Speaker 1: We gotta talk about a new phenomenon that's going on
Speaker 1: in sports.
Speaker 2: Is it good for the players?
Speaker 1: Are they being smart, savvy, or whatever other word that
Speaker 1: you want to use for it. And we're gonna use
Speaker 1: Shaye Gildis Alexander as the man who just fired his
Speaker 1: agents as the example. Also, next thing up, athletes are
Speaker 1: being robbed all over the place. There are Chilean gangs
Speaker 1: and other gangs that are breaking into their houses. What
Speaker 1: the hell is going on there? And we also have
Speaker 1: to talk about the man, the myth, the legend, Aaron
Speaker 1: Rodgers himself. Where is the best destination.
Speaker 2: For that man? Where is it?
Speaker 1: And also where is he going to go? And we
Speaker 1: got that and so much more here on the Unafraid Show.
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Speaker 2: Let's get to it all right, So we're gonna start
Speaker 2: with the new.
Speaker 1: Phenomenon in sports, which is players deciding to represent themselves
Speaker 1: in terms of dropping their their agents. And is this
Speaker 1: a good idea? Because I believe that this is smart
Speaker 1: depending on your situation. Like, agents clearly have value, clearly
Speaker 1: have value. But for a guy like Shae Guilders Alexander
Speaker 1: because according to Chris Haynes, he has he's parting ways
Speaker 1: with his agents, Dad Foucher and Joe Smith of the
Speaker 1: Wasserman Group and is going to represent himself going forward
Speaker 1: on all on court matters. Now, Shake Guilders is in
Speaker 1: line for a four year, two hundred and ninety three
Speaker 1: point four million dollars Supermax contract extension this summer. He
Speaker 1: is going to get that deal. And with the way
Speaker 1: the contracts are structured in the NBA, with especially with
Speaker 1: super Max's, and when you know you are getting a
Speaker 1: Max deal, why would you pay somebody up to four
Speaker 1: percent of that contract if you're a guy like SGA
Speaker 1: now and we're we're just talking about the contract part
Speaker 1: of it, because we have seen Richard Sherman represent himself
Speaker 1: in the NFL, Bobby Wagner, Lamar Jackson sign a Mega
Speaker 1: deal and for guys like that, there's no point in
Speaker 1: having an agent negotiate your contract and pay four percent
Speaker 1: because what you can actually do is only pay a lawyer,
Speaker 1: like the lawyers that draft the contracts for the agents,
Speaker 1: the ones who aren't specifically lawyers. You're looking at one
Speaker 1: hundred and fifty thousand, two hundred thousand dollars to write
Speaker 1: the contract and make sure all the language is up
Speaker 1: to part and of standard for you and your representation.
Speaker 2: That's what matters.
Speaker 1: And so but here is where agents do have a
Speaker 1: lot of value. It is for guys who are not
Speaker 1: necessarily in line for massive deals because agents are going
Speaker 1: to know the market, they're going to know that franchise,
Speaker 1: how to talk to them, and all of those things.
Speaker 1: That's where the agent value is most representative of that
Speaker 1: right for players getting that second deal around there, or
Speaker 1: people who are looking for work and don't have you know,
Speaker 1: aren't a franchise player and they may be moving around
Speaker 1: a little bit more. Agents are more valuable to those guys.
Speaker 1: If you are a first round pick, actually, even if
Speaker 1: you're coming into the NFL draft at all, paying for
Speaker 1: your training coming out of college is expensive. Agents typically
Speaker 1: foot the bill for that that sort of thing, so
Speaker 1: there's value there, but they're gonna get it back. And
Speaker 1: if you are a first round pick, if you're a
Speaker 1: sure for our first round pick, like you're you know,
Speaker 1: Travis Hunter or somebody else, an agent to negotiate your
Speaker 1: deal when in reality, when it's already slotted when in reality,
Speaker 1: the only thing that you're really going to be fighting
Speaker 1: about is some bonuses and your offset language to where
Speaker 1: if they cut you, then who pays for it? The
Speaker 1: current team or the next team that picks you up.
Speaker 1: That's basically it in the NFL. And in SGA's case,
Speaker 1: why would you pay somebody this now? Now, now he
Speaker 1: has retained SGA has retained representation for brand endorsements, and
Speaker 1: that's with Simon greb Rula of Islam Management. Now, there
Speaker 1: is massive value there and you're gonna pay way more
Speaker 1: than four percent there. You're gonna be looking at in
Speaker 1: between probably fifteen and twenty percent on any marketing dollars. Now,
Speaker 1: those are valuable because those aren't just walking in the
Speaker 1: door when tag Heuer or you know, or Nike or
Speaker 1: whatever other brand walks through the door or they're looking
Speaker 1: for people to pitch. That's where your agents, your marketing
Speaker 1: agency and all of those things. That's where they earn
Speaker 1: their money at. So that's where they're paid at a
Speaker 1: you know, higher rate. And Shae Gildocks Alexander is a
Speaker 1: dude who's probably going to win the MVP this year,
Speaker 1: and it's possible that he looked at Wasserman's basketball roster
Speaker 1: and realized, like, damn, I'm the only superstar here because
Speaker 1: his previous agent's best client outside of him are Logan's Dort,
Speaker 1: who actually had fantastic representation if you know the history
Speaker 1: of he went from undrafted at his agent's request to
Speaker 1: making almost ninety million dollars over the duration of his
Speaker 1: first three contracts. So it benefited Lugan's Dort. But outside
Speaker 1: of SGA, Wasserman's best clients are Dominatis the Bonus, DeAndre Hunter,
Speaker 1: Patrick Williams, and like Borderline all stars that don't exactly
Speaker 1: measure up to MVP candidates who may be moving around
Speaker 1: and all of that stuff. So remember that that's the
Speaker 1: thing that matters. So SGA can actually save himself, Shake Gildess.
Speaker 1: Alexander can actually save himself almost twelve million dollars on
Speaker 1: this deal by doing something that a few players before
Speaker 1: him have done. And those guys that I mentioned earlier
Speaker 1: were Bobby Wagner, Richard Sherman, But then I thought about
Speaker 1: some more.
Speaker 2: You got DeAndre Hopkins.
Speaker 1: Laramie Tunsel, Russell o'kung, who then not only did he
Speaker 1: negotiate his own he negotiated to get paid in bitcoin
Speaker 1: as well, and Lamar Jackson. They thought that it was
Speaker 1: a mistake to have his family represent him. Wrong, double wrong,
Speaker 1: And now you got Jayden Daniel's mom working up to
Speaker 1: speed to represent him once it's time for him to
Speaker 1: be coming into a sixty million dollar deal plus annually,
Speaker 1: you know, four to five years from now.
Speaker 2: This is smart.
Speaker 1: Keep it in house, keep it in the business, especially
Speaker 1: if you are dealing with a superstar.
Speaker 2: Now.
Speaker 1: I know my agent friends ain't gonna like it, but
Speaker 1: this is the reality. They This is what they would
Speaker 1: tell their kids because they'd be like, I'll do your
Speaker 1: deal for you because it's keeping it in the house. Now,
Speaker 1: think about this. Joe l ANDB did his last contract.
Speaker 1: James Harden went six years without an agent before his
Speaker 1: former one, Rob Polinka left to become the general manager
Speaker 1: of the Lakers out think about this. Harden did end
Speaker 1: up hiring an agent in twenty twenty three. At that
Speaker 1: point in time, he wasn't the top dog in the
Speaker 1: league no more. This was smart for him at that
Speaker 1: point in time because he had to figure out where
Speaker 1: to go from there and who wanted him and the
Speaker 1: market for him out in the world. When you have
Speaker 1: to figure out what the market for you is out
Speaker 1: in the world, that's a different situation. Or when you're
Speaker 1: moving around a lot, that's a different situation. That's when
Speaker 1: agents come in handy and are very valuable and earn
Speaker 1: their money if they're good ones. All right, Next thing up,
Speaker 1: athletes are being robbed all over the place.
Speaker 2: Now.
Speaker 1: Last year, the FBI warren professional athletes that the threat
Speaker 1: of burglary while they were playing games was on the rise,
Speaker 1: And this week law enforcement dropped in indictment on some
Speaker 1: of those responsible for the thefts. And today we actually
Speaker 1: found out that Carson Beck down in Miami now him
Speaker 1: and his girlfriend, one of the Cavender twins, they just
Speaker 1: had three cars stolen.
Speaker 2: This is a real thing, and there used to be.
Speaker 1: A time where athletes were protected, where people were like, listen,
Speaker 1: I'm not robbing these athletes because or shooting them, shooting
Speaker 1: at any of this, because this is going to turn
Speaker 1: into a high profile case and we don't want that,
Speaker 1: Like we want to keep doing our robin doing this
Speaker 1: under low like low lights, but then you bring the
Speaker 1: lights on it. And according to a federal unsealed criminal complaint,
Speaker 1: several migrants from Chile were part of a South American
Speaker 1: theft group that actually engaged in in a nationwide spree
Speaker 1: of burglaries that victimize high profile athletes, including Joe Burrow,
Speaker 1: Travis Kelce, and Patrick Mahomes. Now, I'm gonna put up
Speaker 1: a little picture of this group up on the screen.
Speaker 1: Them your boys. Then they turned around like some idiot
Speaker 1: criminals and posted pictures of themselves. Are you kidding me?
Speaker 2: Excuse me?
Speaker 1: Yeah, are you kidding me? You posting pictures of yourself
Speaker 1: with the stolen jersey, with the stolen jewelry. They posted
Speaker 1: a picture with Joe Burrow's jersey on and all of
Speaker 1: that stuff, Like what are you doing? Damn dumb ass criminals. Anyways,
Speaker 1: So the complaint claims that Chilean nationals Sergio or Tega Cabello,
Speaker 1: thirty eight years old, and six co conspirators that range
Speaker 1: in age from twenty to twenty seven actually rob Patrick,
Speaker 1: Mahomes and Kelsey last October, and then they hit Milwaukee
Speaker 1: Bucks forward Bobby Port's home in November. So they've been
Speaker 1: going all over the place because they know where you
Speaker 1: are going to be. Actually they don't know where you're Well,
Speaker 1: some with the athletes. They know where you're going to
Speaker 1: because they know your schedule. They know that if Joe
Speaker 1: Burrow is playing in Cincinnati on Monday night, where are
Speaker 1: him and his family going to be at the game?
Speaker 1: Now out of town could be different because you might
Speaker 1: have a girl at the at the house. They know
Speaker 1: your schedule, They know that if Taylor Swift has a
Speaker 1: tour date or that she's expected to be at Travis
Speaker 1: Kelsey's game. Now it's time to running them, running them houses.
Speaker 1: And according to the NFL, they issued a security alert
Speaker 1: to teams and the and the Players Association, warning that
Speaker 1: they've become quote increasingly targeted for burglaries by organizing still
Speaker 1: skilled groups. So in a and this is for college
Speaker 1: players as well, you are a walking billboard for.
Speaker 2: With your jury that.
Speaker 1: You have on the cars that you drive, all of
Speaker 1: this stuff, which some of it is actually marketing because
Speaker 1: you're trying to make yourself more popular or the brands
Speaker 1: that you're associated with, they actually bring more attention to you,
Speaker 1: which makes more money, which also makes you more a
Speaker 1: bigger target.
Speaker 2: And these dudes are doing extensive research.
Speaker 1: You know, they've even posed as you know, gardeners, joggers,
Speaker 1: They've even faked home deliveries everything else just to get
Speaker 1: an up close look and everything else.
Speaker 2: And they sound smart.
Speaker 1: But they actually decided to take a selfie win while
Speaker 1: they were in Bobby Portis's home.
Speaker 2: And even more Chiefs gear in the thing.
Speaker 1: They actually even took photos of the other robberies as well.
Speaker 1: Now we don't know, honestly if this one group is
Speaker 1: responsible for all the robberies lately, but there.
Speaker 2: Have been a bunch.
Speaker 1: You go back to last September, NBA guard Mike Conley
Speaker 1: of the Timberwolves at the time had his home broken
Speaker 1: into while he was attending a Minnesota Vikings game.
Speaker 2: Jewelry was stolen.
Speaker 1: Then the next day Karl Anthony Towns, the big per thieves,
Speaker 1: broke into his stuff and got away with one hundred
Speaker 1: thousand dollars worth of stuff. Then in October Kelsey mahomes
Speaker 1: were hit. November, Dallas Stars hockey player Tyler Segun five
Speaker 1: hundred thousand dollars in watches were stolen from his home
Speaker 1: while he was playing a home game at American Airlines Arena.
Speaker 1: They caught it on video with the security cameras. December,
Speaker 1: Burrow and Luca got hit. Last month. Pittsburgh Penguin star
Speaker 1: what was named Malcoln. He joined the list when he
Speaker 1: got jack for his three Stanley Cup championship rings. They
Speaker 1: know what theyre doing, and they must have a fence
Speaker 1: who is able to get off of this stuff. That's
Speaker 1: why I think that all of these crimes are related,
Speaker 1: because to get off of stuff like that, you have
Speaker 1: to have people who know people specifically that wanting, because
Speaker 1: those are specific items that are hard to get off of,
Speaker 1: like championship rings and stuff like that, but watches and
Speaker 1: all that stuff in general, like if you buy an
Speaker 1: ap or you buy a Rolex, they're serial numbers.
Speaker 2: They know who bought those things.
Speaker 1: They don't know necessarily if they've been transferred, but they
Speaker 1: know who bought them. But the people they don't care
Speaker 1: at that point in time. They're like, oh, listen, ain't
Speaker 1: nobody just gonna pull up the serial number on my watch.
Speaker 1: They just see the damn watch now. The indictment also
Speaker 1: cites that an unnamed Buccaneers player got robbed, as well
Speaker 1: as a player of the Memphis Grizzlies, and the criminals
Speaker 1: have been publicly using data available. But it may seem
Speaker 1: like harmless crimes Oh well, listen, I'm not feeling sorry
Speaker 1: for them.
Speaker 2: They're rich.
Speaker 1: But what happens when a player is home when he's
Speaker 1: not supposed to be Like Sean Taylor, that's the issue
Speaker 1: where Sean Taylor died because people broke in his house.
Speaker 1: They thought he was gonna be in Washington because it
Speaker 1: was during the season. It's tricky and it's scary. Are
Speaker 1: the next thing up that we got to talk about
Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers? Oh yes, where will a A rod end
Speaker 1: up this season? Because he ain't going back with the Jets. Now,
Speaker 1: several teams are in the market for a quarterback and
Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers is on the market former NFL MVP. But
Speaker 1: the question is what is the market for aa rid?
Speaker 1: Because if you're Aaron Rodgers, you ain't just gonna take
Speaker 1: any old job, right.
Speaker 2: You don't want the.
Speaker 1: Tennessee Titans job. You don't want, you know, another team
Speaker 1: that roster is not ready to compete. That don't make
Speaker 1: no damn sense. So he don't want to take any offer.
Speaker 1: But then other teams.
Speaker 2: Are like, ah, we don't know if we want them.
Speaker 1: Because you've got to look at the teams that need
Speaker 1: a quarterback badly and need a bridge and a mentor.
Speaker 1: So the question is is Aaron Rodgers going to be
Speaker 1: the mentor that Cleveland needs, Tennessee needs. Probably not, That's
Speaker 1: not gonna happen because Aaron Rodgers marches to the beat
Speaker 1: of his own drum, and you don't want to teach
Speaker 1: your rookie to do what Aaron Rodgers is doing.
Speaker 2: He's a one of one.
Speaker 1: He's an enigma, as is documentary states, So you don't
Speaker 1: want to teach your young player that. So that's why
Speaker 1: they don't want Aaron Rodgers there. But the question is
Speaker 1: what about the Rams, because if they choose to move
Speaker 1: on from Matthew Stafford. This let you wonder if Aaron
Speaker 1: Rodgers if he can hang out in LA without getting
Speaker 1: distracted with the local politics, because that actually might be
Speaker 1: a reasonable thing for him, because that's a division that's winnable.
Speaker 1: And the answer for Aaron might actually be to hang
Speaker 1: back and wait for a contender that has a quarterback
Speaker 1: go down for an extended period of time so he
Speaker 1: can come in and be like, hey, but I'm ready
Speaker 1: save the day. Or actually, here's an idea that nobody
Speaker 1: has really pondered. What if nobody comes for Aaron Rodgers.
Speaker 1: What if nobody calls, what if he does not get
Speaker 1: opportunities like he thinks.
Speaker 2: That's an option?
Speaker 1: And then one team that I haven't mentioned is what
Speaker 1: happens if Mike Tomlin and Aaron Rodgers end up joining.
Speaker 2: Forces with the Steelers? What's that?
Speaker 1: Because the Steelers have not had a good quarterback in
Speaker 1: a long time, and Aaron Rodgers is nothing like he
Speaker 1: used to be. However, I do believe that Aaron Rodgers
Speaker 1: can do what Russell Wilson did last year, which was
Speaker 1: an admiral job, admirable job. I don't love their officer
Speaker 1: coordinator Arthur Smith out there. I think that there are
Speaker 1: it could be Arthur, or it could be Mike Tomlin,
Speaker 1: who's extremely conservative offensively. But here's the thing that I
Speaker 1: do believe why this could work. Why Aaron Rodgers to
Speaker 1: the Steelers, Why it could work, because Mike Tomlin has
Speaker 1: already shown that he doesn't mind a difficult or misunderstood athlete.
Speaker 1: Dude had Martavius Bryant, He's had you know, Antonio Brown,
Speaker 1: He's had been Roethlisberger.
Speaker 2: He's had guys that have had some issues off the
Speaker 2: field as well.
Speaker 1: And Steelers fans as a whole have shown that they
Speaker 1: have the ability to overlook a quarterback's personal flaws in
Speaker 1: order to chase a championship. And the Steelers have receiver
Speaker 1: talent and even if they lose Naji Harris in free agency,
Speaker 1: they still have a good running game with Jalen Warren
Speaker 1: and Arthur Smith had some experience with Matt Lafleur, who
Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers won an MVP under. Now, I don't think
Speaker 1: it would be as complicated as you know, mRNA science
Speaker 1: for Aaron Rodgers to figure out the offense, but that
Speaker 1: could potentially work because he can do everything that Russell
Speaker 1: Wilson did last year. And Wilson did have more yards
Speaker 1: per attempt last year, slightly better touchdown interception ratio, and
Speaker 1: rush actually had more rushing yards six less games. But
Speaker 1: here is the point, is that Aaron Rodgers may be
Speaker 1: able to unlock something with Mike Tomlin for both of
Speaker 1: their sakes. Now, there was an article that came out
Speaker 1: about Mike Tomlin and him not liking to throw over
Speaker 1: the middle of the field, and statistically this has actually
Speaker 1: been something that Aaron Rodgers also doesn't like to do.
Speaker 1: Because in that article posted by Dusty Everley of the
Speaker 1: Packer Report from twenty twenty three. He pointed out that
Speaker 1: it's not even that he can't because Aaron Rodgers efficiency
Speaker 1: numbers over the middle have been good. He just doesn't
Speaker 1: like to. So maybe this isn't necessarily the upgrade over
Speaker 1: RUSS that the Steelers need. But if the Steelers don't
Speaker 1: have a bridge situation, this may be their only situation
Speaker 1: and their only option. And if not the Steelers, where
Speaker 1: else might he be able to go? You guys, make
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