So what does Jon Sokolof have to say?
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I want to again remind us all that the singular job of a sports agent is to get his clients more money. At their current job or a new one. By any means necessary.
I wrote it a couple of weeks ago: Lane was never leaving Oxford for the Plains. Not in his plans. He and Sexton have played this perfectly. - 9 million multi-year contract AT OLE MISS!!! Everything he needs is in Oxford, if he wants to compete for the SEC title. He may even challenge for it one year.
But if he starts phoning it in (which... he probably won't**), OM will be hard pressed to buy him out and they will do what they can to avoid the bad press.
And he will always be a coach other programs will be looking at. The better he does at Ole Miss the more likely he gets the job and the dollars he really wants.
But if he starts phoning it in (which... he probably won't**), OM will be hard pressed to buy him out and they will do what they can to avoid the bad press.
And he will always be a coach other programs will be looking at. The better he does at Ole Miss the more likely he gets the job and the dollars he really wants.
Breaking News: TSUN Files Chapter 7 rendering all OM Assets be Liquidated and Kiffin's Buy Out Clause declared Null & Void.
Those terms are included in the part of the deal done through the loyalty foundation and are not subject to the FOIA. However, Carter said the buyout is commensurate with those at other SEC schools.
Journalism 101 is you don’t run with a major scoop unless you have multiple independent sources. If he talked to Kiffin and Cohen (or individuals close to each one) and they both said the same thing, break the story. But if you only talk to Kiffin or a proxy for Kiffin, he can tell you he’s taking the job, but it may not be offered or he may be bullshitting or whatever. You only talk to Cohen, he can say Kiffin told him he’s coming, he thinks he’s coming, or he could be bullshitting, too.
That’s why you never see Pete Thamel or Adam Schefter or any other real journalist ever look foolish from having to walk something back. They get multiple accounts from all sides of a situation before breaking a huge story. This talk of whether his “source” is Kiffin or Cohen is silly, because there can’t be only one source.
You can bet Kiffin and Cohen aren’t taking calls from the WCBI cell phone.
The Thamels, Dellengers and Schefters of the world have access to people with real information.
What if the agent was leaking to sources to get his client more money? If I was the agent I'd do it.
That’s BS that a real journalist would see right through. At least enough to not go guns a-blazing straight to Twitter with a “this is definitely happening” mic drop.
Agents are regularly sources because they represent a lot of people and they like these stories for leverage.
True but hypothetically, allegedly, a guy he tells to be a source for WCBI or others would
