Agent to Be Decertified
TSN is reporting that an NHL agent will lose certification.
From the article:
The agent gave a Minniapolis Star-Tribune reporter an extensive tour of the union’s website and a computer system called NHLPA SCORE, a program designed for player agents to streamline data, exploit its legal rights and outduel the league and its team in salary negotiations.
If you’re thinking it’s a Minnesotan: Neil Sheehy, Brian Lawton, Barney Harris and Ben Hankinson all practice in Minnesota. Sheehy and Hankinson are listed as being based in Minneapolis.
What’s absolutely amazing is the fact that an agent will be decertified in this case, yet after the whole mess with Mike Danton (and the Keefes, and the mess in the juniors), David Frost is still certified.
Follow-up: more decertification talk: Agents threatened with decertification - apparently agents could face decertification if their NHL clients become replacement players next fall. It’s an interesting way to get players not to cross the line, by threatening their agents, who then push hard on the players.
Update: TSN is reporting the agent that lost his NHLPA certification is Bryant McBride, who’s based out of Boston. The NHLPA hasn’t released a statement, but McBride was taken off the NHLPA’s list of certified agents. McBride acknowledged that the NHLPA has decertified him and claims that it was an ex-employee who shared the NHLPA secure website information, not him, and that he is working to clear his own name. His clients include Jason Allison, Byron Dafoe, Doug Doull and Garnett Exelby, as well as several minor league players.
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