The most anxiety-fueled, suspenseful, nerve-wracking, emotional and ultimately explosively joyful day of the year is coming this week for anyone who represents prospects in this year's NFL Draft.
Players now engage in elaborate training in the period between their last game and the scouting combine in February and the agent takes on the financial and advisory role during the process.
Traditional agentry has too often been lampoonish, cartoonish, greedy, and destructive to clients and sports itself. Some of the basic concepts which are slavishly adhered to are just wrong.
On Thursday night, the NFL and a massive television audience will be focused on the NFL Draft. What was a private experience 30 years ago has become a four day sponsored and promoted Ramadan of the annual player selection. It has always been my favorite day of the year.
SAN DIEGO -- Leigh Steinberg calls them "checkout days," when he would drink vodka from morning until night, often straight from the bottle.
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