SPORTS AGENT

By Mikie BermanB block

Job Overview Settle contract disputes between athletes

and teams or organizations

Work with organization or athletes

Mentor younger lawyers with aspirations of being a sports agent

Talk with athletes about where they want to play and what amount of money they want to receive

Job Overview

Make friends with athletes and organizations

Sign athletes to contracts and get a cut of their pay

Hire employees to do paperwork

Support the athlete and root on them to do a better job

Education and Additional Training

Must HaveDegree in Law school

Bachelor Degree in Sports Management Programs

36 of the 50 states require sports agents to be licensed as a sports agent to have any clients

Salary, Outlook, and Growth Potential

Low: 4% of players contract or $25,900

Medium: 7% of players contract or $61,900

High: 10% of players contract or $166,400+

Job outlook is increasing from 22,700 jobs to 27,800 jobs from 2008 to 2018

Job potential is increasing by 5.6 %

Salary extended

Maryland averages United States averages

$16,800 $25,900

$36,300 $61,900

$135,700+ $166,400+

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Comparison Chart

Video of a Sports Agent talking About the Job of a Sports Agent This is a video of the sports agent of

Peyton Manning being interviewed on fox sports net.

Skip 1:52-3:15 stop at 3:45

http://multimedia.foxsports.com/m/video/32505269/condon-talks-sports-agency.htm

Where do sports agents work? Do they travel?

Indoors Offices Meeting rooms Travel when finding clients

Thought About Success

Successful people have learned to make themselves DO the thing that has to be done WHEN it has to be done, whether they like it or not.

(Theodore Roosevelt)

Additional Questions and Answers

1. What facility do sports agents work in? Answer: Sports Agents tend to work in

offices.

2. Do Sports Agents travel? Answer: Sports Agents travel to try to

receive new clients to sign.