The business of sports agents

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The business of sports agents

Kenneth L. Shropshire and Timothy Davis

University of Pennsylvania Press, c2003

  • : hbk

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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The legendary Charles C. "Cash and Carry" Pyle, considered by most to be the first sports agent, negotiated a $3,000-per-game contract for Red Grange to play professional football for the Chicago Bears in 1933. Today, salaries in the tens of millions of dollars are commonplace, and instead of theatrical promoters and impresarios, professionally trained businessmen and lawyers dominate the business. Successful sports agents are comfortable with high finance and intense competition for the right to represent talented players, and the most respected agents are those who can deal with the pressures of high-stakes negotiations in an honest fashion. But whereas rules and penalties govern the playing field, there are far fewer restrictions on agents. Incidents of agents manipulating athletes, ranging from investment scams to outright theft of a player's money, are far too commonplace, and there is growing consensus for reform.In The Business of Sports Agents, Kenneth L. Shropshire and Timothy Davis, experts in the fields of sports business and law, examine the history of the sports agent business and the rules and laws developed to regulate the profession.They also consider recommendations for reform, including uniform laws that would apply to all agents, redefining amateurism in college sports (a point Shropshire and Davis suggest may be essential to rooting out corruption), and stiffening requirements for licensing agents. Whether an aspiring sports agent, a lawyer, an athlete seeking an agent, or someone simply interested in understanding the world of sports representation, the reader will find in The Business of Sports Agents the most comprehensive overview of the industry as well as a straightforward analysis of its problems and the proposed solutions.

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PrefaceIntroduction: License to Fish?I. BACKGROUND1 Historical and Legal Foundations2 The Business3 Consolidation: An Evolving IndustryII. PROBLEMS4 The Basics: Competition for Clients5 Unscrupulous and Criminal: The Problem Agents6 Conflicts of Interest7 Ethics: Attorney versus Nonattorney Agents8 Agent Wars9 The Last Amateurs on Earth: Amateurism and OpportunityIII. SOLUTIONS10 Knights of Columbus Rules? Private Sports-Agent Regulations11 The Laws12 A Uniform Approach: The Uniform Athlete Agents Act13 Conclusion: The Absence of a PanaceaNotesIndexAcknowledgments

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