Any Aggie lawyers willing to take a case? Baseball related.

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11:37a, 7/18/26

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I have an agent friend who represents a player on a team in our state. They're trying to screw him on his NIL. They've paid half but are trying to withhold the rest. Any lawyers who want to take a stab at it before it gets leaked?

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3:02p, 7/18/26

Gonna need some details to decide if I can get involved.

Full disclosure, not a lawyer per se, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night.

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In reply to Agvinh98 • 3:37p, 7/18/26

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Who is they? The university? A collective? Some company? You don't have to name which collective or company.

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In reply to Agvinh98 • 6:19p, 7/18/26

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Is the agent not an attorney!??

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7:59p, 7/18/26

Is it the sips? Heard some rumors they may not be paying all of their NIL obligations.

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In reply to Sean98 • 9:45p, 7/18/26

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Is the agent not an attorney!??

From what I understand there's no regulation on "agents" representing college athletes for NIL and so forth while I'm pretty sure all of the NFL, MLB. NBA, and NHL require agents to be licensed attorneys and be certified by the respective leagues.

There's more than a few uncle agents handling NIL who don't know squat.

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In reply to TarponChaser • 9:50p, 7/18/26

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Then the kid is probably F'd and no attorney is likely to take the case. If there's a written, signed contract it's easy. If not, virtually impossible to prove. That's what you get for going the cheap route.

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In reply to TarponChaser • 10:01p, 7/18/26

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TarponChaser said:
Sean98 said:
Is the agent not an attorney!??

From what I understand there's no regulation on "agents" representing college athletes for NIL and so forth while I'm pretty sure all of the NFL, MLB. NBA, and NHL require agents to be licensed attorneys and be certified by the respective leagues.

There's more than a few uncle agents handling NIL who don't know squat.

Not sure about the other leagues, but the MLB doesn't require agents to be attorneys. My friend has been involved in baseball for quite a while. Even with a contract in place, if one party refuses to honor it, you still need an attorney to file suit to get it enforced.

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In reply to Agvinh98 • 9:39a, 7/26/26

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Agvinh98 said:
I have an agent friend who represents a player on a team in our state. They're trying to screw him on his NIL. They've paid half but are trying to withhold the rest. Any lawyers who want to take a stab at it before it gets leaked?

I hope you found the help you needed.

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In reply to Agvinh98 • 12:13p, 7/26/26

Agvinh98 said:
TarponChaser said:
Sean98 said:
Is the agent not an attorney!??

From what I understand there's no regulation on "agents" representing college athletes for NIL and so forth while I'm pretty sure all of the NFL, MLB. NBA, and NHL require agents to be licensed attorneys and be certified by the respective leagues.

There's more than a few uncle agents handling NIL who don't know squat.

Not sure about the other leagues, but the MLB doesn't require agents to be attorneys. My friend has been involved in baseball for quite a while. Even with a contract in place, if one party refuses to honor it, you still need an attorney to file suit to get it enforced.

I know the NFL does. Maybe other sports don't but I'm 99.9% sure you have to be registered and certified by the respective players' unions to be an agent in other pro sports to keep unqualified people out.

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