Hey friends--
Long time reader and writer (back to the Dickie Thon days and SOSH in its infancy) who disappeared for a couple decades. I read often and am thrilled to be "back."
Genuine, serious question--what purpose does Rich Paul (or the like) serve superstars like LeBron or AD? Really--the whole SI article played the "buddy card." Reading through the piece, I kept coming back to something I've long believed--hire a lawyer for the contract/legal "stuff," pay 'em by the hour and the agent becomes useless.
I was the student manger at Providence College in the mid 1990s. I once asked one of our better players who was a lottery pick and enjoyed a long, successful professional career the purpose of an agent. He couldn't give me a real, straight answer beyond the company line. Just weird.
Maybe it's just the culture. Maybe it's the camaraderie.
I don't get it.
Long time reader and writer (back to the Dickie Thon days and SOSH in its infancy) who disappeared for a couple decades. I read often and am thrilled to be "back."
Genuine, serious question--what purpose does Rich Paul (or the like) serve superstars like LeBron or AD? Really--the whole SI article played the "buddy card." Reading through the piece, I kept coming back to something I've long believed--hire a lawyer for the contract/legal "stuff," pay 'em by the hour and the agent becomes useless.
I was the student manger at Providence College in the mid 1990s. I once asked one of our better players who was a lottery pick and enjoyed a long, successful professional career the purpose of an agent. He couldn't give me a real, straight answer beyond the company line. Just weird.
Maybe it's just the culture. Maybe it's the camaraderie.
I don't get it.