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The business of sports agents
- Title
- The business of sports agents / Kenneth L. Shropshire and Timothy Davis.
- Author
- Shropshire, Kenneth L.
- Publication
- Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2008.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Davis, Timothy, 1954-
- Description
- viii, 214 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- Shropshire and 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. They also consider recommendations for reform, including uniform laws that would apply to all agents, redefining amateurism in college sports, and stiffening requirements for licensing agents.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [173]-202) and index.
- Contents
- Historical and legal foundations -- The business -- Consolidation : an evolving industry -- The basics : competition for clients -- Unscrupulous and criminal : the problem agents -- Conflicts of interest -- Ethics : attorney versus nonattorney agents -- Agent wars -- The last amateurs on earth : amateurism and opportunity -- Knights of Columbus rules? : private sports agent regulations -- The laws -- A uniform approach : the Uniform Athlete Agents Act -- Conclusion: The absence of a panacea.
- ISBN
- 9780812240849
- 0812240847
- LCCN
- 2008007933
- OCLC
- ocn212375947
- 212375947
- SCSB-1479409
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library