This past week I had the opportunity to attend the Aspen Institute’s forum entitled: “The Future of College Sports: The Government’s Role in Athlete’s Pay.”
The NCAA statement about the changes it is planning to make to allow compensation for Name, Image and LIkeness leave gaping holes which will create a mess of eligibility problems.
NFL Agent Peter Schaffer led a lively discussion about issues facing the agent community. Hosted by Inside the League and sponsored by Test, this gather delved into real issues that need to be resolved with the NFLPA
But after watching ESPN’s outstanding 30 for 30 Broke” there is not much else to say. I guess you could say it is sad, scary, disturbing or any of another dozen negative thoughts. I did not expect to be overwhelmed by it since this is a field with which I have a lot of direct experience.
One of the most important decisions that a college football
player has to make is the selection of an agent to represent them in their
mission to reach the NFL
So it is always interesting to take a step back and look at what we believed would be the Ten Biggest stories for 2011. I think we had a pretty good hit rate on these but we take a look in greater detail.