agent conduct: get ready

[phipps1616]

as of now there is no one regulating agent conduct......not good

 

[Black Warrior]

There are laws on the books in our state to deal with miscreant agent activities within our borders. Just have to have some politicians that will be willing to step on some toes in order to get something done. But most likely it's like everything else in this country these days, the foxes are guarding the hen house.
This should be an interesting topic on this board since most folks here think there's just too dang much reggulashun anyhow.......
I'll go make some popcorn. The agents are going to be running after college talent like seagulls after an abandoned picnic. Hope law enforcement in the state is up to the task....

 

[gmoney]

unless there are penalties from the NFL the agents have nothing to lose, or unless more states put laws on the books and enforce them.

 

[bayoutider]

there are several states that have laws governing agents but if convicted the fine is not that harsh,.

 

[efd840]

as of now there is no one regulating agent conduct......not good

Ask Raymond Savage....

 

[GulfCoastTider]

I was going to create a new thread on this subject, but Phipps beat me to it last night. Here's my take:

Talks between the NFL owners and NFL Players Association disintegrated today, and the ramifications of the union decision to decertify could reach into the compliance offices of every college athletics program, from the Little Sisters of the Poor to the University of Alabama.

Fox Sports reports on the developments today:

There is no more overtime in labor negotiations between the NFL and NFL Players Association.

Talks for a new collective bargaining agreement fell apart Friday, as the players' union moved to decertify. This will undoubtedly lead to the league's first work stoppage in 24 years.

In a statement, the NFLPA said it would "move forward as a professional trade association with the mission of supporting the interests and rights of current and former professional football players."

The news came Friday afternoon following a contentious Thursday of verbal salvos between both sides during heated negotiations. Nine NFL owners on the league's executive committee as well as a slew of NFLPA executives and player representatives were among those who attended Friday's session at Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service headquarters in Washington.

Several legal proceedings are now set to follow, which could continue the impasse into the regular season.

"The fastest way to a fair agreement is for both the union and the clubs to continue the mediation process," the NFL said in a statement. "Unfortunately, the players’ union has notified our office that at 4 p.m. ET it had 'decertified' and is walking away from mediation and collective bargaining."

Yes, the lockout will threaten the 2011 NFL season and the likelihood of missed football games looms for the first time since 1987. Yes, teams and their host communities stand to lose millions in revenue and rookies will miss golden opportunities to develop before trying to crack rosters before the start of the season. But there are other impacts, and many football fans haven’t yet grasped those ancillary ramifications of today’s decision.

But they soon will.

The NFLPA is the body that regulates professional football agents. With decertification, that regulatory power goes away and along with it, even the most distant threat of punishment for improperly seducing college athletes is gone with the stroke of a judge’s pen.

Remember when Alabama Football Coach Nick Saban compared rogue agents to “pimps?” You ain’t seen nothing yet.

There is no federal statute governing the behavior of professional sports agents outside of prohibition of activities that are against existing federal law (fixing games, shaving points, etc). Agent registrations are left to the states, and each state has its own way of dealing with them. Some states’ laws are toothless. Others are tougher. But the only real threat that agents faced was being ostracized by the NFLPA and forbidden from representing them in contract negotiations.

Decertification eliminates that threat, and NCAA bylaws don’t apply to agents. Those rules only apply to the schools and players who play for them, and the pimps Saban referred to—along with their sleazy networks of runners and street reps—fear the NCAA Committee on Infractions the way the Alabama Defense fears the Little Sisters of the Poor’s Pro-style Offense.

Get ready for a slew of compliance issues related to agents, and I sure hope the NCAA Enforcement staff for agents, amateurism and gambling is ready for the overtime.

They’re gonna need it.

This could also cause a change in priorities in the NCAA enforcement division. Their plates are about to be about as full as they ever have been going forward, so stuff is likely to happen on existing cases at LSU, Auburn, Tennessee, Texas, Oregon and Ohio State a little more quickly than the NCAA normally likes to do things.

 

[phipps1616]

I was going to create a new thread on this subject, but Phipps beat me to it last night. Here's my take:

Talks between the NFL owners and NFL Players Association disintegrated today, and the ramifications of the union decision to decertify could reach into the compliance offices of every college athletics program, from the Little Sisters of the Poor to the University of Alabama.

Fox Sports reports on the developments today:



Yes, the lockout will threaten the 2011 NFL season and the likelihood of missed football games looms for the first time since 1987. Yes, teams and their host communities stand to lose millions in revenue and rookies will miss golden opportunities to develop before trying to crack rosters before the start of the season. But there are other impacts, and many football fans haven’t yet grasped those ancillary ramifications of today’s decision.

But they soon will.

The NFLPA is the body that regulates professional football agents. With decertification, that regulatory power goes away and along with it, even the most distant threat of punishment for improperly seducing college athletes is gone with the stroke of a judge’s pen.

Remember when Alabama Football Coach Nick Saban compared rogue agents to “pimps?” You ain’t seen nothing yet.

There is no federal statute governing the behavior of professional sports agents outside of prohibition of activities that are against existing federal law (fixing games, shaving points, etc). Agent registrations are left to the states, and each state has its own way of dealing with them. Some states’ laws are toothless. Others are tougher. But the only real threat that agents faced was being ostracized by the NFLPA and forbidden from representing them in contract negotiations.

Decertification eliminates that threat, and NCAA bylaws don’t apply to agents. Those rules only apply to the schools and players who play for them, and the pimps Saban referred to—along with their sleazy networks of runners and street reps—fear the NCAA Committee on Infractions the way the Alabama Defense fears the Little Sisters of the Poor’s Pro-style Offense.

Get ready for a slew of compliance issues related to agents, and I sure hope the NCAA Enforcement staff for agents, amateurism and gambling is ready for the overtime.

They’re gonna need it.

This could also cause a change in priorities in the NCAA enforcement division. Their plates are about to be about as full as they ever have been going forward, so stuff is likely to happen on existing cases at LSU, Auburn, Tennessee, Texas, Oregon and Ohio State a little more quickly than the NCAA normally likes to do things.

well said

 

[BamaFossil]

GCT's comments are chilling. Hopefully the Bama Athletic Department is doing all it can to educate the players on what they can and can't do; and what to expect in the coming weeks/months. Also impress upon them how badly they harm the university and their teammates if they allow themselves to be compromised.