Sports Agent

Gibbs4Life · Post by **Gibbs4Life** » Sun Mar 26, 2006 9:51 pm

I read that Sean Taylor and Clinton Portis are clients of Drew Rosenhaus, suppossedly Rosenhaus was the inspiration for the Bob Sugar character in Jerry Maguire, although I hated that character I think I may wish to pursue a career in Player Management and possibly become an agent. My question for the more knowledgeable among us is...what course should one take to become an agent, outside of a law degree.

Any ideas are appreciated.

HAIL TO THE REDSKINS!!!!

The Hogster · Post by **The Hogster** » Sun Mar 26, 2006 11:14 pm

Gibbs4Life wrote:I read that Sean Taylor and Clinton Portis are clients of Drew Rosenhaus, suppossedly Rosenhaus was the inspiration for the Bob Sugar character in Jerry Maguire, although I hated that character I think I may wish to pursue a career in Player Management and possibly become an agent. My question for the more knowledgeable among us is...what course should one take to become an agent, outside of a law degree.

Any ideas are appreciated.

HAIL TO THE REDSKINS!!!!

If you want to represent NFL players you must have a knowledge of the Collective Bargaining Agreement. Most agents are lawyers also, but not all of them are.

You have to pass a test that is largely based on the CBA and basic labor issues. There really is no course of study unless you go to a school that has sports management as a major. Even having all of that information doesn't gurantee you anything because you have to recruit players. Without any contacts or methods to get access to the athletes then you won't be able to sustain a viable career as an agent.

JonC56 · Post by **JonC56** » Sun Mar 26, 2006 11:57 pm

Towson has a sports managment program if you are in the MD area. I was in it for a while, not a lot of lucrative options in that line of work for the most part, but it is interesting.

PulpExposure · Post by **PulpExposure** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 4:38 am

One of my good friends from law school wants to be a sports agent. Getting into that job market is very, very difficult, unless you have inside connections with up and coming athletes. Most established sports agents don't want to have anything to do with new people, and most athletes are only willing to give their business to established agents. There are a LOT of people certified to be NFL agents, but as I recall, only like 10% of all the NFL certified agents even have one single client.

EA7649 · Post by **EA7649** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 7:55 am

Go into a agency and not be a single agent untill you have players than expand individually is probably be beast. when i was like a 11 i wanted to be a sports agent and than figured it all out nut now i want to go to college for finance so im kind of in that field.

ChrisHanburger · Post by **ChrisHanburger** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 10:27 am

Just sell your soul, buy some bad cologne, get a snazzy haircut, buy one of those fake Rolexes, and paste on a smile. Your all set!!

Jake · Post by **Jake** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 11:38 am

http://www.nflpa.org/Members/main.asp?s ... ch+Results

Here's a list of sports agents.

You could, along with following The Hogster's advice, you could call some of those numbers and get some advice from the agents themselves. If you call, you will probably get the receptionist.

SkinsHead56 · Post by **SkinsHead56** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 1:23 pm

ChrisHanburger wrote:Just sell your soul, buy some bad cologne, get a snazzy haircut, buy one of those fake Rolexes, and paste on a smile. Your all set!!

Don't forget to practice in the mirror at least 2 hours a day..."Next Question."

C'fieldSkin · Post by **C'fieldSkin** » Tue Mar 28, 2006 1:56 am

I am majoring in Sports Management at the University of South Carolina and I hope to be an agent or work in the front office of an NFL or MLB team. USC hooks up students with other graduates who are in your prospective field. A lot of guys from school who are interning now have worked with individual agents or in Minor League or Arena League front offices. Major Universities have this advantage, so thats the route I'm taking. I hope this is of some use to you.

MyrtleBeachRedskin · Post by **MyrtleBeachRedskin** » Tue Mar 28, 2006 2:16 pm

C'fieldSkin

I am at Coastal Carolina right now. As a political science major looking to go to law school. Does South Carolina have a sports law program? I am also looking into the agent thing. This was a great posting!

C'fieldSkin · Post by **C'fieldSkin** » Tue Mar 28, 2006 10:19 pm

Whatsup Murda Beach

I'm not sure if the Law School has a Sports Law Program, but I'm sure you can check the USC Law School Website and it will give you all you need to know about the Law School. I would think it does, because the school is pretty comprehensive and the University has a good Sports And Entertainment Management program to go along with it. I wish I could say for sure, but I don't know enough about the Law School to say. Always good to see a fellow Carolinian Redskin.

MyrtleBeachRedskin · Post by **MyrtleBeachRedskin** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 12:46 am

There is a ton of them in Myrtle Beach! Thanks for the info

gay4pacman · Post by **gay4pacman** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 12:58 am

alittle chilly tonight in Columbia...

how bout them gamecocks going to the nit finals again.....i hate the nit

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