Geno Smith’s draft fall to the New York Jets has claimed a victim other than Tim Tebow: Smith’s agency.
Liz Mullen of Sports Business Journal reports that Smith fired Select Sports, the agency representing him throughout the draft process. By league rule, he can’t hire another agent for another five days.
Manish Mehta of the New York Daily News writes that Smith believed he “would be and should be” the No. 1 overall pick in the draft. When he didn’t make the first round, the agents paid the price.
This will open up to Smith to easy criticism: It’s not like the agents are at fault for his draft day fall, and it looks like he’s taking it out on them. But that’s overly simplistic and sympathetic to the agents.
Sports agents often make big promises they can’t keep. We don’t know what transpired between Smith and his agents, but he’s well within his rights to fire them if they didn’t deliver.
Written by Greg Rosenthal
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