Georgia man charged with breaking NC agent law, provided money to ex-UNC player Robert Quinn
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Another person has been charged with violating North Carolina sports agent law for providing $725 to former Tar Heels football player Robert Quinn.
Patrick Mitchell Jones, 39, real estate agent from Cartersville, Ga., made his first court appearance Monday and was released on $20,000 secured bond. In an unsealed indictment, a grand jury indicted Jones with one count of athlete-agent inducement for providing money in May 2010 through a third party to entice Quinn to sign with Terry Watson.
Watson is charged with providing nearly $24,000 in benefits to Quinn, Greg Little and Marvin Austin, three ex-UNC players in the NFL. Quinn, now with St. Louis, was ruled permanently ineligible by the NCAA in 2010.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Jones is the third person charged in the case with violating the state's agent law.