10 Things to Know When Representing a Professional Athlete

Written by Peter A. Carfagna, Distinguished Practitioner in Residence at the School of Law at Case Western Reserve University, about the new course Representing the Professional Athlete starting Sep 16th 2014.

10. Stay on top of the field (pun intended): Obtain and maintain an in-depth knowledge of the current trends in the sports in which you want to represent a Professional Athlete – including a “deep dive” into the relevant rules and regulations of the sports in which you seek to represent Professional Athletes.

9. Know your clients better than they know themselves: Obtain and maintain an in-depth knowledge of the career paths of the Professional Athletes that you want to represent – “Know Your Client,” as well or better then he or she can know himself or herself.

8. Obtain necessary certifications: As you focus on your specialty sports, you should research and then satisfy the Certification-qualification requirements for each League, Team or Federation in which you want to represent a Professional Athlete.

7. Know your competition: As you do so, continuously survey the relevant Agent competition for representing the Professional Athletes whom you seek to represent – conduct “due diligence” upon, and seek to emulate those Agents whom you most admire and seek to compete against.

6. Data, data, data: In so doing, develop an expertise or “competitive edge” that will allow you to best represent your Athletes, given your chosen areas of expertise – a deep dive into the relevant “data analytics” of your sports will likely be required.

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