Description
Book SynopsisKenneth L. Shropshire, Timothy Davis, and N. Jeremi Duru, experts in the fields of sports business and law, examine the history of the sports agent business and the rules and laws developed to regulate the profession, and consider recommendations for reform.
Trade Review"An insider's guide to the current state of the sports agent business for those now in the industry, those interested in becoming a professional agent, and public officials who may be called on to draft or enforce regulations." *
Choice, in a review of a previous edition *
Table of ContentsPreface to the Third Edition
Introduction
PART I. BACKGROUND
Chapter 1. Historical and Legal Foundations
Chapter 2. The Business
Chapter 3. Consolidation: An Evolving Industry
PART II. PROBLEMS
Chapter 4. The Basics: Competition for Clients
Chapter 5. Unscrupulous and Criminal: The Problem Agents
Chapter 6. Conflicts of Interest
Chapter 7. Ethics: Attorney Versus Nonattorney Agents
Chapter 8. Agent Wars
Chapter 9. The Last Amateurs on Earth: Amateurism and Opportunity
PART III. SOLUTIONS
Chapter 10. Knights of Columbus Rules? Private Sports Agent Regulation
Chapter 11. The Laws
Chapter 12. A Uniform Approach: The Uniform Athlete Agents Act
PART IV. THE INTERNATIONAL REALM
Chapter 13. Agents in a Globalizing Sports World
Conclusion. The Absence of a Panacea
Notes
Index
