Manny Sanders agent?

Since, he`s with the Broncos now, and we have so much Steeler`s news on the main page, I didn`t think this was really appropriate to put there, but I`m curious...
What exactly did Sander`s agent do, that was so horrible?
Basically, from what I`ve read, he used a verbal agreement, with one team, to leverage other teams, into paying more for him.
Isn`t that what agents do?
I admit, I don`t know much about how all that works.
I don`t like thinking about the money/business side of the game, and agents, seem to me, like leeches that suck money, out of other people, kinda like defense lawyers who use their skills to get guilty people out of prison time.
I don`t like thinking about them, `cause it makes me angry...
But, apparentley, most of the higher ups in the NFL, GM`s, Owners, etc... Have said that what his agent did, was some of the worst negotiating tactics they had ever seen, and they said he should lose his "certification" as an agent over it (again).
On a side note, I also read that he previously lost his "certification", over some stuff he had done before, and recently regained his ability to be an agent, and represent clients to the NFL, and only has like 3 other players that he "represents".
Can anyone shed any light on exactly what he did for Sanders, that was so far out of bounds from what other agents do for their clients?
Or what the details of his previous offense were?
All I remember reading, is something about him moving money to an "offshore" account, while he was being investigated for some bad business dealings here.
That sounds bad enough to me, to make me wonder why the league ever let him be a "certified"/"licensed" agent, that they would deal with again.
Any info on this would be appreciated.
Thanx, Bleed

 

From what I've read, he essentially had a handshake agreement, a gentleman's agreement if you will, with the KC Chiefs and then took that "agreement" to the Broncos as negotiating leverage with them. That is a HUGE no-no in the NFL and will get you blackballed forever. I hope he made enough money on the Sanders deal to support his family for a while because he probably won't be negotiating "deals" with any other NFL teams in the future.

 

Thanks, Jack.
That was basically what I thought he did.
I didn`t realize it was a huge "no-no"...
I thought agents pretty much always played teams against each other, by saying to "team x", that "team y" was willing to pay their client a certain amount of money, to see if "team x", would outbid "team y"...
Like I said, I`m not very familiar with how it all works, other than when details are spelled out in "offer sheets" that teams can choose to match, or decline, related to restricted free agents, or players that have been "tagged" by their teams, Like New England did with Manny, last off-season, I just thought what his agent did, was pretty common practice.
Apparently not.
Thanx for the info.
GO STEELERS!

 

Oh, I think agents use proposals from other teams as leverage all the time. I think the difference here was that it went beyond a proposal to an actual verbal agreement by both parties. The Chiefs offered X and Sanders' agent basically said we'll take it. He could have said let me talk with my client and perhaps gauge the interest of some additional teams and we'll let you know. The Chiefs probably would have even put a deadline on the proposal. At least that's the way I would envision it working. I think Sanders agent said deal and then shopped the deal after the Chiefs thought they had an agreement.

 

or the other teams will want something in writing , no more handshake crap,, Sanders is injury prone they can have him

 

That really should be a no-no in all aspects of life. If I agree to do something, then I do it. I don't need a written contract for my word to be good.

Agents always play teams against each other. They get an offer from team A and they shop that offer around to see if anyone will beat it. That's typical. What's not typical is an actual agreement in place, then the agent continues to shop around. That's just purely dishonest and could even be deemed illegal. Don't know about in the US, but here in Canada, a verbal agreement is as much of a legally binding contract as a written agreement is. The difficult part is in proving the terms of an oral agreement, but it's legally binding.