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CeeZar
I think agents look out for their own best interests and their best interest is $$$. I would hope that AD considers his best interest a combination of $$ and rings. He may end up with a huge contract to play for the Rams or he could end up getting traded to Cleveland. How does that align with his desires? Only AD knows.
I'd be just as or more concerned with the agent steamrolling AD as I would the Rams.
I think the real sticking issue is this. The league is in effect a partnership between unions and a corporate entity that represents owners. Some though long for the days when players didn't have rights and were just basically the property of owners. I don't know why but they do.
Any player who would negotiate alone against the collective force of the league and the professional negotiators who work for owners would be an idiot. It;s the same with musicians and bookings, or actors and the movie industry---or any among the many many professional careers where people depend on agents and legal representation. Including coaches (coaches have agents too.)
Truth is no one has any real idea whether agents take advantage of players or not. Though they like saying it. They don't know, but it sounds good to them for some reason.
The likelihood is not, since agents have to abide by player union rules and oversight. In fact you can only be a player agent if you apply to be one with the NFLPA. Here, read up on it.
NFLPA REGULATIONS GOVERNING CONTRACT ADVISORS: [
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Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 06/26/2018 03:03PM by zn.