Become a Sports Agent

2007-09-29T15:35:00.000-07:00

So you want to become a sports agent

How to become a sports agent also known as an athlete agent. Each states requirements are a bit different.

First what is an athlete’s agent or sports agent?

"Athlete's Agent" is defined as a natural person who enters into a contract of agency with a student athlete or, directly or indirectly, recruits or solicits a student athlete to enter into such a contract. The term includes a natural person who represents to the public that he is an athlete's agent.

This is the definition provided by the Nevada Secretary of State; even these definitions will change from state to state. Most require some kind of license application as well as a fee of course.

On top of all the bureaucratic requirements what does it take to become a great sports agent? What do you need to do to really make it in this game?

A good friend of mine is a great sports agent.
I asked him for some tips on how to become a sports agent or athlete’s agent

Know how to promote

Know how to recruit

When you start to work with someone get directly involved in everything their workout routine, runs drills with him or her and more.

Read these books the insight in them is invaluable

How to Be a Sports Agent
This is a practical, down-to-earth guide that reveals the secrets behind the art of being not just a good sports agent, but a good, honest sports agent. Topics include an analysis of what it is to be an agent; the difference between a good and bad agent; contracts and regulations; marketing, merchandising, licensing, and sponsorship deals; the art of negotiation; the role of the lawyer as agent and adviser; and keeping the clients happy.

7-Foot Man-Eating Chicken: An NBA Agent's Tall Tales of Finding Clients Under Cars, the 406-Pound Center, and the Rocky Road from UCLA to Attica
Glass shatters the myth of NBA marketing in this insightful, funny, and often mind-numbingly collection of bizarre tales of life as an agent in the NBA.

Well thats all I have for now on how to become a sports agent. I am reading 7 foot man eating chicken at present and will post some more as I learn. Good luck to anyone on their journey to become a sports agent athelete agent.