Sports Agency Law
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This 10 page report discusses the legal role of the professional athlete’s agent and the evolution of sports agency. Negotiation, in any form, is primarily the art of getting another person or organization with an opposing opinion or interest to agree to a new set of criteria or demands. Such is certainly the case in professional athletes’ negotiation with team owners, potential sponsors, or any other entity determined to take advantage of an individual athlete’s skill and/or popularity. As a result, a great deal of legal controversy regarding the role of the agent, appropriate behavior, and legality have all come into the business of professional sports. Bibliography lists 15 sources.
Filename: BWsagent.rtf

Sports Agents' Roles and Likely Influence of Legal Changes
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A 23 page paper discussing what sports agents do and some of the questionable practices they use in doing it. Though there are only 1,800 players in the NFL, there are 900 registered agents, most of whom have no one to represent. The competition between them is intense, and many choose not to adhere to NCAA and other regulations. Sports agents appear to know where to draw the line for themselves, where further breach of regulations and ethics will begin to negatively affect their incomes and potential incomes in the future. With the ability that agents currently have to circumvent existing regulations, it is likely that those determined to be unscrupulous would not long be deterred by weightier restrictions that do not also change the system by which agents operate. Bibliography lists 13 sources
Filename: KSsptsAgent.wps

Sports Law / Institutional Liability When Players Are Injured
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A 5 page research paper which examines the question of what constitutes liability on the part of a coach or an institution in the event of sports related injury. The writer examines numerous cases and outlines the basics of what the courts expect from coaches and institutions. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: Sprtliab.wps