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<description>Latest news and announcements for Pro Sports Group and the entire sports agent industry.</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:38:17 CDT</pubDate>
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<title>PSG News 7-21-2010</title>
<description><![CDATA[ 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 
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<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 20:04:04 CDT</pubDate>
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<title>Quote of the Week - Heart</title>
<description><![CDATA[ "To measure the man, measure his heart."
Malcolm Stevenson Forbes  ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:57:29 CDT</pubDate>
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<link>http://www.prosportsgroup.com/Sports_Agent_News/Quote+of+the+Week+-+Heart</link>
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<title>Twitter account for UNCs Marvin Austin shut down since NCAA inquiry</title>
<description><![CDATA[ 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.

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<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:56:38 CDT</pubDate>
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<link>http://www.prosportsgroup.com/Sports_Agent_News/Twitter+account+for+UNC%92s+Marvin+Austin+shut+down+since+NCAA+inquiry</link>
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<title>Prominent agent Lon Babby says Suns job 'opportunity of a lifetime'</title>
<description><![CDATA[ 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.
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<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:54:50 CDT</pubDate>
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<link>http://www.prosportsgroup.com/Sports_Agent_News/Prominent+agent+Lon+Babby+says+Suns+job+%5C%27opportunity+of+a+lifetime%5C%27</link>
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<title>Unscrupulous sports agents? What about unscrupulous players?</title>
<description><![CDATA[ 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!

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<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:53:44 CDT</pubDate>
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<link>http://www.prosportsgroup.com/Sports_Agent_News/Unscrupulous+sports+agents%3F+What+about+unscrupulous+players%3F</link>
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<title>Mavs re-sign Nowitzki </title>
<description><![CDATA[ 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. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:52:44 CDT</pubDate>
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<link>http://www.prosportsgroup.com/Sports_Agent_News/Mavs+re-sign+Nowitzki+</link>
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<title>DIGEST: Kovalchuk agrees to 17-year, $102M deal</title>
<description><![CDATA[ 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.

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<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:52:01 CDT</pubDate>
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<link>http://www.prosportsgroup.com/Sports_Agent_News/DIGEST%3A+Kovalchuk+agrees+to+17-year%2C+%24102M+deal</link>
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<title>Agent: Titans giving Chris Johnson raise</title>
<description><![CDATA[ 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.



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<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:51:10 CDT</pubDate>
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<link>http://www.prosportsgroup.com/Sports_Agent_News/Agent%3A+Titans+giving+Chris+Johnson+raise</link>
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<title>NCAA ramps up probes of agents, Notre Dame football players arrested</title>
<description><![CDATA[ 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. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:50:13 CDT</pubDate>
<language>en</language>
<link>http://www.prosportsgroup.com/Sports_Agent_News/NCAA+ramps+up+probes+of+agents%2C+Notre+Dame+football+players+arrested</link>
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<title>The agent game</title>
<description><![CDATA[ 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.
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<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:48:38 CDT</pubDate>
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<link>http://www.prosportsgroup.com/Sports_Agent_News/The+agent+game</link>
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<title>PSG News 7-17-2010</title>
<description><![CDATA[ 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.   ]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jul 2010 1:54:11 CDT</pubDate>
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<link>http://www.prosportsgroup.com/Sports_Agent_News/PSG+News+7-17-2010</link>
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<title>2011 NFL Draft Sneak Peek</title>
<description><![CDATA[ Cortez Allen, CB, Citadel
The 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. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jul 2010 1:53:10 CDT</pubDate>
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<link>http://www.prosportsgroup.com/Sports_Agent_News/2011+NFL+Draft+Sneak+Peek</link>
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<title>Quote of the Week - Choosing Sides</title>
<description><![CDATA[ The trouble with referees is that they just don't care which side wins.  ~Tom Canterbury ]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jul 2010 1:52:17 CDT</pubDate>
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<link>http://www.prosportsgroup.com/Sports_Agent_News/Quote+of+the+Week+-+Choosing+Sides</link>
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<title>Rangers' Lawyers: 'Time to Put Up or Shut Up'; Auction Set for August 4</title>
<description><![CDATA[ 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. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jul 2010 1:50:34 CDT</pubDate>
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<link>http://www.prosportsgroup.com/Sports_Agent_News/Rangers%5C%27+Lawyers%3A+%5C%27Time+to+Put+Up+or+Shut+Up%5C%27%3B+Auction+Set+for+August+4</link>
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<title>Warren Moon forms sports marketing firm</title>
<description><![CDATA[ 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. Moon is president of the firm.




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<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jul 2010 1:49:52 CDT</pubDate>
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<link>http://www.prosportsgroup.com/Sports_Agent_News/Warren+Moon+forms+sports+marketing+firm</link>
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<title>Game Time: LeBron James -- All Right, Now It's Getting Weird (The Mav Carter Pendant Story)</title>
<description><![CDATA[ I wanted to write about Luis Scola today, I really did. I wanted to talk about how good Daryl Morey has to feel that he was able to lock in Scola for an annual number below $10 million per year in a goofy free agent market that has seen $6 million and $7 million per year deals for guys about whom we know either too little (Amir Johnson, Wesley Matthews) or too much (Drew Gooden, Quentin Richardson, who are both seemingly in a race to occupy a spot on every NBA team's roster at some point in their respective careers).



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<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jul 2010 1:43:14 CDT</pubDate>
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<link>http://www.prosportsgroup.com/Sports_Agent_News/Game+Time%3A+LeBron+James+--+All+Right%2C+Now+It%5C%27s+Getting+Weird+%28The+Mav+Carter+Pendant+Story%29</link>
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<title>Chicago-based sports agent Mark Bartelstein disagrees with New Orleans Hornets' decision to withdraw contract offer to Luther Head</title>
<description><![CDATA[ LAS VEGAS  Chicago-based agent Mark Bartelstein said he plans to look at all matters of recourse against the New Orleans Hornets for backing out of their deal to offer his client, free-agent shooting guard Luther Head a two-year contract.
Hornets Head Dispute Basket.JPGThe Associated PressLuther Head's agent is disputing the claim by the New Orleans Hornets that Head didn't pass a physical.
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<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jul 2010 1:42:15 CDT</pubDate>
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<link>http://www.prosportsgroup.com/Sports_Agent_News/Chicago-based+sports+agent+Mark+Bartelstein+disagrees+with+New+Orleans+Hornets%5C%27+decision+to+withdraw+contract+offer+to+Luther+Head</link>
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<title>Randy Moss finally hires an agent</title>
<description><![CDATA[ Randy Moss has finally decided on an agent to represent him for what will likely be the last big contract of his career. Moss has hired Joel Segal of BEST Football, which boasts clients such as Reggie Bush, Michael Vick, Lee Suggs, Will Smith (the Saints defensive end, not the actor/singer), and Chris Johnson. Aside from Moss, Segal represents Patriots Gerard Warren and Brandon Tate. You can scope out the full list of clients by clicking here. Moss has said this offseason that this will likely be his last with the Patriots because the Patriots dont pay, though the deal he got a few years ago was certainly at market value. I think Vince Wilfork would also disagree with that sentiment as well, though Logan Mankins is probably on Moss side. Contrary to popular belief, the Pats do pay, they just dont usually overpay. Mankins has certainly been given a reasonable offer, but he is being unreasonable in his demands.

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<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jul 2010 1:41:29 CDT</pubDate>
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<link>http://www.prosportsgroup.com/Sports_Agent_News/Randy+Moss+finally+hires+an+agent</link>
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<title>Sources: NCAA questions four of UNC's top players</title>
<description><![CDATA[ NCAA investigators questioned some of the best football players at the University of North Carolina between Monday and Tuesday about possible improper benefits received from non-university personnel, according to multiple sources close to the situation and school's athletic program.

UNC athletics director Dick Baddour confirmed Thursday that the NCAA had been on campus to interview several athletes, but did not specify what players or sports were involved. Sources familiar with the probe spoke to The Fayetteville Observer, but asked that their names not be used because they are in sensitive positions.

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<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jul 2010 1:40:34 CDT</pubDate>
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<link>http://www.prosportsgroup.com/Sports_Agent_News/Sources%3A+NCAA+questions+four+of+UNC%5C%27s+top+players</link>
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<title>Atlanta-based NFL agents bracing for labor chaos</title>
<description><![CDATA[ When all of the NFL draft picks are signed in the coming weeks, the 38 NFL Players Association-certified agents based in Georgia will have negotiated contracts worth close to $200 million.

However, with the ongoing labor dispute and possible lockout for the 2012 season, that gushing river of cash and their commissions could dry up.
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<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jul 2010 1:39:44 CDT</pubDate>
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<link>http://www.prosportsgroup.com/Sports_Agent_News/Atlanta-based+NFL+agents+bracing+for+labor+chaos</link>
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