We’ve been asked on more than one occasion why we don’t publish a list of Idea Grove clients on our Web site.
The reason is that we’re small and every client we have is important to us. We don’t want a competitor to go after them. And so we wait until we’ve met with a prospect before we provide them references and a client list.
We’ve had larger firms come after our clients before — usually promising “global reach,” a “deep bench” and lots of other things that they won’t actually deliver (certainly not for what we charge.)
And so we are sympathetic to the case of sports agent Jim Munsey, who claims that his client — an Atlanta Braves catching prospect — is being “stalked” by big-fish agent Scott Boras.
In an open letter to Boras, excerpted on ESPN.com, Munsey wrote:
“I learned that once again, your representatives attempted to try and steal my client during his recent road trip to Tennessee with promises of obtaining a ‘Jason Varitek contract’ and other endorsements,” Munsey wrote to Boras in a letter dated April 24. “This is no surprise as it’s the 6th time your people have attempted to do so since last July, at last count.
“The answer from Jarrod was apparently the one he’s given every time, “No thanks.’ Some call this persistence on your part, others call it STALKING. And then, lawyers like me sometimes call it tortious interference with contract.
“I’m sure you or your crack legal staff has researched the subject as Lord knows, you’ve obviously had this issue come up many times. Indeed, it appears to be a pretty common practice of your company.”
Munsey told Boras and his representatives to “please stop contacting my client.”
The catching prospect, Jarrod Saltalamacchia, had this to say:
“I’m happy with the agent I have … I love Jim to death. I tell these guys, ‘If there comes a time when I’m not happy, I’ll contact you and we’ll go from there.’ But it’s one of those things where every day you go to the ballpark and a different guy wants to meet you and talk to you and sit down and have lunch. You’re there just to play ball.”
Very Jerry Maguire-esque, isn’t it?
So — no client list. No way.
(Thanks to Royals Corner for the pic of Saltalamacchia.)
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