Matt Sosnick Talks Being a Player Agent

It Is About the Money, Stupid has an interview with player agent Matt Sosnick (http://itsaboutthemoney.blogspot.com/2008/06/interview-with-matt-sosnick.html). For those interested in Sosnick, I suggest reading Jerry Crasnick’s, License to Deal. IIATMS: Speaking of the Cubs, does Mark Cuban stand a chance at buying the Cubs or will it land in the hands of a Friend of Bud?MS: I’d be very surprised if Cuban ends up owning the Cubs, but that’s just speculation on my part, nothing more.IIATMS: There’s been a recent trend of locking up rookies with longer term contracts to buy out their arbitration years. How do you advise your players?MS: It’s completely a risk/reward discussion. Anything can happen to a player and we do encourage players to gain a sense of financial security who are concerned about that. And those that succeed will have a chance at a big contract again anyways. We just had Freddy Sanchez and Dontrelle (Willis) sign longer term deals so th...