The first individual I would like to talk about would be Mark Cuban the owner of the Dallas Mavericks.  At the age of 31 Mark and his friend Todd Wagner started AudioNet back in 1995 which eventually became Broadcast.com in 1998 and had grown to 330 employees, they had eventually sold the company for $5.9 billion in Yahoo stock.  After Mark went on to various business ventures none more bigger than purchasing the Dallas Mavericks in 2000.  Mark has also been an investor in many different...

Breaking Down a New NFL Agent Cost I’m sure at one point or another we all have seen the movie Jerry Maguire starring Tom Cruise that gave an insider look on what exactly happens in the sports agency world.  Just to give the readers exactly how it works and some of the cost incurred in starting this new endeavor, I wanted to give a breakdown of the cost.  First the NFLPA made it a few years back that if an individual wanted to sit for the agent certification exam they would need an advance...

5 years ago, a college scout or recruiter would have to drive several hours to watch, meet, and entice a potential recruit for their university.  This due to the fact that technology was not as advance and it was difficult to get up to date information on a specific athlete, including real live stats.  With the advancement of technology recruiters are having a much easier time canvassing and zeroing in on what athletes they want to recruit and which ones they want to spend their time...