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Super Agent
With dozens of baseball players, a world-champion boxer and a female NASCAR driver on his client roster, sports agent Nick Brockmeyer has made it to the big leagues.
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ARCH IS MADNESS for Nick Brockmeyer. With back-to-back trips to Florida and Arizona to view dozens of exhibition games, it’s the St. Charles-based sports agency’s busiest time of year. In addition to the countless spring training games, Brockmeyer’s client, undefeated boxing champion Ryan “The Irish Outlaw” Coyne, was training in Philly for the World Boxing Association light heavyweight elimination match March 9 at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center. Coyne, also a St. Charles native, was ready to duke it out for the WBA’s light heavyweight championship title, until a bad cut in a sparing session with champion boxer Yusaf Mack forced him for April 12 on Showtime in Vegas. In the midst of coast-to-coast games and boxing saga, Brockmeyer, president and founder of Platinum Sports & Entertainment, manages the careers of dozens of star athletes. As the largest baseball agency in the Midwest, Brockmeyer represents Major and Minor League baseball players, NFL players and a female championship racecar driver. The agency also advises star high-school and college athletes across the United States and around the world, including Latin America,
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Australia, the Netherlands and Alaska. “As a sports agency, our goal is to support our clients with integrity and professionalism so they can direct their focus and energy toward developing their careers as professional athletes,” Brockmeyer says. His client roster includes more than 50 Major and Minor League baseball clients, including San Diego Padres pitcher Joe Thatcher, St. Louis Cardinal Minor Leaguer Justin Christian and Minnesota Twins utility man Brian Dinkelman. In addition, he negotiated Cardinal Brandon Dickson’s contract to play in Japan this year, as well as a handful of Cards Minor League prospects deals in the United States. with Seahawks wide receiver Golden Tate, and trackside with female NASCAR rookie Danica Patrick, Platinum’s motto is: “We’re in this together.” The individual attention, coupled with the agency’s extensive knowledge of the industry, offers Platinum’s clients the best chance to succeed as athletes and as people. “Adhering to the ideals of family values and professional integrity, Platinum is committed to helping our clients reach their maximum potential not only as professional athletes, but also as human beings,” Brockmeyer explains.