Being a Sports Agent.
dollars into good works. In some cases sports agents can get into legal troubles, this is when a honest and sincere agent comes into play. A coach in Utah one filed a breach of contract because his agent lied about the contract negotiations. The district court ruled that his contract to teach and coach could not be divisible unless both parties mutually consent to it (Appenzeller 173). As a sports agent, it is essential to be a good person but from a negotiating standpoint it is also important to have great communication, negotiation and sales skills. Your job depends on communicating with and for your clients, selling yourself to your clients and selling your clients to others (Sports Agent 1). The more aggressive an agent is will go along way with the amount of success that they will have. If you are serious about entering the sports agent field, you should enroll at a four-year college or university that has a sports management/administration (Sports Agent 1). Persistency is the key to being a successful sports agent. Agents may feel rejected by players when they first start out, this is not because they are bad agents it is because they are young and in-experienced. Sports agents must be dedicated because it could take years to land a high profile athlete. Sometimes it never happens. But, if you love sports and love being around professional athletes sometimes that is all that matters. You can be an agent and not work directly with athletes. Some agents deal with administration and promotional events. Employment opportunities include sport administration, management of sport clubs and facilities, sport and leisure social services, and sports marketing and promotion (Wuest 511). Professional sports obviously generate a lot of money. The average salaries for professional athletes in 2001 were about 1.2 million in the National Football League, 4.2 million dollars in the National Basketball Association, 2.
