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[h1]Ornstein: Marketing cash keeps pressure off holdout Crabtree[/h1]
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Published September 28, 2009 : Page 14
Marketing agent MikeOrnstein says he has made NFL receiver Michael Crabtree enough money in endorsement deals that the still-unsigned first-round draftpick won't be pressured to play football for a while.
"He has made over 750 grand in marketing dollars," Ornstein said.
Crabtree was selected No. 10 overall by the San Francisco 49ers but has not come to terms with the team on a new contract.
"It is not that he doesn't want to play, but he is not under the gun to," Ornstein said.
Crabtree has been more active in ads than
on the field.
Ornstein signed Crabtree last spring with independent agent Peter Miller for marketing work, and has signed deals with Subway, Jordan Brandand trading card companies Upper Deck, Topps and Panini America.
NFL agent Eugene Parker represents Crabtree for playing contract work. Ornstein said he and Miller are not involved in what have beendescribed as contentious contract talks with the 49ers.
Ornstein may be best known as the former marketing agent to Reggie Bush. He negotiated several deals for Bush as a rookie, includingSubway, Hummer, PepsiCo, Adidas and Visa, before Bush fired him in 2007.
Ornstein told SportsBusiness Journal last spring, "Michael Crabtree is the Reggie Bush of this draft."
Still, Ornstein allowed, he could have done more deals for Crabtree if he had already signed with the 49ers. "We are not able to do much marketing forhim right now because he is not playing," he said.
Print This StoryPublished September 28, 2009 : Page 14
"He has made over 750 grand in marketing dollars," Ornstein said.
Crabtree was selected No. 10 overall by the San Francisco 49ers but has not come to terms with the team on a new contract.
"It is not that he doesn't want to play, but he is not under the gun to," Ornstein said.
Crabtree has been more active in ads than
on the field.
Ornstein signed Crabtree last spring with independent agent Peter Miller for marketing work, and has signed deals with Subway, Jordan Brandand trading card companies Upper Deck, Topps and Panini America.
NFL agent Eugene Parker represents Crabtree for playing contract work. Ornstein said he and Miller are not involved in what have beendescribed as contentious contract talks with the 49ers.
Ornstein may be best known as the former marketing agent to Reggie Bush. He negotiated several deals for Bush as a rookie, includingSubway, Hummer, PepsiCo, Adidas and Visa, before Bush fired him in 2007.
Ornstein told SportsBusiness Journal last spring, "Michael Crabtree is the Reggie Bush of this draft."
Still, Ornstein allowed, he could have done more deals for Crabtree if he had already signed with the 49ers. "We are not able to do much marketing forhim right now because he is not playing," he said.
