I found this article on him from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinal...not sure how old it is though(thinking at least 3 years old):
http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=343740
HEAVY HITTER
The stars are aligned with sports agent Rosenhaus
By CLIFF CHRISTL
cchristl@journalsentinel.com
Part one of a two-part profile
Miami Beach, Fla. - The cultural gulf from Drew Rosenhaus' world to Lambeau Field couldn't be much wider.
Think white sand beaches then frozen tundra; art deco then Cheesehead; and Versace clothing then blaze orange.
Rosenhaus' command post as he negotiates contracts for the most illustrious list of clients in pro football, including Javon Walker and Grady Jackson of the Green Bay Packers, is his Spanish-style, waterfront home, located in one of Miami's most prestigious residential neighborhoods.
Rosenhaus lives on Allison Island on Miami's intracoastal waterway. There's one street on the island, a palm-tree-lined boulevard, and 24-hour guard service to keep the public out. Rosenhaus, along with his younger brother and partner, Jason, purchased the house a little more than a year ago from Warren Sapp, one of his clients. The purchase price, according to Miami-Dade County property records, was $2,159,000.
The house includes five bedrooms, five baths and one of the most elaborate communication systems this side of NASA's Kennedy Space Center.
Rosenhaus says he owns two Treo 650s, a high-tech phone system that includes a palm pilot, a calendar, Internet and e-mail access, and also a message center that automatically forwards his calls to his cell phone. In all, Rosenhaus said there were four phone lines installed in his home office, which also happens to be his only office.
It's from here that Rosenhaus remains in almost constant contact with his more than 80 clients, the National Football League clubs that are on his negotiating list and the reporters he uses to enhance his profile.
"You call his number and I've never gotten a secretary," said Ernie Accorsi, general manager of the New York Giants. "I don't care what time of night or day, you call him and he answers the phone."
Rosenhaus says his whole life revolves around his work, but that might be somewhat misleading.
His home includes a pool and a gym. He says he has a new 21-year old girlfriend. And he owns more than his share of toys, including a black Hummer H2, a red convertible Ferrari 360 Spider, a boat and three jet skis.
Rosenhaus' clients are all on his guest list. And when he's not representing them, he's often hanging out with them. Nearly 60% of Rosenhaus' clients either played at the University of Miami or with the Miami Dolphins, or grew up in the Miami area.
"I spend a lot of time with my clients in the gym," said Rosenhaus, who declined to meet for an interview for this story but granted two over the phone. "I run with them. I lift with them. I pretty much do anything you can think of with them: basketball, tennis. We get after it."
Rosenhaus also happens to live within five miles of South Beach, a favorite playground of the young, the rich and the famous. It's where Shaq and J-Lo, to drop two names, hang out.
It's where the chic stroll Ocean Drive in the hottest fashions; sunbathe topless and in thongs along the Atlantic Ocean; and dance all night to salsa, reggae, hip-hop or whatever other music is reverberating from the area's clubs, sidewalk cafés and bars.
Rosenhaus says he doesn't drink, smoke or use drugs, but he has admitted in the past that not all his clients abstain, at least from alcohol.
"He has the lifestyle that appeals to them," said Gene Burrough, another agent who calls himself one of Rosenhaus' enemies. "He has the money to arrange for them to keep them happy."
High and mighty
Rosenhaus, 38, cuts the highest profile of any agent, certainly in pro football and probably all professional sports.
With an ever-swelling list of big-name clients, he probably grabbed more headlines this off-season than anyone associated with the game and became a pariah to fans in cities where his clients have been threatening to hold out if their contracts aren't renegotiated.
Including Walker and Jackson, who are due to report to the Packers by 7 p.m. Wednesday, close to 10 of his clients have boycotted off-season conditioning programs this off-season, skipped mini-camps and / or threatened not to show for the start of training camp.
In the Packers' case, if Walker - or Jackson to a lesser extent - holds out for an extended period, it also will mark the second straight year that one of Rosenhaus' clients has created a major distraction for them and, in turn, threatened to derail their season. Last year, Rosenhaus represented cornerback Mike McKenzie, who held out for 45 days and got his wish when the Packers traded him, a move that haunted them over the remainder of the season.
Nevertheless, the Packers seem to think it's necessary to hold the line once again.
"You have to keep in mind, what you do with one guy is going to carry over to the other 52 on that roster," said Bob Harlan, team president. "You have to remember that everything you do goes right back down to that locker room.
"You can't let him destroy your ballclub."
Based on two recent interviews; a 1997 biography, "A Shark Never Sleeps: Wheeling and Dealing with the NFL's Most Ruthless Agent"; and other assorted stories and information found on the Internet, here is Rosenhaus' background.
He was born in South Orange, N.J., and moved to Miami Beach before he was of school age. He attended Jewish High School in North Miami and the University of Miami.
In 1990, Rosenhaus graduated from Duke Law, two years after he had already become a certified agent. Although he has a diploma from Duke, Rosenhaus is not a member of the Florida bar and, therefore, can't practice law within the state. He said he never took the exam because he was too busy representing players.
Rosenhaus' first client was Robert Massey, a cornerback drafted by New Orleans in the second round in 1989. At age 23, Rosenhaus invited ESPN to meet him in New Orleans and film his negotiations with the late Jim Finks, then the Saints' general manager.
Thanks, in part, to his publicity stunt, Rosenhaus' business took off from there. But it wasn't until more recently that his client list started reading like a "Who's Who of the NFL."
Seven years ago, at the start of the 1998 season, Rosenhaus and his brother represented 36 NFL players, most of them fringe and one-third of them Miami Dolphins.
As of two weeks ago, according to a list compiled by the NFL Players Association, the Rosenhauses represented 79 veteran players who were under contract with NFL teams and also four players taken in the draft last spring.
It should be noted that Rosenhaus Sports Representation is strictly a three-man operation. The only other people involved in the business, Rosenhaus said, are his brother, a registered lawyer and a certified public accountant; and former NFL cornerback Robert Bailey, who handles marketing and endorsements.
The 'A' list
Their list of clients includes wide receiver Terrell Owens; tight end Jeremy Shockey; running backs Edgerrin James and Clinton Portis; defensive linemen Warren Sapp, Jevon Kearse and Marcus Stroud; and linebackers Zach Thomas and Dan Morgan.
Over the past two years, some of those clients and others, said Rosenhaus, have signed contracts worth more than $500 million, including more than $100 million in signing bonuses.
Based on the 3% maximum and standard fee that agents can charge for doing a contract, Rosenhaus might have pocketed no less than $3 million on the signing bonuses alone and could make more than $15 million if just those contracts are fully honored.
Although other agents claim and players union data show that Rosenhaus doesn't always charge the full 3%, he insisted that was his common rate.
Clearly, all of Rosenhaus' clients are doing well by him. Or are they?
Burrough has been involved in the agent business since the 1970s. And he said there was a dark side to it that few people outside the game know about.
He said a large percentage of players, despite their six- and seven-figure salaries, not to mention large bonuses, find themselves without money in the off-season.
"They're not doing well, my man," Burrough said.
Too many of them were living beyond their means, particularly black players, he added. He also said he would have written a book on the subject except that, as an African-American, "it would end up appearing that I'm being too negative on my people."
He said it applied to all players, not just Rosenhaus' clients. But Burrough noted that many of the players represented by Rosenhaus fit the profile.
Of Rosenhaus' 79 veteran clients listed on the union site, 65 are black. That figures out to 82.3%, whereas 69% of the players in the league last year were black.
"These stories on ESPN, Drew comes across as a great guy," Burrough said. "But that's the story that needs to be told. You just said (80%) of his clients are black. What is he doing for those guys other than making sure they spend every dime they're making?"
Rosenhaus said his firm did not offer investment or tax planning. But he's typical of many agents today. They negotiate the contracts and let the players or other advisers handle the money.
So where are the players who are struggling spending their money?
"Watch BET (Black Entertainment Television). Watch 'Cribs' (on MTV)," Burrough said. "Look at the cars in the videos. It's about the houses these guys live in."
Burrough said he knew of players who owned four, five expensive cars, maybe $200,000 worth of jewelry and more.
Another longtime agent who requested anonymity agreed with Burrough that a number of players were hurting financially.
"No. 1, they're not on a budget. No. 2, they get paid from September to December, so all their money comes in then," he said. "To those of us average Joes, it's hard to believe somebody could make several hundred thousand and be out of money."
The loan arrangers
As a result, Burrough said, many players hit their agents for loans. And when the agents don't come through, he added, they get dumped.
"That's one of the biggest expectations," he said. "And if you can't do it, you're out. The word is: 'Hey man, this guy down in South Florida, he'll get you some money.' "
Burrough noted that Rosenhaus wasn't guilty of anything other than "making a living the American way." After all, according to several agents, it's a common practice for people in their business to lend money to players and to open lines of credit for them.
A spokesman for the players union said his organization had never done a study on the financial well-being of its players. But Black Enterprise, a magazine that focuses on African-American business, cited a poll in 2003 in which 25.8% of players who left the game in the 1990s said they encountered financial problems.
As for Walker, Rosenhaus said he was in no financial trouble. With Jackson, it might be a different matter.
In May, Jackson renegotiated his contract merely to receive a $65,000 advance on his $665,000 salary. In April, a civil judgment was filed against Jackson in Brown County for $6,745.78, according to the Wisconsin Court System Web site. Cort Business Services, a national furniture rental company, is seeking to garnish Jackson's wages.
Rosenhaus said he had lent players money in the past, but that he didn't make a common practice of it. And he disputed that his lifestyle and riches were what lured players to him.
"It's three things," he said. "One, my production. I've been able to get some great deals: Willis McGahee, Clinton Portis, Adewale Ogunleye, Santana Moss, Marcus Stroud. Second, we've been referred to a lot of our players by our clients.
"Third, we're very high-profile guys. We attract a lot of attention. Players hear about us, read about us and know about us and gravitate to us."
For richer, for poorer.
