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Collection of Allegations, Repremands and Suspensions against Athlete-Agents [i] (2014)

handle is hein.nccusl/nccpub3870 and id is 1 raw text is: The List: A Collection of Allesations, Reprimands, Suspensions against Athlete-Aents (with commentary) In preparation of my law review, I searched for every agent allegation, misdeed, reprimand and suspension and kept many of those notes and links. In my humble opinion, if the NFLPA is going to get into the agent regulation business, it is up to the NFLPA to investigate and publically report disciplined and reprimanded agents to the public and, more particularly, the future members of the NFLPA- the prospective Players. There are an estimated 800-1000 active NFLPA agents each year who pay $1700. In otherwords, the NFLPA makes $1-2 MILLION in revenue just off of their agent program. And yet it is still under-regulated. The same statement can be made about/to the States. Due process is a MUST, but to not do anything is worse that doing too much. The NFLPA also must share information with States and States must share information with the NFLPA. Where there is smoke, there is often fire and the States and NFLPA are the only entities that have a fire extinguisher of any nomenclature. As a lawyer, our discipline history is available on each Bar website and every transaction we, or often our employees, do subjects us to Bar scrutiny. We hire our employees and we are ultimately responsible for their work. There is a slogan on a desk down in Key West that says, the Buck stops here* It is located on Truman's old dsk il the lK\ey st White House. It stands for taking uim...ate responsibility, a trait that has long since lapsed in today's busi.ss world. The point is- Shouldn't the NFLPA have a similar standard? Shouldn't States hold SOMEONE ultimately responsibl? O)wi annot:mkt l \ hd bIid i.lat loll a dy enforce them orallow the ongdoer's to hidebehind faiures to prov v.olations, subpoena power, et cetera, especialy w lien Secretaries of State (for instance, Gregory Sirb of Pennsylvania's athlete agent office) claim poor lines of communication and Incidents of ureturned calls rom the NFLPA. A miere audit of State Registration lists wiII reveal criminal acti vty by agents e in ti first TWO rounds. If an agent is too ..i and conitu cious to even pay a nominal fee and register, what makes a Player or a Player's Union thin that agent will be otherwise dil....i? I apologize for1 myl ouitrage. I wouild rathier not take the role of -watchd (og. I recognize thiat J am new and don't know how things work, as I have been told repeatedly. Well, if it involves cheating, lying or hiring cheaters or liars, I don't want to know how things work and simply want to raise the bar a little. That said, here is a list of every agent claim I found. Full disclaimer- the veracity depends on the truthfulness and investigation of the reporter. I avoided message board claims and went with reputable stories from reputable sources. I am MERELY providing links and information from various sources. Here are the Reports from the NFLPA site (password protected): Feldman, Steve v. NFLPA (appeal by Feldman sustained due to lack of evidence) NFLPA v. Ashe, Mason (dispute between agent Mason Ashe and Dante Culpepper) NFLPA v. Branion, Joby (2003) (suspension upheld) (active agent with Athlete's First) NFLPA v. Branion, Joby (2007) (suspension reversed) NFLPA v. Caravantes, David (sustained NFLPA in part, overruled in part) NFLPA v. Cornrich, Neil (suspension upheld)(active agent with NC Sports) NFLPA v. Durand, Jeff (reprimand upheld) NFLPA v. Irwin, Jeffrey (suspension upheld)

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