Sports agents on Twitter
If you’re at all interested in the business of sports or in becoming a sports agent, you would do well to follow the sports agents on Twitter and learn as much as you can from them.
Drew Rosenhaus is one of the biggest sports agents in the business. Although his Twitter account is relatively new, he tweets on a regular basis and reading those tweets offer a glimpse into the busy world of a successful sports agent.
Mark Slough is President and CEO of Merge Sports & Entertainment, his own athlete representation firm. Slough’s clients include NFL standouts like the Patriots’ Sammy Morris.
Evan Morgenstein is President and CEO of PMG Sports, a company that represents many Olympians including Mark Spitz, Nastia Liukin and Amanda Beard.
Darren Heitner is a “must follow” for anyone interested in learning about the athlete representation business. Darren started his own representation firm, Dynasty Athlete Representation, and authors SportsAgentBlog.com, a blog about the sports representation business and sports industry in general. Sports agents Jason Belzer and Bryan Swalley also represent clients for Dynasty Representation.
While these sports agents maintain their own individual Twitter accounts, some agencies maintain Twitter accounts to publicize information about their clients. One such agency is Gaylord Sports, which has used its Twitter account to publicize new signings and client transactions.
Updates - Several retired NHL players have become NHL agents for Octagon Hockey in Minnesota including Ben Hankinson and Chris McAlpine. Allan Walsh is also an Octagon hockey agent and is based in Los Angeles.
Drew Carr is a sports agent based in Orlando, Florida, who specializes in golf and motor sports clients. James Heintz is a football agent based in St. Louis. Richard Vester is an NFL agent based in Florida.
Add Ben Hankinson, Octagon Hockey @benhankinson to that list. Has had an account for some time, just not active again until now. Also a retired NHL player.
Thanks for the sports agent info! As a big sports fan, it’s always interesting to me to see how things work behind the scenes…even if I still wish that I was a kid that didn’t know that sports are a business!
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Professional Sports, Inc. (PSI) a family owned and operated sports agency based out of south Florida has started twittering @psiathletics they are a NFL and MLB certified agency. clients include Florida Marlins pitcher Burke Badenhop.