Andrew Brandt

Joined: Jan 1, 2013

Andrew Brandt is the executive director of the Moorad Center for the Study of Sports Law at Villanova University and a contributing writer at Sports Illustrated. He has written a "Business of Football" column for SI since 2013. Brandt also hosts a "The Business of Sports" podcast and publishes a weekly newsletter, "The Sunday Seven." After graduating from Stanford University and Georgetown Law School, he worked as a player-agent, representing NFL players such as Boomer Esiason, Matt Hasselbeck and Ricky Williams. In 1991, he became the first general manager of the World League's Barcelona Dragons. He later joined the Green Bay Packers, where he served as vice president and general counsel from 1999 to 2008, negotiating all player contracts and directing the team's football administration. He worked as a consultant with the Philadelphia Eagles and also has served as an NFL business analyst for ESPN.

Belichick has landed in North Carolina after one season out coaching

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Bill Belichick’s Move to UNC Tracks With the Professionalization of College Sports

Fox Sports broadcaster Tom Brady before the game between the Dallas Cowboys and Detroit Lions at AT&T Stadium.

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Business of Football: NFL Owners Fully Embrace Private Equity Funding

Barkley leads the league in yards from scrimmage through his first 10 games as an Eagle

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Business of Football: Veteran Running Backs Have Been a Market Inefficiency

Carr has a cap hit of at least $50 million next season regardless of whether he is on the team.

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Business of Football: The Saints’ Cap Bill Has Come Due

Aaron Judge and the Yankees play in a very different environment than Jordan Love and the small-market Packers.

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High-Payroll World Series Shows Difference Between MLB and NFL

Our business of football columnist breaks down one sport with a salary cap and one without. Plus, analyzing Haason Reddick’s return, two big wide receiver trades and Tom Brady’s Raiders purchase.

Hill and Adams have both played well for their new teams, but their former teams have succeeded wtihout them.

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It’s Clear Who Won the 2022 Davante Adams and Tyreek Hill Trades

Plus, a look at how the value of wide receivers has evolved and whether that has created a market inefficiency.

Young watches from the sidelines with Andy Dalton playing for the Panthers in Week 3.

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Business of Football Mailbag: Insurance on Players, Bryce Young’s Benching and More

Answering your questions on contracts, salaries and the off-field side of the NFL.

Prescott has scored his second big-money extension with the team that drafted him in 2016.

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Dak Prescott Won His Negotiation With the Cowboys Again

Big deals are not about how good a player is; they are about marketplace and timing. That’s why Jerry Jones had to pay up for his quarterback.

Lamb's extension makes him one of the highest-paid nonquarterbacks in the NFL, but will the Cowboys follow suit with Prescott?

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Cowboys’ Deadline Deal With CeeDee Lamb Lives Up to Their Reputation

Now we’ll see what happens with QB Dak Prescott and head coach Mike McCarthy. Plus predicting what happens with receivers Ja’Marr Chase and Brandon Aiyuk.

The Sunday Ticket will continue to be operated by the NFL on YouTube.

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NFL Perseveres Through Sunday Ticket Storm

There are numerous examples of how the league seems to be able to weather any threat or setback in its march toward unseen heights in popularity and prosperity.