has sean picked a agent yet.
 

Has Sean Taylor picked a agent yet.

I'm sure that he has not. The Post is pretty good at reporting such news and given the football news drought, I am positive they would have written up a story if he had made a choice.

I haven't heard anything. He is going to be a holdout.

I thought he already picked an agent a few weeks ago, the guy from Coral Gables that also represents Plaxico Burris I beleive. And we did have articles and posts about it on here didnt we?!?!

[QUOTE=jbcjr14]I haven't heard anything. He is going to be a holdout.[/QUOTE]


What a positive outlook on the situation. I havnet seen anything that would indicate that.

I believe this was the latest report on Taylor's selection process:

[b][QUOTE=Washington Post][b]Redskins Note: [/b]Rookie safety Sean Taylor, the team's No. 1 draft pick, is expected to choose Eugene Mato as his agent in the next several days, according to several sources with knowledge of the situation who requested anonymity because the decision isn't official. Mato, based in Coral Gables, Fla., with International Athlete Management, has strong ties to the University of Miami, where Taylor played. [/QUOTE] [/b]

That report was from the June 4th edition of the Post.
[url="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13991-2004Jun3.html"]http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13991-2004Jun3.html[/url]

we would have had posts if he had picked an agent jason, and yes we had one about him dumping rosenhaus and us being afraid of the Postons

From the Washington Post, June 17th (it's on the Newswire: [URL]http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46228-2004Jun16.html[/URL] )

Quote: "Safety Sean Taylor, the fifth overall pick in the draft, has yet to notify the NFL Players Association who his agent will be. Contract negotiations with Washington likely will not begin until mid-July. . . . "

We'll see...

I thought he had alright signed with Mato, I guess not though... I just hope he gets an agent soon and doesnt hold out to camp.

Hey Joecrisp, can I player go to training camp without a contract? As in, he doesnt want to hold out but forwhatever reason hasnt reached a deal yet. Because that goes a long way to show you want to be with the team, to actually be practicing and letting your agent work out the money part.

I think Sean really wants to be here, and I doubt he'll be a holdout. Snyder has shown in the past that he's willing to pay big signing bonuses. I expect to see him in camp on time.

[QUOTE=SKINSnCANES]I thought he had alright signed with Mato, I guess not though... I just hope he gets an agent soon and doesnt hold out to camp.

Hey Joecrisp, can I player go to training camp without a contract? As in, he doesnt want to hold out but forwhatever reason hasnt reached a deal yet. Because that goes a long way to show you want to be with the team, to actually be practicing and letting your agent work out the money part.[/QUOTE]
It's my understanding that rookies can't participate in training camp without a contract. I'll see if I can dig up the official rule on that.

I believe no player can participate in training camp without a contract.

[QUOTE=saden1]I believe no player can participate in training camp without a contract.[/QUOTE]

yeah, so make sure you don't start practicing with the semi-pro team until we get you that phat contract with the big signing bonus

Obviously, it wouldn't make much sense for a player to expose himself to a potentially career-ending injury if he doesn't have a contract or at least some kind of arrangement regarding an injury settlement. Even if there isn't a rule that players must have a contract to participate in training camp, most player agents would never let their clients take such a risk.

I've been sifting through the CBA trying to find some indication of such a rule, but it's tough to find anything amidst all that legal jargon.

its alright Joe, thanks for looking though. Its probably a safe bet that rule or no rule he woudnt play without a contract. Man if Winslow signs before Taylor....

I found this old article on the Colts website

[url]http://www.colts.com/sub.cfm?page=article7&news_id=1341[/url]

[QUOTE]Under NFL rules, players without contracts may not participate in camp.[/QUOTE]

Way to early to be concerned YET... The word is the Redskins are gong to work on the signings in mid-July.

Yeah, most rookie contracts aren't signed until July, as agents and front offices around the league hash out the contract numbers so that they line up for each rookie based on where they were picked in the draft. That process pushes most of the signings right up to the start of training camp.

well we have signed one rookie now, so I guess Snyder is ready to write the checks.

This is one of those things where I'd really like to know the background story. Something must have happened for ST to drop his agent between the time of being picked 5th and the first contract talks. This is the first time I ever remembering a top 5 pick to not even have an agent in late June.

[QUOTE=SKINSnCANES]well we have signed one rookie now, so I guess Snyder is ready to write the checks.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, there's generally a lot less haggling with lower-round picks.

BTW, I hope you were tongue-in-cheek with that comment about Snyder being ready to write the checks!:cheeky-sm

From today's Washington Post:

Gibbs warned about the perils of training camp holdouts, with Washington yet to sign its top three draft picks. Safety Sean Taylor, selected fifth overall, has yet to choose an agent. "For a guy to be shortsighted enough," Gibbs said, "or let an agent tell somebody we're going to hold out here and maybe throw away the first part of the year, it's going to affect him in the wallet and it's going to affect the team. . . . But there are just certain agent groups, they're going to hold them out and they think that's the way to go." . . .

If Taylor holds out it would be a huge mistake on his part. I really hope he's not that dumb.

He's going to be a big part of the D, we really need him in there on day 1.

I thnk Gibbs will make it clear to him that there will be huge ramification if he holds out. Both in playing time and monetarily. I wish we knew why he got rid of Rosenhaus.