The story of increased involvement of African Americans on the business side of the National Football League is one ignored by the NFL Media. Even a spreadsheet of which 2020 NFL Draft Rookie was represented by which NFL Draft Sports Agent, and presented by Josh Goldeberg and Jason Morrin at Sports Law Blog, had positive news about black representation buried deep in its text:
African American agents represented more than half of the first round selections with 17 — (David Mulugheta of Athletes First with 4, Damarius Bilbo of Klutch Sports with 3, Nicole Lynn of YM APPA Sports with 2, Tory Dandy of Creative Artists Agency with 2, Rocky Arceneaux of Alliance Management Group with 1, John Thornton of Roc Nation Sports with 1, Tracy Latigue of Nexus Sports with 1, Brian Overstreet of United Sports Group with 1, Stanley Wiltz of Ballengee Group with 1, and Jovan Barnes and Roosevelt Barnes of Independent Sports & Entertainment with 1)
Here’s the full list of NFL Draft Agents and their clients for all rounds, 1-7, courtesy of Sports Law Blog.
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