How to be a sports agent / Mel Stein.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stein, Mel.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Professional sports--Vocational guidance.

Professional sports.

Sports agents--Vocational guidance.

Sports agents.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (177 p.)

Edition:

New edition.

Place of Publication:

London : High Stakes, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

While the job of a sports agent is simple in principle?find the best contracts, endorsements, and sponsorships for clients?in practice it is a tricky and often confusing profession. This thorough volume provides essential information and invaluable hints on every aspect of the sports agent career path, with topics addressed including how to create and verify watertight legal contracts; how to draft and negotiate successful marketing, merchandising, licensing, and sponsorship deals; and how to act as both a good agent and a good personal adviser. Tips on ac

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Dedication; Acknowledgements; Contents; Introduction; The Licence; The Football Association Agents Regulations 2007; The Regulations Themselves; How to Set Up a Sports Agency; Recruiting Clients; The Agency Contract; Representing a Club; What to Charge and Who Pays; More on the Management Contract; Agent or Lawyer?; Keeping the Client; Playing Contracts - The Principles; Playing Contracts - The Practicalities; Playing Contracts - Cricket; Representation of Team / League Sport Athletes Versus Representation of Athletes in 'Individual' Sports

The Player Agent in the United StatesPlaying Contracts - Rugby; Commercial Contracts; Television and Commercials; Licences and Endorsements; Sponsorship and Endorsements; Useful Addresses; Appendix; Standard Representation Agreement; Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Previous ed.: Harpenden: High Stakes, 2006.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-84243-918-9

1-282-15980-1

1-84839-705-4

9786612159800

1-84243-916-2

OCLC:

829461446