Andrew Brandt

Andrew Brandt

Andrew Brandt is an accomplished sports executive with over 20 years experience in professional football, divided evenly between management and player representation.

After attending Stanford University and Georgetown University Law School, Brandt worked for ProServ, Inc., representing top athletes such as Michael Jordan, Patrick Ewing, Boomer Esiason James Lofton and Arthur Ashe.

Brandt left ProServ to become General Manager of the Barcelona Dragons in the NFL's World League, at that time the youngest general manager in professional sports. Brandt was responsible for all operations of the franchise as the Dragons reached the league's inaugural World Bowl while introducing the sport of American football to Spain.

Following the World League, Brandt returned to player representation and worked for Woolf Associates in Boston, representing NFL players including quarterback Matt Hasselbeck, Hall of Fame kicker Adam Vinatieri and Heisman Trophy-winning running back Ricky Williams.

Brandt left Woolf to join the Green Bay Packers in 1999. As Vice President with the Packers, Brandt negotiated all player contracts, managed the NFL Salary Cap and handled many other football operations for one of the most successful franchises in professional sports over that time frame, where his skillful management of the Cap and handling of player contracts was noticed throughout the NFL. Brandt left the Packers in 2008 following their hosting of the NFC Championship Game to pursue other opportunities.

Brandt is now a Lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business and an Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University Law School. He teaches Negotiations, Sports Law, Sports Business, and Sports Marketing. He has been a regular columnist for the Sports Business Journal and the Huffington Post; a regular contributor to the NFL Network, Fox Business News, ESPN Radio and Sporting News Radio; and a sought-after speaker on the Business of Sports.

Brandt plays jazz piano and enjoys competing in 5k races and triathlons. Born in Washington, D.C., Andrew and his wife, Lisa, have two sons.

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Tuesday Thoughts

By Andrew Brandt – January 6, 2009 – 10 comments

Some of the Packers players wanted more aggressive schemes and more input in the game plan. Coaches should not let players coach, although the way coaches manage their input – which happens on every team in the league — says a lot.

Monday Money Matters

By Andrew Brandt – January 5, 2009 – 18 comments

Over the past few weeks, I have written in this space about how the NFL operates on a use-it-or-lose-it basis in which Cap room left over from the previous season cannot be carried over

Wild Card Thoughts

By Andrew Brandt – January 2, 2009 – 12 comments

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It is interesting that a couple of these wild-card playoff games are having trouble selling out.  Why in the world would teams like the Cardinals and Vikings, who have been

Wednesday Why’s

By Andrew Brandt – December 31, 2008 – 15 comments

Coach Nick Saban has had issues in the past with agents contacting players and has given multiple warnings to his players that they are not to have contact with agents prior to the end of their eligibility.

Tuesday Thoughts

By Andrew Brandt – December 30, 2008 – 15 comments

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The stories of Ryan Grant and Daunte Culpepper missing out on huge bonuses after barely missing statistical thresholds shows the arbitrary nature of certain incentive clauses

Monday Money Matters

By Andrew Brandt – December 29, 2008 – 16 comments

There was a bit of activity on the contract front last week when the Cowboys formalized a deal with tackle Marc Colombo for four years and $22M, with about half guaranteed.

Tuesday Thoughts

By Andrew Brandt – December 23, 2008 – 26 comments

The Packers-Bears game last night sure looked cold. I was there a year ago today at the same venue in the same brutal conditions. Although I spent nine years in Green Bay, that game was the coldest I had ever experienced, only to be surpassed five weeks later in the NFC championship game at Lambeau Field.

Monday Money Matters

By Andrew Brandt – December 22, 2008 – 6 comments

The most obvious way of using Cap room is to extend key players for future years of contract. However, despite the momentary discussion in November about the prospect of more deals being done to ensure the pre-Obama tax rate, this has not happened to any degree.

You Think?

By Andrew Brandt – December 19, 2008 – 19 comments

I saw a couple of quotes in the news this week from players discussing their futures – or lack thereof — with their current teams. As someone who worked in a front office the past nine years, I had to shake my head at what they were saying and ask rhetorically, “You think?”

Hayne$worth A Fortune

By Andrew Brandt – December 18, 2008 – 16 comments

Cash registers rang throughout the NFL on Tuesday with the announcement of Pro Bowl rosters. As written here yesterday, the title of Pro Bowler added to a name and resume of a player has both real and staged implications in contract negotiations, even though the process may be flawed.

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