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	<title>Comments on: How Fantex is Hurting Front Offices and Helping Players</title>
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		<title>By: Arjonn</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Arjonn]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2016 19:42:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fwiw, the last supplemental 1st round pick this year, #41 overall, has a slot value of $1.576MM, enough that quite a few people would consider it life-changing. There are 64 slots over the $1MM level, and this number doesn&#039;t include international signings.  

That said, I can definitely see the appeal in doing a Fantex deal or in signing an extension in order to guarantee oneself a lot more money.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Fwiw, the last supplemental 1st round pick this year, #41 overall, has a slot value of $1.576MM, enough that quite a few people would consider it life-changing. There are 64 slots over the $1MM level, and this number doesn&#8217;t include international signings.  </p>
<p>That said, I can definitely see the appeal in doing a Fantex deal or in signing an extension in order to guarantee oneself a lot more money.</p>
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		<title>By: Joshua Howsam</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joshua Howsam]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2016 22:20:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks for the insight! It&#039;s always interesting to see how things like this have played out in other forms.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks for the insight! It&#8217;s always interesting to see how things like this have played out in other forms.</p>
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		<title>By: James Dailey</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[James Dailey]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2016 21:51:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Very interesting article Josh. I can offer some historical context, as extended periods of easy financial conditions have often concluded with this kind of &quot;deal&quot; emerging for the arts/sports etc. For example, David Bowie&#039;s catalogue pioneered the &quot;Celebrity Bond&quot; in 1997 when he was able to borrow $55 million against future royalty streams. Obviously, that mania went on for 2+ more years until financial conditions changed. Wall Street is incredibly creative  and increasingly so as cycles age, and this yet another example. Let&#039;s wait and see through a full market cycle, when credit markets implode and access to capital becomes very limited, and then we&#039;ll see if this is a fad or something sustainable! Regardless - great topic for an article and very well covered, in my opinion.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Very interesting article Josh. I can offer some historical context, as extended periods of easy financial conditions have often concluded with this kind of &#8220;deal&#8221; emerging for the arts/sports etc. For example, David Bowie&#8217;s catalogue pioneered the &#8220;Celebrity Bond&#8221; in 1997 when he was able to borrow $55 million against future royalty streams. Obviously, that mania went on for 2+ more years until financial conditions changed. Wall Street is incredibly creative  and increasingly so as cycles age, and this yet another example. Let&#8217;s wait and see through a full market cycle, when credit markets implode and access to capital becomes very limited, and then we&#8217;ll see if this is a fad or something sustainable! Regardless &#8211; great topic for an article and very well covered, in my opinion.</p>
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		<title>By: Joshua Howsam</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joshua Howsam]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2016 14:40:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[That&#039;s a very worthy point, though many of those players get that signing bonus 3-5 years before making any real money. So with the exception of the top dozen or so picks, it probably doesn&#039;t go quite as far. That being said it definitely does factor into the calculation. ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>That&#8217;s a very worthy point, though many of those players get that signing bonus 3-5 years before making any real money. So with the exception of the top dozen or so picks, it probably doesn&#8217;t go quite as far. That being said it definitely does factor into the calculation. </p>
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		<title>By: Arjonn</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Arjonn]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2016 13:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One possible consideration not mentioned is the amount of signing bonus money players got. It would seem that those who received millions would be less inclined either to sign a team-friendly extension or to go the Fantex route.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>One possible consideration not mentioned is the amount of signing bonus money players got. It would seem that those who received millions would be less inclined either to sign a team-friendly extension or to go the Fantex route.</p>
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