleblowing. I'm sure there are other sides to the story.

[Banedon]

they spelled ryan leif's name wrong

 

Ummm...am I missing something? It's Leaf...

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Leaf

[SouthSideRyan]

This guy sounds like a self-important douchebag

[NewUserName]

This guy sounds like a self-important douchebag

 

he is currently on Mike and Mike...I don't get that impression from him in this interview.

[TruffleShuffle]

they spelled ryan leif's name wrong

 

Ummm...am I missing something?

 

yes, you are missing the NSBB thread where his name was repeatedly spelled "leif" by a certain spelling-challenged poster.

[Tracer Bullet]

This guy sounds like a self-important douchebag

 

meh. he thinks he got fucked by the industry (and it looks like he might have). it's not really honorable, but I don't think it's terrible either. my biggest disappointment was that there weren't more/better names in the story.

 

oh, and the fact that so many guys confirmed his stories makes it better, imo.

[abuck1220]

what a pathetic, depressing profession. nothing like begging 18 year old morons to take $500 from you in a hotel bathroom to make you feel like you've really accomplished something with your life.

[jersey cubs fan]

what a pathetic, depressing profession. nothing like begging 18 year old morons to take $500 from you in a hotel bathroom to make you feel like you've really accomplished something with your life.

 

I WAS LONELY!!! Oh wait, you're talking about agents aren't you?

[Tracer Bullet]

what a pathetic, depressing profession. nothing like begging 18 year old morons to take $500 from you in a hotel bathroom to make you feel like you've really accomplished something with your life.

 

then you become drew rosenhaus and you're still pathetic and probably depressed but insanely [expletive] rich.

[Soul]

what a pathetic, depressing profession. nothing like begging 18 year old morons to take $500 from you in a hotel bathroom to make you feel like you've really accomplished something with your life.

 

then you become drew rosenhaus and you're still pathetic and probably depressed but insanely [expletive] rich.

 

The 1%, while the other 99% hang out in bathrooms and wish they were part of the 1%.

[chuckywang]

i cheated my whole career and now i'm going to rat everyone else out since it's not me.

 

Um, it is him as well.

[SouthSideRyan]

i cheated my whole career and now i'm going to rat everyone else out since it's not me.

 

Um, it is him as well.

 

He's not an agent anymore.

[jersey cubs fan]

i cheated my whole career and now i'm going to rat everyone else out since it's not me.

 

Um, it is him as well.

 

Not really, since he's not doing that job anymore and therefore can't really suffer consequences of this news getting out.

[Derwood]

He made a good point about naming names: if he just said "I gave some kids some cash", no one would pay attention to the story. It took laying out all the details in order for SI (or anyone) to take notice of the story

[NewUserName]

He made a good point about naming names: if he just said "I gave some kids some cash", no one would pay attention to the story. It took laying out all the details in order for SI (or anyone) to take notice of the story

 

I agree with this. I also think the only way that this causes any positive change is bigger name agents will have to be caught or confess. I also think that players from schools that are perceived as clean will have to be named for any real change to happen. Still way to easy for fans from schools that "are above this kind of thing" to point at the WSU, USC, and other schools and say that it is an issue with those renegade programs and not with us.

[jersey cubs fan]

He made a good point about naming names: if he just said "I gave some kids some cash", no one would pay attention to the story. It took laying out all the details in order for SI (or anyone) to take notice of the story

 

I agree with this. I also think the only way that this causes any positive change is bigger name agents will have to be caught or confess. I also think that players from schools that are perceived as clean will have to be named for any real change to happen. Still way to easy for fans from schools that "are above this kind of thing" to point at the WSU, USC, and other schools and say that it is an issue with those renegade programs and not with us.

 

This isn't about schools paying guys to play but agents paying soon-to-be pros in order to get their business when they declare, right? I don't think it's really school specific.

Edited October 13, 2010 by jersey cubs fan

[SpongeWorthy]

I think the argument that agents paying players at certain schools actually creates a competitive advantage for the schools in question is pretty ridiculous but some people profess to believe in it.

[chuckywang]

i cheated my whole career and now i'm going to rat everyone else out since it's not me.

 

Um, it is him as well.

 

He's not an agent anymore.

 

You can't tell me that just because he's not an agent anymore, he's free from the court of public opinion.

[jersey cubs fan]

i cheated my whole career and now i'm going to rat everyone else out since it's not me.

 

Um, it is him as well.

 

He's not an agent anymore.

 

You can't tell me that just because he's not an agent anymore, he's free from the court of public opinion.

 

He was an agent, so what people think of him probably wasn't a major concern in his life. And what can public opinion possibly do to him. Last week nobody heard of him, now he's a pseudo celebrity. I'm not sure how he's suffering at all.