24
hours later, and I have figured out who wants to be Andre Smith’s
agent. The only problem, is that I have no clue who he wants to be the
person in charge of his contractual negotiations.
Yesterday, I reported that Andre Smith dropped his third agent (Rick Smith of Priority Sports) and rumor had it that he was planning on re-signing one-time agent of Smith’s, Alvin Keels. By the afternoon, the world was once again turned on its head.
Rick Smith was proclaiming that Andre Smith decided not to fire Priority Sports and that the Smiths were still tight. Meanwhile, at around 2 p.m. EST, Alvin Keels was using his new Twitter toy. He wrote, “How about this Andre Smith story? I’m in a heated battle right now to win his business back. We are in the bottom of the 9th. Root me on!“ According to Rick Smith, the game was postponed, because Andre is not leaving.
Hopefully, Jim
Trotter, the guy who originally broke the story of Andre Smith dropping
Priority Sports and later informed everyone that Smith would be
re-signing the company, is less confused than I am. Once we figure
something out, I am sure Andre will shake things up again…he would not
be my favorite 332 lb. person without those crazy antics of his. For
the meantime, until Andre Smith officially informs the NFLPA that he is
rescinding his termination of Priority Sports, the 5-day waiting period
before Smith can hire a new agent will run. If by Friday Andre Smith
has not yet re-signed Rick Smith and Priority, Andre will be able to
sign with Alvin Keels or any other NFLPA agent that he likes on that
particular day.
All I know is that Eddie DeBartolo must be laughing his ass off watching everything that has gone down since Smith originally moved on to Keels.
Original Story:
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