No Media Love For Eugene Parker
SportsAgentBlog (Free subscription) | 10/12/2009
Eugene Parker has had a very rough 2009 (minus the ...
SportsAgentBlog (Free subscription) | 10/12/2009
Eugene Parker has had a very rough 2009 (minus the ...
The Big Lead (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
We’ve got some pretty terrific tipsters who are like us: They enjoy a good conspiracy theory. Consider the following: * Eugene Parker used to be Deion Sanders’ agent. (Haven’t been able to find a link anywhere talking about why or when they parted.) * When Michael Crabtree announced he was going to the NFL, he worked out [...]
49ers Gab (Free subscription) | 10/08/2009
Now that he’s signed and sealed, the Santa Rosa Press Democrat states that Michael Crabtree was mislead by agent Eugene Parker: It’s pretty clear Crabtree’s agent Eugene Parker screwed this whole thing up. He wanted ridiculous money for his guy and thought he could get it. Niners GM Scot McCloughan graciously said the final deal was [...]
ESPN (Free subscription) | 10/07/2009
Michael Crabtree and his agent, Eugene Parker, met with 49ers front-office personnel for an hour Tuesday in the Bay Area.
Fox News (Free subscription) | 10/07/2009
After a contract stalemate that has lasted four weeks into the NFL season, the 49ers may finally be closing in on signing their first-round pick.Michael Crabtree and his agent had a face-to-face meeting Tuesday afternoon with 49ers vice president of football operations Paraag Marathe in the Bay area. Sources told FOXSports.com that Eugene Parker, the agent for San Francisco's top draft...
MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Come on get real.It's common knowledge that Eugene Parker uses his former players to recruit college kids to sign with him, Dion is one such recruiter. There is no question in my mind that Bryant accepted gratuities from Parker through Dion. While it may ne dificult NOW to actually sin with Parker's firm, due to the current publicity, Bryant was coming out anyway, which...
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 10/25/2009
... when the rest of his teammates reported for training camp. While the 49ers and Crabtree's agent, Eugene Parker, slipped into a cold war over the rookie's contract, Crabtree began preparing for his eventual debut with the single-minded focus of a boxer getting ready for a heavyweight fight. In fact, his training regimen included boxing, skipping rope and running three or four miles...
Sportsviews (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009
Michael Crabtree may have shot himself in the foot when ... Added by: heitner Viewed: 0 time(s) Tags/Keywords: contract negotiation nfl players teams eugene parker holdout michael crabtree Added On: 2009-10-14
SportsAgentBlog (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009
... Care Reform ... for the N.F.L. ]. A lot of praise for Greg Jennings’ contract, negotiated by Eugene Parker [ Under the Cap: Top Ten Wide Receivers ]. What to do when your client tells you he wants out [ How agents manipulate trades ]. Baseball Salary cap = increased parity = maximizing revenue? [ Time for a salary cap, Major League Baseball? ] Has Billy Beane passed the torch to Dan...
MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
... the figure of $40 million into the conversation regarding the deal, which will help agent Eugene Parker persuade future recruits that he wanted a $40 million deal for Crabtree -- and that he got it.Also, we're told that a whopping $15 million in escalators hinge upon 90-percent participation in all voluntary offseason workouts, which is part of what some are calling the "diva clause."Moreover,...
49ers Gab (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009
There seems to be ongoing issues with Deion Sanders and the issues with WR Michael Crabtree, and his agent, Eugene Parker: With the Michael Crabtree contract finally signed, Deion Sanders opened up Sunday about his connection to the 49ers’ first-round draft pick and the prolonged negotiations. Sanders said on the NFL Network, where he works as [...]
Sportsviews (Free subscription) | 10/12/2009
A quick look at the smoke building around Deion Sanders' relationship with Eugene Parker and how that might or might not be influencing the "mentoring" that Primetime is doing for players like Michael Crabtree, Dez Bryant, and Noel Devine. Added by: MWSportsFans Viewed: 0 time(s) Tags/Keywords: college football nfl deion sanders dez bryant eugene parker michael...
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 10/12/2009
JOSÉ LUIS VILLEGAS jvillegas@sacbee.com Falcons wide receiver Roddy White does a flip in the end zone after scoring on an 90-yard pass play in the second quarter. SAN FRANCISCO -- Deion Sanders, who was at the center of the Michael Crabtree contract saga, said Sunday that he learned other teams were pursuing the 49ers' first-round draft pick because the 49ers told Crabtree's agent, Eugene...
The Jet Stream (Free subscription) | 10/12/2009
NFL Network analyst Deion Sanders, in an interview yesterday on the network, said he had no knowledge of any tampering by the Jets in the Michael Crabtree negotiations with the 49ers. On Sept. 4, Sanders said on the air that he knew of two teams willing to trade for the then-unsigned Crabtree and pay him $40 million. Two weeks later, the 49ers filed tampering charges against the Jets. “Eugene...
Larry Brown Sports (Free subscription) | 10/12/2009
... he supposedly panicked. Why was Dez panicking? Not because he thought Deion worked for NFL agent Eugene Parker , right? Couldn’t be. Deion had an interview with the NFL Network (for whom he acts as an analyst) where he said he doesn’t work for Parker and that he doesn’t have the time to worry about getting paid for recruiting players. His biggest point was that he helps African...