Confessions of a sports agent

[ChicosBailBonds]

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

[martyconlonontherun]

Was just about to post this.

Another reason I think it is naive and stupid to chastise Reggie Bush. If you don't respect what Reggie Bush accomplished in his college career, there will be very few guys left to cheer for. Our society places way to much blame on the person that is caught, instead of the general problem. Whether it is Bush, Bonds with steroids, Tiger and Favre cheating on their wives, or BP with the oil spill. Focus on the whole problem and don't be naive to think the only people who break the rules are the ones that are caught.

[ChicosBailBonds]

Was just about to post this.

Another reason I think it is naive and stupid to chastise Reggie Bush. If you don't respect what Reggie Bush accomplished in his college career, there will be very few guys left to cheer for. Our society places way to much blame on the person that is caught, instead of the general problem. Whether it is Bush, Bonds with steroids, Tiger and Favre cheating on their wives, or BP with the oil spill. Focus on the whole problem and don't be naive to think the only people who break the rules are the ones that are caught.

I don't think people necessarily are naive to think only these guys are doing it.  That being said, do we want to have rules and if they are broken, do we not do anything about them?

[martyconlonontherun]

I don't think people necessarily are naive to think only these guys are doing it.  That being said, do we want to have rules and if they are broken, do we not do anything about them?

No but I hear people all of sudden say I will never support Tiger Woods again because he cheated on his wife. I think people just need to stop connecting sports figures with moral standards. Or saying their team takes the moral high road and assume that even MU does everything by the book. It's college sports, there is going to be something shady at any university.

[reinko]

No but I hear people all of sudden say I will never support Tiger Woods again because he cheated on his wife. I think people just need to stop connecting sports figures with moral standards. Or saying their team takes the moral high road and assume that even MU does everything by the book. It's college sports, there is going to be something shady at any university.

When it comes to the sport: Taking money from agent in college is cheating.  Cheating on your wife while being a PGA star is not. 

[ChicosBailBonds]

As Pat Forde says, college football is much worse in this area.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/columns/story?columnist=forde_pat&id=5681728

[WellsstreetWanderer]

If the rules are to stay the same then the consequences should be over the top to stop things like this. The agent should be banned for life .

[muhoosier260]

As Pat Forde says, college football is much worse in this area.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/columns/story?columnist=forde_pat&id=5681728

awesome piece by luchs!
you meant basketball i think tho. i immediately thought of "blue chips" and nick nolte punting a ball into the stands when i read that

[ChicosBailBonds]

awesome piece by luchs!
you meant basketball i think tho. i immediately thought of "blue chips" and nick nolte punting a ball into the stands when i read that

Yes, I did.   Luchs sister used to date a guy in my department for several years.  Some very interesting comments the last two days from him. 

[mu-rara]

No but I hear people all of sudden say I will never support Tiger Woods again because he cheated on his wife. I think people just need to stop connecting sports figures with moral standards. Or saying their team takes the moral high road and assume that even MU does everything by the book. It's college sports, there is going to be something shady at any university.

I think Tiger is stupid for cheating on his totally Babalicious wife with those ugly skanks. 

[RawdogDX]

If the rules are to stay the same then the consequences should be over the top to stop things like this. The agent should be banned for life .

+1, the problem is that they punish the school and thus the current players.  I don't understand how why the NCAA doesn't demand the NFL to get them to take away an agent's license over violations.  You'd think that they would have enough pull to get that done.