Below is an article discussing how All Pro Sports & Entertainment's agents differentiate themselves from their competition.
"Professional approach wins over Wisconsin lineman's family"
By Liz Mullen,
Sports Business Journal, February 12-18, 2007
Page 14
Joe Thomas, the top offensive lineman in this year's NFL draft, chose his agents based on a presentation that went beyond what kind of pre-combine training they could offer, his father says.
Thomas, a 6-foot-8, 310-pound left tackle from Wisconsin ranked No. 2 by ESPN draft analyst Mel Kiper Jr. and No. 3 by Web site NFLDraftBlitz.com , has singed with Denver-based All Pro Sports & Entertainment and veteran agents Peter Schaffer and Lamont Smith for representation.
All Pro hired a nutritionist to shop for and prepare meals for Thomas, who consumes about 8,000 calories a day, and set up interviews at the Senior Bowl for the lineman with the teams that hold the top four picks in the draft, said his father, Eric Thomas.
"We looked at the skill of negotiation as the single most important aspect of what an agent can do," Eric Thomas said. Some agents told the family that Thomas' future NFL contract would depend a great deal on his slot in the draft.
"Peter was able to show us there are nuances to contracts," Eric Thomas said. "It was like Peter being a professor to my wife and myself and Joe," he said.
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