John Rickert
John "JR" Rickert (born 1970) is an American sports agent who represents players in the National Football League, Major League Baseball, and the National Basketball Association, as well as boxers. He co-owns National Sports Management, a New York based sports agency, and is known for representing players from smaller college programs.[1]
Rickert represents more than 80 athletes including Joshua Cribbs, Jordan Babineaux, Jamaal Jackson, Lorenzo Alexander, Artis Hicks and Greg Camarillo.
Biography
Early years
Rickert was born in 1970 in Woodbury, New Jersey. He graduated from Holy Cross High School in Delran, New Jersey in 1988.[2] He went on to get a degrees in History and Communications at St. John Fisher College in Rochester, New York in 1992. In 1994 he received his Masters in Education from The College of Saint Rose in Albany, New York. In 2000, Rickert signed his first NFL client and in 2001 Artis Hicks of the Philadelphia Eagles became Rickert's first client to make an NFL roster.[3]
National Sports Management
In 2003 Rickert formed National Sports Management (NSM) to handle the sports side of his representation business. To date Rickert has negotiated more than $200 Million in player contracts.
2010 NFL Free Agency
In 2010 Rickert successfully negotiated more NFL free agent contracts than any other NFL agent,[1] most notably that of Joshua Cribbs of the Cleveland Browns, which was made famous by Deion Sanders on NFL Network when he on air began to refer to Cribbs as "Pay The Man".[4]
JR Enterprises Entertainment Group
In 2007 Rickert formed JR Enterprises Entertainment Group as an entertainment, media, and celebrity representation division. During that same year Rickert co-created and launched "Inside Pro Football", a radio show on WOFX (AM), Fox Sports 980. The division's notable clients include former Heisman Trophy winner Tim Brown and The Real Housewives of Atlanta star Sheree Whitfield.[5]
Bleed-Green.com
In May 2011, Rickert joined Philadelphia Eagles blog Bleed-Green.com as the featured columnist of the "Inside Man: Diary Of An NFL Agent" series, which documents his life and dealings as a sports agent.[5]
References
- ^ a b "National Sports Management" (PDF). Success. Retrieved July, 2011.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ Staff. "Eagles give offensive lineman Hicks 6-year deal", Courier Post, April 17, 2004. Accessed July 26, 2011. "According to Hicks' agent, John Rickert, the deal could be worth as much as $9 million, if Hicks reaches all the incentives, including trips to the Pro Bowl.... 'Its a great deal for him,' said Rickert, a native of Delran, who attended Holy Cross High School.
- ^ "NFL Clients". AgentJR.com. Retrieved July 25, 2011.
- ^ "Cribbs: Holmgren doing right thing". The Canton Repository. Retrieved January 28, 2010.
- ^ a b "JR Entertainment Group". AgentJR.com. Retrieved July 25, 2011.