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    Sports Business Journal’s channel brings its industry coverage to video, with interviews, event sessions and recaps of the year in sports business.

About Agents

Wonder what working as a sports agent is like? This page provides you with the answers from those that do it for a living.
Sports agents serve as legal representation for professional athletes, thus being on the player side of sport. They also represent coaches and managers.

What does one do working as a sports agent?
Most importantly, sports agents are responsible for negotiating deals for their clients. This could be deals between teams, sponsors, businesses looking to endorse, and many other opportunities. Ultimately, agents help their clients stay successful throughout their playing or coaching career and after.

Working as a sports agent also involves helping athletes with career and personal development. This is done through financial literacy and help them build a positive image.

What should I do next?
Close the popup, and you will find powerful sport industry features and profiles of leaders working as agents.

Podcasts Relating To This Role
You can also learn what being a sports agent is like from podcasts curated on SPMA.

Podcasts About Sports Agents