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Inside look at NCAA enforcers who are spearheading AgentGate
INDIANAPOLIS -- At first, Marcus Wilson thought it was really cool when a prominent sports agent came to speak at one of his law school classes. He had seen Jerry Maguire. He thought he might want to join the profession. So the former North Carolina football player approached the agent after class to ask if he might shadow him for a day.
"He actually asked me to be a runner for him," Wilson said. "He said, 'I'm trying to recruit a player at your school. You know him. Can you get me his telephone number?' "
Today, Wilson is in the agent business -- the business of busting them, that is.
Read the rest of the story here:
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/writers/stewart_mandel/09/16/ncaa-agents/index.html?xid=cnnbin&hpt=Sbin
INDIANAPOLIS -- At first, Marcus Wilson thought it was really cool when a prominent sports agent came to speak at one of his law school classes. He had seen Jerry Maguire. He thought he might want to join the profession. So the former North Carolina football player approached the agent after class to ask if he might shadow him for a day.
"He actually asked me to be a runner for him," Wilson said. "He said, 'I'm trying to recruit a player at your school. You know him. Can you get me his telephone number?' "
Today, Wilson is in the agent business -- the business of busting them, that is.
Read the rest of the story here:
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/writers/stewart_mandel/09/16/ncaa-agents/index.html?xid=cnnbin&hpt=Sbin
