Event Date: September 7th, 1983
Event Description: Argovitz Sells Out
Source: United Press International
Houston Gamblers owner Jerry Argovitz, under pressure from the United States Football League commissioner, has sold his lucrative business of negotiating players' contracts to a group of Houston businessmen, Argovitz told UPI Friday.
The deal for an undisclosed amount of cash was finalized Thursday, leaving NFL players Joe Cribbs of Buffalo, Curtis Dickey of Baltimore, David Overstreet of Miami, Billy Sims of Detroit and Robert Brazile of Houston in the hands of Jeff Prosser, 43, an international construction equipment salesman who recently involved himself with pro athletes' contracts.
Argovitz, a former dentist who earned millions through his stable of pro football players, had been ordered when he organized the fledgling Gamblers earlier this year to remove himself as a players' agent to avoid possible conflict of interest.
”I'm sure now Chet Simmons will be smiling,” Argovitz said.
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