Friday, September 22, 2006

Onus on players to avoid agents - Daily Trojan
...the ubiquitous presence of agents will continue to be a staple of big-time collegiate sports.

This week Carroll praised Gene Upshaw, executive director of the NFL Players Association, for proposing a rule prohibiting accredited agents from contacting college players before they declare for the league draft. It was a topic Upshaw and Carroll had already chatted about numerous times.

"I can't imagine any argument on the other side of that," Carroll told reporters...

Also, New Rule for Agents? - Inland Empire Press-Enterprise
Latest problem: Agents' runners - LA Daily News
[Witz] Saint or $inner? - LA Daily News
Players land on side of Bush - SF Chron
Agent flap will fly over USC - Denver Post
Enforcer Is Missing From N.C.A.A. Rule Book - NY Times
College coaches incorporate off-field strategies to keep tabs on players - USA Today
[Dodd] Swarm of agents continues to plague players, schools - CBS Sportsline

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