OT: Rob Pelinka: 5th best agent in sports
Deadspin just rated the 12 best agents in sports and Rob Pelinka came in 5th
http://deadspin.com/5701614/the-12-best-sports-agents-in-the-world
5.) Rob Pelinka
Agency: Landmark Sports Agency
Top current deals:
$83.5M contract for Kobe Bryant (Los Angeles Lakers)
$80M contract for Andre Igoudala (Philadelphia 76ers)
$76M contract for Carlos Boozer (Chicago Bulls)
$57M contract for Gerald Wallace (Charlotte Bobcats)
Top deals value: $297M
The 1993 NCAA Scholar Athlete of the Year is a natural fit for sports agency. Rob Pelinka played in two Final Fours while at the University of Michigan and then went to get his law degree and business degree at U-M. By the time he graduated, Pelinka was friends with several NBA players, like former teammate Chris Webber. He also got a break meeting top agent and U-M graduate Arn Tellem, according to the Ann Arbor News.
Today, Pelinka is one of the top NBA agents, best known for representing the highest-paid NBA player, Kobe Bryant.
December 1st, 2010 at 1:54 PM ^
michigan grad arn tellem is 4th
December 1st, 2010 at 2:36 PM ^
He must be a damn good agent
December 1st, 2010 at 2:09 PM ^
Casey Close
December 1st, 2010 at 2:13 PM ^
missed that one
December 1st, 2010 at 2:43 PM ^
Casey's spouse, FWIW:
https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Gretchen_Carlson
December 1st, 2010 at 2:16 PM ^
Cecil Newton is #1.
December 1st, 2010 at 2:25 PM ^
Rob Pelinka off topic? Especially with the specific call out on his Michigan years and photo in Michigan uniform?
December 1st, 2010 at 2:36 PM ^
but it could have gone either way I guess
maybe I should have put a CC in front of it and discussed richrod's agent
December 1st, 2010 at 2:31 PM ^
Yay for being old.
December 1st, 2010 at 2:57 PM ^
What kind of commission you think he gets off that $297,000,000?
December 1st, 2010 at 6:25 PM ^
Maybe 10% at most, which is about $27,000,000 more than what I'm making right now.
December 1st, 2010 at 8:10 PM ^
4% is the standard agent's cut for pro sports contracts. Endorsement deals, OTOH, are more lucrative - up to 20% for the agent. This helps to explain why it's deemed so important for athletes to go to big markets, where they can "gain visibility".
December 1st, 2010 at 9:33 PM ^
....ever fall for this, but a co-worker and her baller husband met with agents and they offered a ton of extra services that would up the agents' take.
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<br>Don't want to manage your money? Don't want to pay your cable bill every month? Your agent will do that--for a fee. She said the list of services was ludicrous, but I suppose some players might go for it--pay the agent to do everything but wipe your butt.
December 1st, 2010 at 3:00 PM ^
did Cecil Newton fall? because keeping his son's eligibility while negotiating pay has to fall into a random X column that helps advance him past other agents
December 2nd, 2010 at 8:19 AM ^
That was good.
December 1st, 2010 at 6:16 PM ^