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PSG News 7-21-2010Posted July 21st, 2010 Agents have been getting a lot of “Press” recently in all the wrong places. Maintaining of your personal integrity and that of your athletes and prospective athletes is job one for an agent. We have been fortunate to maintain a high standard at Pro Sports Group and are very clear on where you should be. Stay on the highway of success and follow the rules and regulations exactly. If you have questions or issues please send an email or call for help and clarification if you are in doubt. Great year so far for Pro Sports Group and we are gearing up for a busy fall rush of students. Stay in touch after finishing the course. Those who do have a much quicker path to success. As always we are looking for your input on how to supply more of what you need. Pro Sports Group Staff Quote of the Week - HeartPosted July 21st, 2010 "To measure the man, measure his heart."Malcolm Stevenson Forbes Twitter account for UNC’s Marvin Austin shut down since NCAA inquiryPosted July 21st, 2010 RALEIGH, N.C. — Before his Twitter account went dark, North Carolina defensive tackle Marvin Austin posted more than 2,400 updates and built up a following of more than 1,800 people.The online account provided a social outlet for UNC’s gregarious football star, but his Twitter feed has been disabled since news broke Thursday of an NCAA inquiry into the Tar Heels’ football program. However, a cached version of Austin’s account, ANCHORMANAUSTIN, still exists on Google, with 36 pages of past posts and pictures. Prominent agent Lon Babby says Suns job 'opportunity of a lifetime'Posted July 21st, 2010 PHOENIX — Prominent sports agent Lon Babby is taking a pay cut, probably a significant one, to become president of basketball operations for the Phoenix Suns, a job he called "the opportunity of a lifetime."The 59-year-old lawyer was introduced at a news conference Tuesday at US Airways Center. His initial task will be to hire a general manager. Unscrupulous sports agents? What about unscrupulous players?Posted July 21st, 2010 HOOVER, Ala. – Here we go again.The requisite defiance. The obligatory indignation. The necessary deniability. Get the Sunday Sentinel delivered to your home for only $.80 a week! Mavs re-sign NowitzkiPosted July 21st, 2010 DALLAS -- Nine-time All-Star Dirk Nowitzki has signed his new contract with the Dallas Mavericks.The Mavericks announced the signing in a statement issued Monday. Team officials released no terms of the deal. However, a person familiar with the negotiations had told The Associated Press when the agreement was reached earlier this month that the deal is for more than $80 million over four years, with a no-trade clause. DIGEST: Kovalchuk agrees to 17-year, $102M dealPosted July 21st, 2010 Ilya Kovalchuk, the biggest prize on the NHL free agent market, is staying with the New Jersey Devils, agreeing to a staggering 17-year, $102 million deal with the team.Kovalchuk’s agent and the team announced on Monday that the high-scoring left wing has agreed to stay with New Jersey, ending weeks of speculation where the league’s leading goal scorer since 2001 would be skating next season. Agent: Titans giving Chris Johnson raisePosted July 21st, 2010 Chris Johnson's agent says the running back and the Tennessee Titans have agreed on a revised deal that will ensure he reports with the rest of the team for training camp.Agent Joel Segal would not say how much of a raise Johnson is getting, but did say the running back will get a pay increase. Johnson will reportedly earn $2.5 million this season under the revised deal. NCAA ramps up probes of agents, Notre Dame football players arrestedPosted July 21st, 2010 For those keeping score at home, the NCAA has started investigating potential violations at North Carolina, South Carolina and now Florida in recent days. All the investigations allegedly put the spotlight on player-agent relationships.Darren Heitner at SportsAgentBlog.com believes two more schools could be named in probes in coming days. Stewart Mandel at SI.com says the NCAA has focused more on players and agents in the wake of the Reggie Bush probe at USC. All the activity should make for an interesting August amid the start of training camps. The agent gamePosted July 21st, 2010 College athletics have been in the headlines for the wrong reasons lately. First, the NCAA levied heavy sanctions against USC's athletic department. Now, football players at several major schools are being accused of having improper contact with an agent and receiving gifts. These are major no-nos, my friends.College coaches and athletic administrators everywhere have now been put on alert. They have to bring people in to educate their student-athletes. But the bottom line is, these are not little kids. Athletes should know right from wrong. PSG News 7-17-2010Posted July 17th, 2010 Finally Football has come up with a way for your athletes to get exposed and shown to the CFL. The CFL has a different procedure for signing athletes and will add players in late summer. If you have gentlemen who are not signed check out http://www.Finallyfootball.com . For additional questions you can call their National Office at 888-345-8973 or email Clinton Spencer at cspencer@finallyfootball.com. Good Luck to our agents and Finally Football in this new venue for the athletes. I am interested in how well this is received and what your thoughts are so send me an email or pick up the phone and call. 2011 NFL Draft Sneak PeekPosted July 17th, 2010 Cortez Allen, CB, CitadelThe small-school ranks produce some very exciting corners who combine size and speed that even the FBS schools can't match. Names like Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie, Akwasi Owusu-Ansah, Ladarius Webb, and Corey Graham come to mind. Next spring, it might be the Citadel's Cortez Allen that everyone is talking about. He's big and fast and exploded on the scene as a junior last fall. He's sure to get plenty of attention from the NFL this fall. Quote of the Week - Choosing SidesPosted July 17th, 2010 The trouble with referees is that they just don't care which side wins. ~Tom CanterburyRangers' Lawyers: 'Time to Put Up or Shut Up'; Auction Set for August 4Posted July 17th, 2010 The legal rhetoric went up a notch in the ever-twisting saga for control of the Texas Rangers, as attorneys for the Major League Baseball club, its creditors and the investor group headed by Pittsburgh attorney Chuck Greenberg and Hall of Fame pitcher Nolan Ryan, exchanged barbs in documents filed Thursday and Friday in federal bankruptcy court.Warren Moon forms sports marketing firmPosted July 17th, 2010 Former Houston Oilers quarterback Warren Moon has dropped back and thrown a deep pass into the world of sports and entertainment marketing.Moon has opened a new company, Sports 1 Marketing, in Irvine, Calif., and has hired Dave Meltzer, formerly with high profile sports agent Leigh Steinberg to serve as chief executive officer. 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