How do you become a sports agent? correct answers find a client
how many people act as sports agents? correct answers 25,000 +
how many sports agents are certified in the 10 major sports leagues? correct answers 4,000
NFLPA stats: correct answers # of players: 1,728
Certified agents: 1,112
% agents who represent at least one player: 30%
NBPA stats: correct answers # of players: 360
Certified agents: 183
% agents who represent at least one player: < 100
MLBPA stats: correct answers # of players: 1,200
Certified agents: 328
% agents who represent at least one player: 100%
how do so many sports agents make a living of this business? correct answers they don't
George Harold "Red" Grange: correct answers the "galloping ghost"
turned pro after 1925 season
gave legit-ness to pro football
Vince Lombardi: correct answers Green Bay Packer head coach
Jim Ringo: correct answers Green Bay Packers player
All-Pro
Hall of Fame
Sandy Koufax: correct answers might be best pitcher in history
held out for 167,000 each (42,000 more than highest paid player
Don Drysdale: correct answers held out for 167,000 each (42,000 more than highest paid player
Sports Management Firms: correct answers -IMG
-ProServ
International Management Group: correct answers Mark McCormack (1960)
with Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Jack Nicklaus
ProServ: correct answers Donald Dell (1970)
Arthur Ashe, Stan Smith