September 2010, Sports Business
An Inside Look at the Relationship with Agents
Josh Flory of the American Chronicle reports on the relationship between players, coaches and agents; the money that is at stake on both sides of the equation; and how things can go painfully wrong if a player hits the big time and there is financial mismanagement.
The man with a golden ticket, of course, often doesn't lack for company, and while the games are played in public, there's also a competition going on behind the scenes. From the shady and sleazy to the upstanding and honorable, agents, financial advisers and other professionals use big-time college sports as the backdrop for a race to build bridges to some of the country's elite athletes. To read more, click here.



