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The Business of Sports Agents.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc., 2011Copyright date: ©2008Edition: 2nd edDescription: 1 online resource (224 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780812209167
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Business of Sports AgentsDDC classification:
  • 796.06/9
LOC classification:
  • GV734.5 -- .S58 2008eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Introduction -- I. Background -- 1 Historical and Legal Foundations -- 2 The Business -- 3 Consolidation: An Evolving Industry -- II. Problems -- 4 The Basics: Competition for Clients -- 5 Unscrupulous and Criminal: The Problem Agents -- 6 Conflicts of Interest -- 7 Ethics: Attorney Versus Nonattorney Agents -- 8 Agent Wars -- 9 The Last Amateurs on Earth: Amateurism and Opportunity -- III. Solutions -- 10 Knights of Columbus Rules? Private Sports Agent Regulations -- 11 The Laws -- 12 A Uniform Approach: The Uniform Athlete Agents Act -- 13 Conclusion: The Absence of a Panacea -- Notes -- Index -- Acknowledgments.
Summary: Kenneth L. Shropshire and Timothy Davis, 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.
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Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Introduction -- I. Background -- 1 Historical and Legal Foundations -- 2 The Business -- 3 Consolidation: An Evolving Industry -- II. Problems -- 4 The Basics: Competition for Clients -- 5 Unscrupulous and Criminal: The Problem Agents -- 6 Conflicts of Interest -- 7 Ethics: Attorney Versus Nonattorney Agents -- 8 Agent Wars -- 9 The Last Amateurs on Earth: Amateurism and Opportunity -- III. Solutions -- 10 Knights of Columbus Rules? Private Sports Agent Regulations -- 11 The Laws -- 12 A Uniform Approach: The Uniform Athlete Agents Act -- 13 Conclusion: The Absence of a Panacea -- Notes -- Index -- Acknowledgments.

Kenneth L. Shropshire and Timothy Davis, 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.

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