Posted on 10/12/2010 2:19:40 PM PDT by truthandlife
I will never forget the first time I paid a player.
There are moments you will always remember, like your first kiss or your first home run or the day you met your wife. For me, the first time I broke an NCAA rule to try to land a client is just as indelible.
It was before the 1990 football season, and I flew from Los Angeles to Denver and drove to the University of Colorado to try to meet with Kanavis McGhee. He was a big, pass-rushing linebacker who was expected to be a high pick in the 1991 NFL draft. I was 20 years old -- the youngest agent ever certified by the NFL Players Association -- and had less than a year's experience, but for whatever reason I convinced myself that I had a shot with him.
I figured out where Kanavis lived, drove to his apartment and knocked on the door. No one answered, so I waited. About four hours later, Kanavis finally came home and I bum-rushed him at the door.
"Hey, Kanavis, my name is Josh Luchs. I'm a sports agent, and I flew here from Los Angeles specifically for you," I said. "You're a great player and I came a long way, and I'd really appreciate it if you would sit down and talk to me for a few minutes."
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UPDATE:
The semi-literate thugs and third worlders representing the American league east MLB team from New York just defeated the semi-literate thugs and third worlders from the American League West by a score of 6-5 in 9 inings in the first game of a 7 or less game series. You didn't come up in the discussion on the post game.
What is your reaction? Any thoughts?
All legitimate points. But then let the IRS deal with it. This has nothing to do with the NFL Players Association.
Any team that takes advise from Kiper deserves what they get. I think Kiper will go down for this even though he was on ESPN defending himself.
What are you, 12 years old?
Yay, go local pro teams, go. Yay, NY’s Dominicans beat Texas’s Venezuelans, yay. Awesome. What a way for a supposedly grown man-to spend his time stuffing his face with potato chips, watching that garbage, growing obese on the couch. Yay team.
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