Specializing in the Business of Baseball with Brad Clontz

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Brad Clontz, a former Major League baseball pitcher who won a World Series with the Atlanta Braves in 1995 and now Baseball Agent with the baseball sports agency called Proformance Baseball joins Enterprise Radio.

Listen to interview with host Eric Dye & guest Brad Clontz discuss the following:

• Tell our audience about Proformance Baseball, your sports agency firm. How did you get started?
• If you would give our audience a few examples of some success stories of how you have represented professional baseball players over the years and the things that you deal with as an agent on a day to day basis.
• What has been your most memorable moment as a sports agent?
• What’s the process like in terms of recruiting players to be represented by you and your firm? What’s the competition for player representation like?
• Your firm has a unique business model of charging less for contract negotiations rather than the standard agency practice. Can you explain why and what advantage that gives you over your competition ?
• How has the sports agency and representation business changed throughout the years, especially since you first got started in the business.
• What advice do you have for entrepreneurs or those looking to become agents in the sports business?
• What similarities are there between playing for a professional baeball team and working together with people in business to make it be successful.
• Any thoughts on the World Series & who you think will win it all?

John Braddock Clontz (born April 25, 1971) was a relief pitcher in Major League Baseball from 1995–2000.

Clontz was born in Stuart, Virginia. An alumnus of Virginia Polytechnic Institute, he made his major league debut on April 26, 1995. During his career, he pitched for the Atlanta Braves, Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Mets, and Pittsburgh Pirates. Every year he visits his former high school, Patrick County High School, in Stuart, VA, to donate cleats, baseballs, and jerseys for their baseball team.

Clontz was a member of the 1995 Atlanta Braves World Series Championship team. He last played for the Triple-A affiliate of the Florida Marlins, the Albuquerque Isotopes, in 2006. Clontz currently resides in Atlanta, Georgia.

Website: www.proformancebaseball.com