Atlanta-based NFL agents bracing for labor chaos

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.ajc.com/sports/atlanta-falcons/atlanta-based-nfl-agents-572427.html

By D. Orlando Ledbetter

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

When all of the NFL draft picks are signed in the coming weeks, the 38 NFL Players Association-certified agents based in Georgia will have negotiated contracts worth close to $200 million.

However, with the ongoing labor dispute and possible lockout for the 2012 season, that gushing river of cash and their commissions could dry up.

"You don't need to be a rocket scientist," agent Hadley Engelhard said. "If they are making zero, we are making zero."

Atlanta is home to some of the nation's top-performing sports-agency firms.

Three were ranked in the top 10, with at least six players represented in the 2010 draft, by Street & Smith's Sports Business Daily.

Pat Dye Jr.'s Profile Sports ranked third, with 11 players. Todd France's France AllPro Athlete Management ranked seventh, with eight players. Engelhard's group, Enter-Sports Management, ranked ninth, with seven players.

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1. "If they are making zero, we are making zero."

Shoulda gotten a job at Goldman then you wouldn't have that problem buddy