Stephen Dubner

For all other offensive positions, salaries have risen at least 90%.

If you don't believe me, just ask an agent.

So how many athletes do you represent now, your firm?

It would appear to me that an agent is busy and important when you're making a deal, but I don't know how much maintenance that deal requires as time goes on.

Can you just talk about in the life cycle of an athlete, how involved are you?

Among agents that represent NFL players, what would you say that you're most known for?

Name some for me.

Do you still represent the same share of running backs?

We...

I don't mean to accuse you of chasing the money yourselves.

You say, you know, you're responding to the market.

But in a case like this, where you guys were known as a running back agency and then the market for running backs changes really pretty dramatically.

I mean, who ends up representing the running backs?

Just different agents who are starting out, who don't have as much luxury to pick their roster the way you guys do.

Is that the way it works?

What about rule changes that facilitated an opening up of the passing game?

When you say that the NFL responded to what the market wants, give me some specific examples of how the league has added leverage to make passing more prominent, either passing and or quarterback play more prominent.

Let's talk about injuries and perishability generally.

Just talk about the physical punishment that comes along with running back position, where it ranks with other offensive players.

What Whitney is talking about here when he says running backs by committee is when teams substitute in multiple players throughout the game or the season to share the workload.