There have been 22 new athlete agent registrations in the State of Tennessee since July 1, 2011, which is about double the average number of registrations the state typically receives every year. That date just happens to be when The Athlete Agent Reform Act of 2011 went into effect. The Athlete Agent Reform Act of […]
The Athlete Agent Reform Act of 2011, a new sports agent law in Tennessee, took effect four days ago on July 1, 2011. With the new law in place, Tennessee becomes the most recent state to strengthen penalties with regards to illegal activities by sports agents. As with other states, there is no indication that the […]
After many hours of work, Sports Agent Blog has completed a compilation of Athlete Agent Laws in the United States. Findings were cross-checked with multiple sources. In the occasion that a piece of information seems vague, it is simply because the state itself does not provide a concise accounting of what the law is (part of […]
Earlier this week, I received quite a few calls from journalists asking my thoughts on a Texas sports agent bill that has passed through the state’s House of Representatives and Senate, and now awaits Texas Governor Rick Perry’s signature. What caught many people’s attention is a clause in the legislation that enables the state of […]
Last week, the Select Committee on Sports and Entertainment in the California State Senate held a hearing titled, Protecting Student Athletes from Unscrupulous Athlete Agents at the Los Angeles Coliseum to discuss the state’s athlete agent law known as the Miller-Ayala Athlete Agents Act, and what, if any, changes should be made to the law. Speakers included former […]
In the past three months, I have traveled around the country, speaking at six different universities. Most of the time the topic touched upon, or was centered on, ethics in the sports agent profession. A common question from the audience is how to fix a system that practically allows agents to give student-athletes benefits without […]
While in “the business” for only a short amount of time, I have become perplexed by the concept of the client recruiting process – the stories of true relationships, those that are fake, and some that end like bad marriages have given me an interest in why it is so tedious both from a compliance […]