Sports agent

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A sports agent is a person who procures and negotiates employment and endorsement deals for an athlete. In return, the agent receives a commission that is usually between four and ten percent of the contract, although this figure varies.

Contents 1 Roles 2 Famous sports agents 3 See also 4 References

[edit] Roles

In addition to finding incoming sources, agents often handle public relations matters for their clients. In some large sports agencies, such as IMG and Octagon, agents deal with all aspects of an athlete's finances, from investment to filing taxes.

Sports agents may be relied upon by their clients for guidance in all business aspects of life, and sometimes even more broadly. For example, hockey agents start recruiting clients as young as 15, allowing the agent to guide the athlete's career before the NHL draft, which happens usually at 18 years of age.

Some agents are part of large companies and some are on their own. The number of clients an individual agent can handle and how many his or her employing agency can handle in total are interdependent variables.

[edit] Famous sports agents

• Evan Morgenstein: Olympic Sports agent; American. Clients include Mark Spitz, Amanda Beard, Bruce Jenner, and many other current top Olympic athletes. Company is Premier Management Group.
• David Falk: Basketball agent; American. His clients have included Michael Jordan, Patrick Ewing, Allen Iverson, and Dikembe Mutombo. He is generally considered^{[weasel words]} the most powerful agent in NBA history.
• Pini Zahavi:^[clarify] Football (soccer) agent, widely regarded^{[weasel words]} as the most powerful and successful soccer agent ever. He is famed for his deals involving the transfers of Yakubu and Rio Ferdinand.
• Arn Tellem: American basketball agent, whose clients include Tracy McGrady, Jermaine O'Neal, Pau Gasol, and Joe Johnson. His clients' total salaries in 2007 add up to more than $210 million, or about $80 million more than Tellem's closest competitor, Mark Bartelstein.^[1] Tellem is currently the most powerful agent in the NBA by a wide margin.^{[citation needed]}
• Bill Duffy: American basketball agent whose clients include Carmelo Anthony, Yao Ming and Steve Nash
• Mark McCormack: American golf agent, and the principal originator of the modern sports agency industry.^{[citation needed]} First client was Arnold Palmer. Founded International Management Group.
• Bo McKinnis: American baseball agent, whose clients include 2007 number 1 draft pick, David Price.
• Barry Thomas: British football (soccer) agent, known for bringing hig- profile foreign players to the UK.
• Rob Pelinka: American basketball agent and former basketball player at University of Michigan, whose clients include Kobe Bryant and Carlos Boozer.
• Scott Boras: American baseball agent, whose clients include the omnipresent sports figure Lou Cipher.
• Drew Rosenhaus: American football agent, quickly becoming notorious for signing high profile athletes and making high demands.^{[citation needed]} High-profile clients include Anquan Boldin, Plaxico Burress, Terrell Owens, Warren Sapp, and Santana Moss. Often represents players from his alma mater, the University of Miami. The real-life inspiration for the character of Bob Sugar in the film Jerry Maguire.^{[citation needed]}
• The Poston Brothers: American NBA and NFL agents. Professional Sports Planning. Clients have included: Anfernee "Penny" Hardaway, Ty Law, Michael Redd and Charles Woodson.
• Greg Genske:^[clarify] Represents Manny Ramirez
• Josey Rowan: Scottish football (soccer) agent, founder of Gola Football Agency, Scotland's foremost^[POV]

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• Matt Sosnick and Paul Cobbe: American baseball agents who are partners. Their most notable client is Dontrelle Willis. Sosnick is subject of the book Licensed to Deal by Jerry Crasnick.
• John Print: English football (soccer) agent. Director, Sports International Management
• Leigh Steinberg: American football agent and sports business pioneer.^{[citation needed]} His clients include Steve Young, Troy Aikman, Warren Moon and Ben Roethlisberger. He is the real-life inspiration for the fictional sports agent Jerry Maguire in the film of the same name.^{[citation needed]}
• Paul Stretford: Disgraced English football (soccer) agent, formerly representing Wayne Rooney. He lied during a court case and was subsequently charged with misconduct.
• Camilo Marin:^[clarify] Jockeys' agent who represented notable riders Laffit Pincay, Jr., Braulio Baeza, Jorge Velasquez and Manuel Ycaza.
• Marlon Fleischman and Phil Korklin: British. FN Sports Management, helping to develop the careers of many youth and senior football (soccer) players in the UK.
• Matt Palmer: American Professional Poker Agent, whose clients include Joe Sebok, Justin Bonomo, Sorel Mizzi, among others

[edit] See also

• Category:Sports agents

[edit] References

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