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Subject: Drew Rosenhaus & Holdouts Posted by: TB - Leader [031811922] Sat, Apr 30, 2005, 14:38 It seems like every day I am reading a story about a player holding out because he wants a new contract and the common theme this year is that Drew Rosenhaus is their agent. Terrel Owens signs a 7-year, 49 million dollar deal with the Eagles last year. This off-season he fired the agent who negotiated his contract with the Eagles, David Joseph, and hired Drew Rosenhaus. Now he wants a new contract. Agents don't get paid unless they broker a new contract. Is this about TO's greed, Rosenhaus' greed, or a bit of both? Anquan Boldin had a great rookie season in 2003. We all know he was hurt for the early part of last season. Now he wants a new contract and he skipped the first voluntary mini-camp. Javon Walker failed to report to the Green Bay Packers' minicamp Friday, beginning a holdout after changing agents in February to Rosenhaus. He has two more years on his contract. Reuben Droughns has two more years on his contract and is also a holdout. It looks like Denver knew something about Drew Rosenhaus clients way before everyone else, because as soon as he switched agents to Rosenhaus they were ready to deal him to another team. I didn't look it up, but if memory serves, Rosenhaus is also Portis' agent. I am not an NFL GM, but if I was I think I would have to look very hard at who a player's agent was before I signed that player. Carl and Kevin Poston have been the agent names tossed around recently who have had the more difficult clients. As a Raider fan, I have been really turned off by Charles Woodson's greed. He is our best corner, but I don't think he rates in the top 5 and maybe not even in the top 10 in the NFL, yet we are paying him almost 1/3 of what is allocated to our defense in salaries. At what point does a GM just say, "screw it" and lets a player go because they are asking for too much? What happens with the above players? In my opinion, I think every team needs to play hardball. The players signed contracts. They either show up and play or you fine them every day. Finally, how does a players hold-out effect what teams are willing to deal with them in the future when they do become free agents? Again, just my 2 cents, but I would find myself avoiding every client of the Poston Brothers or Rosenhaus. If nothing else, the Patriots have shown us that it takes a team to win the championship and not the highest paid players. | |||||||
| 1 | TaRhEElKiD ID: 0134510 Sat, Apr 30, 2005, 15:08 |
Philly will play "hardball" with TO like they did with Trotter a few years back. Look how that turned out... Also, Drew R. must have some damn good persuasion skills, getting so many players to believe they can get so much more out of the teams. THK | ||||||
| 2 | Valkyrie Leader ID: 47042413 Sat, Apr 30, 2005, 15:40 |
THK- first congrats on your B-ball championship- you deserved and earned it. Condolensces on the early defections. I honestly wish that they had all stayed (even Felton) and made the rivalry that much tougher next year. I believe Rosenhaus actually has a good reputation for brokering deals acceptible to both sides however I think he will find the Eagles a much harder nut to crack. One big difference in football contracts vis a vis basketball or baseball is that football contracts are generally not guaranteed and by its nature skill players are much more prone to season ending injuries. As such it really is harder for an NFL player to play out an under market contract. One of the major problems with an effective salary cap is it destroys even the illusion of loyalty running either from player to team or team to player. I would agree with your position 100% if the contract was guaranteed, but as it is now it's really only a one sided team option. By the way I, like you, normally side with management on these issues. | ||||||
| 3 | TB Leader ID: 031811922 Sat, Apr 30, 2005, 16:39 |
Yahoo story Scroll mid-way down. Speaking of Rosenhaus: He's not a very popular guy around the NFL these days. More and more, personnel people are grumbling about Rosenhaus' clients wanting to tear up contracts. Beyond Walker, Rosenhaus is seeking new pacts for Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver Terrell Owens and Cleveland Browns running back Reuben Droughns. While Owens has established himself as a top-tier wideout, Droughns has just recently rounded into a productive player. After rushing for 97 yards on 40 carries his first three seasons in the NFL (two at fullback), Droughns switched to running back and rushed for 1,240 yards this past season with the Denver Broncos. "I'm sure the complaint is the position switch and the contract being a [fullback] contract," said a source in an NFC front office. "But [Droughns has] shown one good year. Is it unrealistic to expect consistent performance before throwing [his last deal] out the window? … Take Javon Walker. [Rosenhaus] can't expect teams to get marginal return during developmental years, and then to just hop up and pay someone like they've been a Pro Bowler from Day 1. That's what a second contract is for." The bold is my emphassis. That is how I feel as well. You signed the contract, play it out. Teams gamble signing players to long term deals. If players want to redo contracts, they should be willing to sign production/performance based contracts. Just showing up to work isn't good enough to get paid crazy money. Score X amount of TD's or rush for X amount of yards and you get X amount. | ||||||
| 4 | Valkyrie Leader ID: 47042413 Sat, Apr 30, 2005, 17:08 | It does look like Rosenthal's clients are starting to create problems- Just one word on contracts- these NFL contracts lack mutuality- if the contract favors the team the team sticks by it- if it favors the player the team, cuts him and pays nothing- Make the contracts mutual and make both sides abide by them but don't blame the players from equalizing the playing field for the one way team options. | ||||||
| 5 | Mike D Sustainer ID: 041831612 Sun, May 01, 2005, 11:22 |
Posted on Sun, May. 01, 2005 Owens' agent has backers on Eagles' defensive line By Bob Brookover Inquirer Staff Writer Mention the name Drew Rosenhaus at the NovaCare Complex these days and you're likely to be received with a frown and a cold stare. The NFL's superagent has the Eagles' front office locked in a high-stakes game of chicken with star wide receiver Terrell Owens, and there's no telling how this drama is going to proceed or end. Owens, adored by Eagles fans in his first season with the team, has lost much support because of his desire to renegotiate the seven-year, $48.97 million deal he signed after being traded from the Baltimore Ravens in March 2004. Read the numerous fan Web sites, and the majority of the blame for Owens' controversial decision is pinned on Rosenhaus, who once appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated and pronounced: "I am a ruthless warrior. I am a hit man. I will move in for the kill and use everything within my power to succeed for my clients." Underneath those words was this caption: "The most hated man in pro football." Not everyone in the league or even at the Eagles' practice facility for this weekend's minicamp considers Rosenhaus a ruthless scoundrel driven by ego and greed. A trio of Eagles defensive ends were more than willing to defend their agent after yesterday's indoor morning practice. "He's a good guy who really works hard for his players," said Jerome McDougle, the Eagles' 2003 first-round draft pick, whose five-year, $8.5 million deal was negotiated by Rosenhaus. "Some agents are out for themselves, and they're not trying to do what's best for the player all the time. Drew is always looking out for the player. "The people who hate him are the guys in the front office who don't want to pay the players. Drew fights for his players, and his players love him." With last month's addition of Owens and offensive tackle Tra Thomas to his mushrooming stable of clients, Rosenhaus now represents five Eagles and close to 100 players around the league. McDougle is the only one of the five who hired Rosenhaus out of college; that was a natural fit because he played at the University of Miami, near the agent's home and office in South Beach. Like Owens and Thomas, defensive ends Hugh Douglas and Jevon Kearse left other agents to join Rosenhaus. "If I needed a brain surgeon, I'm not going to hire a first-year resident," Douglas said. "I'm going to get the best that I can get. I'm going to get the world-renowned brain surgeon. "Everybody has a certain way of doing things, and he's definitely rubbed some people the wrong way. But I think if you look at his track record and everything he's done for people, that speaks for itself." Douglas' decision to dump Jerome Stanley and replace him with Rosenhaus in 1997 proved beneficial to both him and the Eagles. "I was in New York [with the Jets] and I really wasn't happy with the situation... as far as being in a 3-4 system," Douglas said. "I wanted to leave and the agent I had was like, 'This is what it is and I can't do anything about it.' " That wasn't the answer Douglas was looking for. He said he contacted Rosenhaus, and the agent set the wheels in motion for the trade that brought the defensive end to the Eagles in 1998. Douglas has gone to three Pro Bowls with the Eagles and has become one of the most popular players in franchise history. That was the beginning of the Eagles' fascinating dealings with Rosenhaus, and it wasn't the last time the relationship with the agent benefited the team. When the free-agency period opened in March 2004, Kearse made it clear to Rosenhaus that he wanted to join the Eagles. The agent made it happen fast. Kearse said he hired Rosenhaus because his own agents - Leigh Steinberg, Jeff Moorad and David Dunn - were going through a much-publicized split that tore apart their business. "I wanted somebody based in South Florida, because my family is based in South Florida," Kearse said. "I think with Drew, he always feels like he's doing what is best for his players." Douglas, of course, was also involved in one of the Eagles' more unpleasant episodes with Rosenhaus when he left the team for Jacksonville as a free agent after the 2002 season. Douglas' departure to the Jaguars turned into a disaster for the player, but he still is adamant that he had to take the money Jacksonville offered. "A lot of stories have been told about the whole situation," Douglas said. "From what I know," he said, the money offered by the Eagles "wasn't the same. You have different stories, but it's all water under the bridge and you can't cry over it. I trust Drew." So do McDougle and Kearse, and now Owens and Thomas. "Let's not pretend that everybody isn't in this business to make money," Douglas added. Money, of course, is what Owens' boycott of this Eagles minicamp is all about. Rosenhaus is trying to get him a better deal. "It's definitely going to be interesting," Douglas said. "The Eagles have taken a stance, and they've done it a certain way through the years and [Rosenhaus] has done it a certain way through the years. I'm pretty sure, like any other lawyer, Drew has asked Terrell, 'How far are you willing to go?' T.O. is a smart man. He's not going into this blind. You have to understand the repercussions of what might happen. Like everybody else, I'm just waiting to see." -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Contact staff writer Bob Brookover at 215-854-2577 or bbrookover@phillynews.com. | ||||||
| 6 | TB Leader ID: 031811922 Wed, May 04, 2005, 00:17 |
A Wolf in Shark's Clothing A Wolf in Shark's Clothing By Chip Sheridan '07 Sports Writer Most sports fans develop a dream at some point in their lives, dreaming to one day own the sports franchise that they have grown up following. Sadly, the majority of the people that end up owning these teams are those who were rich far before they gained this new "plaything." One man of modest beginnings found a new way in. He realized early in life that his goal of owning the Miami Dolphins, his hometown team, would be a difficult one to reach. But he set his sights towards getting as close as he could. He graduated from Miami in three years with a degree in history and broadcast journalism, finishing with a 3.89 G.P.A. After finishing at UM, he applied for and earned his NFL Agent's License. He proceeded to convince Robert Massey, a draftee to the New Orleans's Saints, to allow him to represent the future NFL player in contract negotiations. Then, with a readily apparent mastery of using the media, this man "allowed" ESPN to follow the 22 year old phenom in his steps of negotiations. Drew Rosenhaus, or "sleaze ball" as he's been called by others, then proceeded to run his business while going to Duke University Law School, finishing in the top quarter of his graduating class. In his own words, he "made a mockery" of the school, being able to excel while running a full time business, according to a 1995 interview with the Sun Sentinel. But Rosenhaus was not satisfied with being one of the youngest agents in the market; he had much loftier goals. He used shrewd tactics, occasionally waiting for players that he didn't represent in the parking lots of their practice facilities. His conduct led to the eventual creation of league rules that are unaffectionately named the "Drew" rules, which prohibit agents from using unethical methods to gain new clients. By 1995, Rosenhaus had $111 million dollars in contracts tied up in 53 NFL players. He represented 17 players from the Miami Dolphins and was a paltry 28 years old. In '97 he had the confidence to release his own autobiography A Shark Never Sleeps in which he refers to himself as a "ruthless warrior." It's hard to concretely explain what makes Rosenhaus such an extreme example of sports obsession with the all-mighty dollar. At an early point in his career, he took control of Louis Oliver, a safety for the Dolphins at the time. Rosenhaus claimed that Oliver's former agent, Gene Burrough, threatened to "kick his ass." According to Burrough, he didn't actually threaten: "I promised to kick his ass. I promised I would if he ever bothered to go after another one of my clients again." Rosenhaus has made it clear that in negotiations, the gloves are off, but believes that this tenacity is part of what makes him such an appealing agent. "I think the fine agents, the really good ones, have the [guts] and the ability stand up and represent their clients in the face of tough questions." That statement came after inquiries as to why he was willing to stand up for clients like Warren Sapp, who failed seven drug tests in college, and Dolphins kicker Pete Stoyanovich, who was arrested for drunk driving, to name a few. What is most impressive is the pull that Rosenhaus currently has with the NFL. In this off-season alone, six of his more than 90 clients are holding out for better contracts. That means that these are players who are contractually obligated to play for a team and are not showing up in a hope to get a better deal. What is most amazing is the quality of player that Rosenhaus draws, with holdouts including Terrell Owens of the Eagles, Edgerrin James of the Colts, Jeremy Shockey of the Giants and Sean Taylor and Santana Moss, both of the Redskins. So why do these clients flock to him? Some would say that his reputation as the ultimate closer doesn't hurt. For example, this summer Plaxico Burress fired his agent for his inability to sign with the Giants during the most lucrative part of the free agent signing period. In less then three days, Rosenhaus not only re-opened negotiations with the team who claimed to have lost any interest in the former Steelers receiver, but brokered a deal worth more then the initial deal given to Plex's first agents. The returns are hard to ignore. In the summer of 2003, Rosenhaus convinced Jevon Kearse, then of the Titans, to join his client list, but not in the matter that one might expect. Instead of making false promises to "The Freak" about what Rosenhaus would be able to get in free agent talks the following year, he offered to take a reduction in pay. According to Paul Kuharsky of the Tennessean, Rosenhaus would "only take 2% of the Kearse deal as his cut, whereas most agents take 3%." Around the league there are very different perspectives. Players see the man who was the inspiration for Jay Mohr's character in Jerry Maguire as a great friend and a tremendous negotiator. The rest of the league, other agents, and the press have labeled him "a pimp," "a pathological liar" and "the scum of the earth." But those are not the opinions that matter most to the Shark. Rosenhaus believes that in a league where contracts can be cancelled by teams at anytime without any compensation to the player, he is an ally to those in need. He compares himself to Conan the Barbarian: "He could take on 30 guys. He's relentless, fearless, brave, but a good guy who defends the weak." Most people don't realize that these millionaire athletes are just damsels in distress, with Rosenhaus there to sweep them off their feet. | ||||||
| 7 | Mark L Leader ID: 3601149 Wed, May 04, 2005, 00:42 |
One point on the assertion that NFL contracts are not guaranteed and therefore effectively bind the player but not the team - although literally true, the team can often effectively be prevented from cutting a player because of the severe salary cap ramifications. That brings significant mutuality back into the equation. | ||||||
| 8 | FRICK@Work ID: 220211 Wed, May 04, 2005, 09:20 |
I don't remember who Daunte Culpeppers agent is, but when he signed his big deal with the Vikings I remember a comment from a writer saying what a lie the total dollar value of the contract was. Some NFL contracts have clauses in them regarding specific playing time. One of Dauntes was for a playing special teams, if he played in X % of plays he would get several million dollars. I doubt that the Vikings had any intention of paying this, but he agent can point to the HUGE contract that he got Daunte even though Daunte will never see a significant portion of that total dollar amount. Gregg Easterbrook at NFL.com has pointed out several times that players shunned deals with their current teams and took big money as a free agent, got cut after a year or two. I think Jeremiah Trotter was one of the examples, if he had taken the deal the Eagles were offering he actually would have made more money over 3 years than he made with the big signing bonus he got from the Redskins. | ||||||
| 9 | Mike D Sustainer ID: 41831612 Wed, May 11, 2005, 08:28 |
Well, Eagles CEO Jeffrey Lurie has stepped up and blasted TO (and his agent). I think their position is pretty clear. Posted on Wed, May. 11, 2005 Lurie: No deal for T.O. The Eagles' owner said his star receiver will simply have to honor his contract. By Ashley McGeachy Fox Inquirer Staff Writer Blasting Terrell Owens' agent for giving the disgruntled wide receiver "self-destructive advice," Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie said yesterday that the team would not renegotiate Owens' contract. "It's not even an issue," Lurie said in an exclusive interview. "It's a nonissue. There are a lot of things I spend time thinking about, but that's not one of them." Reached at his off-season home in Atlanta last night, Owens declined to comment. After a stellar season in which he led the Eagles with 1,200 receiving yards and 14 touchdowns en route to the team's first Super Bowl appearance since 1981, Owens last month switched agents from his longtime representative David Joseph to Drew Rosenhaus. A powerful agent in the NFL, Rosenhaus quickly flew to Philadelphia for a five-minute meeting with Eagles president Joe Banner. "My policies are not to comment, so I have no comment," Rosenhaus said. Neither Rosenhaus nor Owens has said what type of deal the star receiver wants, only that the seven-year $46 million deal he signed before joining the team in 2004 was inadequate. Rosenhaus has not ruled out Owens' missing the Eagles' training camp in July. Asked whether he expects Owens to be with the Eagles when the regular season begins in September, Lurie said: "If he wants to win a Super Bowl, he sure should be. At this level, with multimillions [of dollars], you're just trying to leave a legacy and win Super Bowls, as far as I'm concerned. And he's got a great opportunity." In a wide-ranging interview in his office at the Eagles' complex, Lurie blamed Owens for allowing Rosenhaus, who has an NFL client list of more than 90 players, to give him "self-destructive advice." "It's a shame," said Lurie, who bought the Eagles in 1994 for $185 million. "Every player is both fragile and talented. Unfortunately, we're seeing around the league certain agents who take advantage of the fragility of the players, and are less worried about their continued success and stability than acting self-destructively. It's too bad." After a difficult courtship in March 2004, when San Francisco initially sent Owens to Baltimore in a trade that was rescinded before an arbitrator could rule that Owens was technically a free agent, the Eagles gave Owens a signing bonus just shy of $10 million. Owens is scheduled to make $3.25 million this season, then receive a $5 million roster bonus next March. But the Eagles could escape paying that bonus if they release Owens. Players' contracts in the NFL are not guaranteed. In 2006, Owens' base salary will drop to $770,000, then rise to $5.5 million in 2007, $6.5 million in 2008, $7.5 million in 2009 and $8.5 million in 2010. Over the life of the deal, Owens will average $6.6 million per year, making him the second- or third-highest-paid receiver, behind Oakland's Randy Moss and possibly Indianapolis' Marvin Harrison. Before leaving today, with NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue, for a prestigious conference of chief executive officers in Beijing, Lurie said he could understand a player who has one year remaining on his deal asking to renegotiate, but not a player who recently signed a contract. "You always have that kind of thing," Lurie said. "I think what you have to do is you have to hold players responsible for some advice they're given that is self-destructive advice. They're not immune. They're not immune to agents stealing players from other agents, and manipulating players. They're just not immune to this. "I don't think it's unusual for a restricted free agent to want to have a long-term contract and have trouble figuring out the real value of what that should be, but it plays out over time. It always plays itself out, and it will play itself out. But a player who signed a long-term contract, you just have to say, 'Hmm...' "In the end, what we've seen over the years, especially the last several years with our team and the [New England] Patriots and some others, it's a team game. Teams that really seem to have high-character players win. We've been fortunate to have a lot of high-character players, [including] a very high-character quarterback [Donovan McNabb] who is a leader. You really win with those that want to be with you. You hope when September comes, everybody wants to go out and win a Super Bowl. The economics take care of themselves." Owens proved he wanted to win a Super Bowl a few months ago. After injuring his right ankle and leg against Dallas on Dec. 19, Owens went through extensive rehabilitation and was ready for the Super Bowl, where he turned in a stunning performance with nine catches for 122 yards. Last month, Owens told The Inquirer that he was asking for a new contract because the Eagles can cut him at any time, for any reason. "I just want people to think about what they're hearing from all these reports about me being greedy," Owens said at the time. "Just take a moment and look at my stature in the game. I know I'm a top player in the game, and my current contract doesn't justify that. The fact that I signed this contract, that I'm under contract, doesn't factor into anything when it comes to the National Football League. "The Eagles can cut me anytime they want to, even if I'm performing well, I'm healthy and I'm putting up numbers, because they don't want to pay a player that money. If they can do what's best for their financial future, then why can't I?" Owens missed the Eagles' mandatory minicamp, which ended May 1. The Birds' next minicamp, which is voluntary, starts later this month. | ||||||
| 10 | Mike D Sustainer ID: 41831612 Wed, May 11, 2005, 08:29 | On the philly.com website, today's poll question is whether or not you agree with Lurie's hard stand. There have been 661 votes already. 626 agree (95%). 35 don't (5%). I'd say Lurie has the backing of the fans so far. | ||||||
| 11 | Motley Crue ID: 213222620 Wed, May 11, 2005, 19:24 |
I know this is totally unrelated, but did anyone else read about Onterrio Smith and his fake penis? I am so sick of this guy F'ing up constantly. I have drafted him each year he has been in the league on at least one fantasy team. He's got so much talent. But with his head so far up his rectum, I'm not sure it will ever translate to success on the field. One thing's for sure. His teammates ought to have a lot of fun this season teasing him about that "device". LOL. | ||||||
| 12 | Mike D Sustainer ID: 041831612 Wed, May 11, 2005, 21:46 | So THAT'S what happened to my Whizzinator. | ||||||
| 13 | Perm Dude ID: 17321143 Thu, May 12, 2005, 00:26 |
Was it the Original Whizzinator? As for TO, I can't stand players who sign contracts and then want to tear them up. You don't want to be locked in, then don't sign a long-term deal. | ||||||
| 14 | Mike D Sustainer ID: 41831612 Fri, May 13, 2005, 08:32 |
Of course it was the Original. I don't accept anything less. Anyone else see the Rosenhaus interview on ESPN last night? It was long. He kept laughing when Dan Patrick asked him tough questions. He tried to be "Joe Cool" the whole time. He said everyone should just "chill out." Even my son felt like punching him. Just Chill Out, It's Only May | ||||||
| 15 | wolfer Sustainer ID: 18639422 Sun, May 15, 2005, 08:13 | The reaction in Milwaukee: | ||||||
| 16 | Mike D Sustainer ID: 041831612 Sun, May 15, 2005, 08:34 |
 What, me worry? | ||||||
| 17 | Perm Dude ID: 474521710 Thu, May 19, 2005, 15:28 | "When you're a Dick, you're always a Dick..." | ||||||
| 18 | slosh23 ID: 317242216 Fri, May 20, 2005, 19:08 |
Next.... Another Rosenhaus Holdout | ||||||
| 19 | Mike D Sustainer ID: 041831612 Fri, May 20, 2005, 21:01 | He's joining the club. | ||||||
| 20 | slosh23 ID: 317242216 Sat, May 21, 2005, 01:36 |
Crap... I lost all I was going to say in a disconnect. Real quick, the players and the owners agreed on a bargaining agreement for the league. There are trade offs that both sides made. Yes the players do not have guaranteed contracts but they get big money up front in the form of a signing bonus (paid money that the player gets and counts against the cap no matter what). Of course the deal a player signs will never reach the end of the agreement. I love the stand that the Eagles seem to be taking. TO forced a trade to them, then signed a new contract and is now holding out..BS. | ||||||
| 21 | Mike D Sustainer ID: 41831612 Tue, Jul 19, 2005, 10:59 |
Packers: Favre sounds off on Walker and Rosenhaus again by Fanball Staff - Fanball.com Tuesday, July 19, 2005 News It's becoming a weekly ritual as training camp approaches: the media gets an opportunity to speak with Brett Favre, the conversation turns to holdout wide receiver Javon Walker, and the Packers quarterback speaks his mind. The latest opportunity came Monday at the U.S. Bank Championship pro-am. "I hope Javon comes back. I hope he comes to his senses," Favre told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. "I know he's a good guy; he's a great player. He's still got a lot left to give to this game, to give to the Green Bay Packers. But you can't do it that way." Favre went on to say, "Some people would agree with me, some people won't. And that's fine. But I know we need him, and I know he's under contract, and to me that means he should be here." As for Walker's agent, Drew Rosenhaus, suggesting that he give him a call so that he can set him straight, Favre was more direct. "Set me straight on what? I've played 14 straight years. I have not held out one time. He has nothing to say to me." Views This is doing nothing to help the Packers offense or the cohesiveness of their locker room. Stay tuned for more of the same, as the Pack still has one week left until the opening of training camp. | ||||||
| 22 | Ref Donor ID: 539581218 Wed, Jul 20, 2005, 12:05 |
Well as much as you would like to dislike and despise a person, the following article shows there can be good found in everyone. Of course, the first thing I looked for was a setup, but this looks legit, so I give the man his props and thank him for his quick thinking... In the new logo that emblazons the front of the T-shirts often worn by the few employees of Rosenhaus Sports Representation, the "S" is large and exaggerated, reminiscent of the famous crest worn by Superman. On Tuesday afternoon, for one imperiled toddler, NFL agent Drew Rosenhaus, who collects superhero figurines as a hobby, became a real-life Superman. Orange County (Fla.) Police confirmed that Rosenhaus, acting quickly in a moment of crisis, saved the life of 4-year-old Maurice Hill, who had essentially drowned in the pool at the Grand Floridian Hotel in Orlando. Rosenhaus administered CPR to Hill, who had no pulse when he was yanked from the pool, until paramedics arrived and took over the treatment of the youngster. "He basically brought [Hill] back," said Cpl. Carlos Torres, public information officer for the Orange County Police Department. "The kid was gone and [Rosenhaus] saved a life. It's legitimate. Who knows how it would have turned out had he not been around? The guy was a hero today." Said Cpl. Bob Leben, the deputy who commenced the investigation of the incident: "[Rosenhaus] certainly stepped up." Hill was transported to Celebration Hospital, where police said he was listed in stable condition. Hospital officials did not immediately return messages, nor could the Hill family be reached. A spokesperson at the hotel also confirmed the events. Rosenhaus was in Orlando for an appearance at the ESPN Club and to meet with some of his clients. He took a short break from business to honor a promise he had made, to take his girlfriend to the pool, when the incident occurred. "When I was in high school, I was a lifeguard, and had learned CPR," Rosenhaus said. "In a situation like that, instincts kind of take over, I think. Let me tell you, this is the happiest day of my life. To save a little boy like that, who has his whole life in front of him, it's incredibly gratifying." | ||||||
| 23 | Mike D Sustainer ID: 41831612 Wed, Jul 20, 2005, 12:07 | Setup crossed my mind as well, which is a shame. Who knew he was a former lifeguard? | ||||||
| 24 | TaRhEElKiD ID: 5555582 Wed, Jul 20, 2005, 16:58 |
I am actually looking foward to buying his book and reading his side of the story... THK | ||||||
| 25 | Mike D Sustainer ID: 41831612 Wed, Jul 20, 2005, 17:01 |
You hear it every night on Sportscenter. ;) | ||||||
| 26 | Ref Donor ID: 539581218 Wed, Jul 20, 2005, 23:23 | Apparently, he has been on espn and cnn among other outlets promoting himself as a hero since he saved that boy. Glad he saved that boy, but does he really need to go on a circuit. | ||||||
| 27 | wolfer ID: 191043113 Tue, Dec 06, 2005, 09:23 | Update- nice to see that Walker came to his senses.... | ||||||
| 28 | Ref Donor ID: 539581218 Tue, Dec 06, 2005, 17:34 | I'd love to see a mass exodus from his stable. | ||||||
| 29 | TB Sherpa ID: 031811922 Wed, Dec 07, 2005, 01:03 | I would too. Hopefully, the Packers reward him with a big fat contract just to get other Rosenhaus clients thinking. | ||||||
| 30 | wolfer ID: 25155277 Fri, Mar 10, 2006, 11:16 |
Re 27 Then again, maybe he hasn't.... | ||||||
| 31 | Mike D Leader ID: 041831612 Fri, Mar 10, 2006, 11:24 |
"Why should I risk another year of getting beat up playing for a team that I don't want to play for? That's stupid," Walker said. | ||||||
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