The annual NFL combine begins this week in Indianapolis, Indiana. The combine has been held in Indianapolis every year since 1987. If you are an NFLPA certified contract advisor and reading this, you know what the combine is all about. Additionally, if you are a certified contract advisor you will likely attend on this Friday the annual seminar for agents.
If you are not a contract advisor SLT recommends you visit the following
link http://www.nflcombine.net/

A few weeks back SLT interviewed veteran agent Frank Murtha. Murtha remarked that twenty years ago the combine was "shrouded in mystery", but how times have changed. Years ago many of the activities and drills were almost the equivalent of secret fraternity rituals; access into the players' hotel was as tightly guarded as if the players were visiting heads of state. The combine was truly "shrouded in mystery".
Now the NFL Network brings live coverage of the players being timed and doing the drills into houses throughout the country. Twenty years ago many players had not finalized a selection of an agent by the time of the combine. Today it is highly unlikely that a single player will attend the combine without having made his selection of an agent weeks ago. Literally hundreds of media credentials will be issued, and for one week in late February and early March, Indianapolis will be the center of the NFL universe.

Take a look at the the combine website and remember that twenty years ago not only would information on the combine be scarce, but there would not not have been any internet access at all.



USC fighting a war on two fronts

USC is still feeling aftershocks from Reggie Bush and OJ Mayo and their dealings with agents.

Football:
http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/news;_ylt=AtdFDPdCIc395.V.8Q7PMdQcvrYF?slug=jc-uscncaa021910&prov=yhoo&type=lgns

Basketball:
http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/news?slug=jc-uscncaa022010&prov=yhoo&type=lgns