A Shark Never Sleeps: Wheeling and Dealing with the NFL's Most Ruthless Agent [Paperback]

Drew Rosenhaus (Author), Don Yaeger (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 1998

Superagent Drew Rosenhaus takes readers on an outrageous journey through the high stakes NFL deal-making that makes game day action look like croquet--and offers a behind-the-scenes look at the hard cash, big egos, and extreme partying that is the NFL.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Don Yaeger is a former associate editor for Sports Illustrated.

He is the author of seven books and coauthor of the New York Times

bestseller Under the Tarnished Dome and the critically acclaimed

Pros and Cons: The Criminals Who Play in the NFL.

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Atria Books (September 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0671015265
• ISBN-13: 978-0671015268
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #349,045 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A Good Reason Why Book Burning Should Return, November 17, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: A Shark Never Sleeps: Wheeling and Dealing with the NFL's Most Ruthless Agent (Hardcover)

Should be entitled, "Way Too Many Pages About Why I love myself." Rosenhaus is an egomaniac who revels in his self-absorption. This book has no redeeming value, except as a substitute for Syrup of Ipicac. While Rosenhaus gloats about the athletes he has somehow convinced to hire him, he makes no mention of the careers he has ruined, such as that of Errict Rhett, a top NFL running back who Rosenhaus advised sit out an NFL season rather than honor the binding contract Rhett had with an NFL team. As a result, Rhett lost a year of pay, was demoted to second team the following year when he returned, was traded to another team, where he is presently collecting splinters in his rear. This type of ignorant greed is nowhere to be found in this worthless, self-lovefest of a book.

12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Very, very scary...., August 23, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: A Shark Never Sleeps: Wheeling and Dealing with the NFL's Most Ruthless Agent (Hardcover)

This book profiles a truly repulsive person. From his psychotic early days to his self-serving and successful days as a high-profile agent, this book is an example of why abortion should be legalized in the 100th trimester. This book is also very poorly written. Finally, it should come with its own enclosed DSM-IV scale in order to allow the reader the opportunity to score Drew's many mental illnesses.

11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Wow! He's Some Kinda Symptom . . . Er, Guy!, October 6, 2002

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Type12point (Ottawa, ON) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Shark Never Sleeps: Wheeling and Dealing with the NFL's Most Ruthless Agent (Hardcover)

October 6, 2002

Hoping for a peek into the arena of sports agency, I
picked this up one lazy afternoon. Wow! I suppose if
you're the right sort of person with the right sense of
humor, you could have a lot of fun wallowing inside this
fellow Drew Rosenhaus's own fascinated vision of himself
and his life--replete with numerous descriptions of how
crafty and tough he is, as well as an insert bikini photo
of his model girlfriend (with whom he's formed a deep,
lasting pair-bond, I'm sure).

However, it's more likely you might be left gaping at a
printed ego that approaches the sociopathic, pondering
about what publisher and editor were possibly thinking,
and wondering how many Drew Rosenhauses are out
there, tolerated, even rewarded, in this, the tackiest,
but best dressed, of all possible worlds.

Tolerated and rewarded not just in professional sports,
which would be bad enough, but in civil law, corporate
finance, government . . .