Meet Todd France/$44.8 Million Commission In 2019

John813 said:

Dang, he represents some big names in the NFL

Is that number career earnings up to 9/2019?
44mil a year seems really high.

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I questioned the same. But then again, look how much Judge Judy makes per year.

Wikipedia ~ "It was later reported in October 2013 that Sheindlin is the highest-paid TV star, earning $47 million per year for Judge Judy, which translates into just over $900,000 per workday (she works 52 days per year)."
According to Forbes, Sheindlin earned $147 million, pretax, in 2017.

MikeB80 said:

which makes it perfect for the player. I don't understand your statement? Would you like to go back tot he days when players sold insurance in the offseason?

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AbeBeta said:

Good lord. You want players to pick soft agents who don't get them the most they can?

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Of course the money-haters do. When it's someone else, then they're "greedy." But when it's them it was well-earned and they deserved it because they used their smarts/talent. The disconnect is in those folks never having a chance in Hades at the same opportunity for such fortunes so the result is bitterness showing up as seeing wanting the most you can get as some "moral failure" to level the ego playing field. It doesn't. Lol.

daboyzruleperiod said:

Forbes Sports Agents 2019

#10 Todd France
Creative Artists Agency

PHOTO BY DANA RICHARDS/COURTESY OF CREATIVE ARTISTS AGENCY
2019 SPORTS AGENTS COMMISSIONS
$44.8M as of 9/21/19

Since joining CAA, the No. 1 football agency, in 2015 as a division co-head, Todd France has made a lasting impact, having personally negotiated almost $1.5 billion in active NFL contracts as of Forbes' 2019 agents list. His client roster is headlined by Aaron Donald, DeAndre Hopkins and Fletcher Cox.

ON FORBES LISTS
#10
Sports Agents 2019
STATS
SPORTSFootball
NUMBER OF CLIENTS85
CONTRACTS$1.5 B
AGENCY Creative Artists Agency

https://www.forbes.com/profile/todd-france/#2deb34d455cc

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You want the best, be the best, get the best. I did not have to look him up and posted to everyone that Jerry should put his Super Bowl team around Dak while he was on his rookie deal. Jerry Dumbo GM Jones did not and will have to pay for it now. It is just like your Junior high school girl friend that you break up with at the end of the school year and then get to high School and everything that was flat is now round. You are going to have to pay to get her back.

I also said that Elliott hiring of my 9th Ward brothers Rocky Arceneaux and Marshall Faulk was going to give Jerry and Stephen fits because they are not blind by or in awe of the Jerry Jonesboys. France is worst because he has team up with the NFL most notorious hold out agents...Tom Condon and Jimmy Sexton.

During the 90's Jerry had relationships with agents like Steinberg, and Eugene Parker. He could use his Country Club charm on those past agents that worked with the lay of the land. Condon was a maverick with holdouts leading to big deals, and trades that lead to money for his clients. France followed suit.

This is a new crew of agents that came up during free agency, player lockouts (as Jones famously demonstrated), and huge TV deals obtain by owners off players. The agents today embrace the millennium generation hip hop culture about money, bling, branding, and ownership versus working for someone. Piece of the pie quotes by Stephen Jones are useless to someone that wants his cake and eat it too.

I am Cowboys fan. But if I was a player, I would want an agents like France or Arceneaux. Both have NOLA backgrounds.

I think the OP read that incorrectly. I believe the commission was since 2015.

Why would any fan not be pro team in a cap era NFL? None of these guys are going without. I just don't understand it but who cares right?

This is CAA.

Same agency that handles Tom Cruise, Jennifer Lawrence, Matthew McConaughey, George Clooney, Beyonce, Tom Hanks, JJ Abrams, Jeff Bridges, Jessica Chastain, Seth McFarlane, Jennifer Aniston, and a thousand others.

They don't negotiate.

daboyzruleperiod said:

I questioned the same. But then again, look how much Judge Judy makes per year.

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And I thought 2020 couldn't get any worse.

Rockport said:

But the haters blame it all on Dak So ignorant.

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Who you hire reflects upon you. This is common sense. If you hire a greedy hard arse to represent you then don’t be surprised if people equate those traits to you as well.

Dak is not a victim. When 33 million Americans are out of work you shouldn’t be surprised that some see Dak as coming off as greedy or out of touch with his current demands. The optics look bad.

dragon_mikal said:

Who you hire reflects upon you. This is common sense. If you hire a greedy hard arse to represent you then don’t be surprised if people equate those traits to you as well.

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But hiring the biggest hard arse doesn't mean you are going to go full "release the hounds". DLaw's contract negotiations became contentious and then DLaw called off his agent and took the market rate contract instead of demanding a "set the market" deal.

Nothing is going to happen until the July deadline but I think its very likely that it ends up being a market rate deal just like Zeke and Amari Cooper. And Zeke's deal was actually structured in a pretty team friendly way.

baltcowboy said:

Dak is a smart guy. France is the best in the business. I just don’t see Dak turning down 100 million guaranteed to play on 31 million tag. France will probably tell Dak to hold out but it will be tough to do.

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I like u think that dak will hold out if he don't get his big new deal but its going to maybe end his time in dallas if he does I also think the team ownership believes that he will hold out and that's why they signed andy dalton

dragon_mikal said:

Who you hire reflects upon you. This is common sense. If you hire a greedy hard arse to represent you then don’t be surprised if people equate those traits to you as well.

Dak is not a victim. When 33 million Americans are out of work you shouldn’t be surprised that some see Dak as coming off as greedy or out of touch with his current demands. The optics look bad.

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Bull****. It’s ignorant to put all the blame on Dak.

John813 said:

Dang, he represents some big names in the NFL

Is that number career earnings up to 9/2019?
44mil a year seems really high.

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That number is the amount the Agency has earned off of the $1.5B in contract dollars he has negotiated on behalf of his clients. Assuming that he/the agency is receiving the max of 3% that the CBA and NFLPA stipulate agents can receive from player contracts.

Rockport said:

Bull****. It’s ignorant to put all the blame on Dak.

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*shrug*

Not saying it’s fair.

cowboyblue22 said:

I like u think that dak will hold out if he don't get his big new deal but its going to maybe end his time in dallas if he does I also think the team ownership believes that he will hold out and that's why they signed andy dalton

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Maybe, I think they got Dalton because he cost 3 million while Cooper Rush was 2.1 million. A 6 year old would make that trade. Plus if Dalton was here last season, he would have played in the Philadelphia game instead of Rush.

MikeB80 said:

which makes it perfect for the player. I don't understand your statement? Would you like to go back tot he days when players sold insurance in the offseason?

How do you think the owners handle contract negotiations when it is to their benefit?

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True... but it doesn't help a team at all due to the salary cap in place. Star players holding out to get a much bigger piece of the pie only hurts the team from being able to keep a playoff competitive team in place. Simple economics.

dragon_mikal said:

*shrug*

Not saying it’s fair.

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That was my whole point.

I don't get why y'all are bemoaning this. If I was going to give 3% of a 100 million dollar contract to someone, I'd want him to be damned good at his job.

beware_d-ware said:

I don't get why y'all are bemoaning this. If I was going to give 3% of a 100 million dollar contract to someone, I'd want him to be damned good at his job.

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That's the problem. He's not.

John813 said:

Dang, he represents some big names in the NFL

Is that number career earnings up to 9/2019?
44mil a year seems really high.

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I think those are his earnings since 2015.
It's about 3% of that 1.5 bil--which is the going rate after the overall agency takes their cut.

erod said:

That's the problem. He's not.

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I'm sorry, you don't sign a billion dollars worth of contracts by being bad at your job.