The business of sports agents / Kenneth L. Shropshire, Timothy Davis, and N. Jeremi Duru.

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"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 playin...

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Main Authors: Shropshire, Kenneth L. (Author)
Davis, Timothy, 1954- (Author)
Duru, N. Jeremi (Author)
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2016]
Edition:Third edition.
Subjects:
Sports agents > United States.
Sports > Corrupt practices > United States.
College sports > United States.
College sports.
Sports agents.
Sports > Corrupt practices.
United States.
Physical Description:viii, 258 pages ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Pt. I. Background. Historical and legal foundations
  • The business
  • Consolidation : an evolving industry. Pt. II. Problems. The basics : competition for clients
  • Unscrupulous and criminal : the problem agents
  • Conflicts of Interest
  • Ethics : attorney versus nonattorney agents
  • Agent wars
  • The last amateurs on earth : amateurism and opportunity. Pt. III. Solutions. Knights of Columbus rules? Private sports agent regulations
  • The laws
  • A uniform approach : the uniform athlete agents act. Pt. IV. The international realm. Agents in a globalizing sports world.