Blake Baratz
@blakebaratz
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President/Founder @TeamIFA. Helping athletes utilize their platform for success. I take pride in helping young men create generational wealth for their families
Minneapolis, MN
Joined April 2010
RT @TheAthletic: @blakebaratz Here is a guy bold enough to base a sports agency in Minneapolis. “Team IFA,” which Baratz launched in 2009,….
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RT @TheAthletic: As a sports agent, rarely does anyone speak about how the sausage gets made. Recruiting dynamics. How the contract is wri….
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RT @alec_lewis: What’s it like being an NFL agent right now?. Especially with all of the changes in college football?. Spent some time with….
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Thanks @alec_lewis. It takes a village, incredible work ethic, transparency, going against the grain, & love. It should be the norm but it isn’t. ————————-.How an up-and-coming NFL agent (in Minneapolis!) finds his footing in a cut-throat league
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It’s truly special watching guys keep their head down and lead when things aren’t perfect. That’s true leadership. Proud of you @athielen19. You’re a real one!.
Adam Thielen eyes turnaround: "Guys are finally sick of being the same ol', same ol' Carolina Panthers".
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Politics is the dumbest shit ever. In 400 years when they are teaching kids in history class about 2025 we are going to be a laughing stock! Wait what? There were two political parties? And everyone could buy a gun at Walmart? Wait and education cost money and you went into.
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Spoke about this very issue on @KFAN1003 the other day. Athletic departments are upside down. It’s actually shocking and embarrassing how poorly run these entities have operated. The adults get on the kids for spending too much money and institutions are mismanaging hundreds of.
NEW | The University of Kentucky, projecting a $31 million athletics budget deficit over the next two years, expects go approve $141 million in loans for capital projects and operating revenue for the department
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Has Deloitte told anyone that actually deals with this on a daily basis how many new employees they’re intending on hiring to be able to deal with this appropriately? Or how long they anticipate giving the powers that be a response? Or how much the NCAA and the schools are paying.
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That’s amazing. Literal LOL.
#Giants WR Darius Slayton on conversations he has with Jameis Winston: . "It’s hard to describe … We were talking about a slant … how did we get to Kentucky Fried Chicken? It’s just random hard lefts.” 😂😂😂. (via @SNYGiants) .
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Always look forward to it. You got the star @alec_lewis on prior not an act you want to follow!.
In for @PAOnTheMic #92Noon:. 9a #Vikings Minicamp.940 @alec_lewis .1030 @blakebaratz .11 @DanHayesMLB . Heavy on Vikings camp, money in college sports, baseball team smacked by Texas and MORE! @BrettKFAN produces. Join us!.
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The NEXT ONE! @PeytonHouston8.
“This was an offer I’ve been waiting for.”. Four ⭐️ QB Peyton Houston had quite the visit, culminating in an offer that’s had his name on it for quite some time. I spoke with @PeytonHouston8 about it all, and where the Tigers stand. ✍🏻.
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Love it. Sweet sweatshirt too! How do I get one of those?.
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It is the equivalent of being up 28-3 in the Super Bowl, blowing the lead, but then in sudden death overtime, having the ball inside the 5 to win the game multiple times, somehow coming away with zero points, then the other team goes 95 yards and wills their team to victory.
Alcaraz really came back & won, how do i explain this in football terms, Falcons being up 28-3 on the Patriots or is that to extreme❔.
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I really do not understand the transgender argument for competitive sports. It makes zero sense. Outside of the transgender individuals themselves, zero people should think that allowing a man that’s converted to a woman should be able to compete. Possibly in debate or the.
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RT @jakerosenberg33: I 100% agree with this and…I’ve also bet my career on building a biz partnering with schools to help with this process….
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The college football teams (assuming everyone plays by the rules, which we have decades of proof that this will not occur), will be separated by the programs w the best processes, scouting and talent evaluation (on and off the field), proactive and intelligent in where they are.
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Louder for the people in the back (and everyone else who can’t understand this very simple concept)!.
College athletics needs to acknowledge two things in order to move forward & end its continuing legal issues. 1. The athletes are being paid for athletic performance. 2. Rules that limit athlete compensation and movement need to be bargained for with the affected athletes.
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