Representing the Professional Athlete
ISBN-10: 0314268162
ISBN-13: 9780314268167
$42.00
Book Specs
Binding
Trade Paper
Publisher
West Academic Publishing
Published on
Oct 21, 2013
Edition
2nd Edition
Dimensions
5.00x0.50x9.00 Inches
Weight
1.00 Pounds
About the Book
This book is an interactive, hands-on guide to negotiating, drafting and litigating agreements in the context of representation of professional athletes. The book begins with the negotiation and drafting of a standard form athlete representation agreement. In so doing, it details all of the NCAA amateurism rules and the legal do's and don'ts relating to the recruiting of pre-professional athletes. Subsequent chapters track the typical progression of a successful professional athlete's career: the drafting, negotiating and (where necessary) litigating of product endorsement and license agreements in the increasingly important context of protecting professional athletes' rights of publicity. Interactive group negotiation/drafting hypotheticals are also provided in the areas of fantasy sports, and of representing the "mature athlete" who is nearing the end of his career. The book concludes with a Jerry McGuire-type litigation hypothetical and settlement agreement negotiation exercise involving the "super-agent" entering and exiting the "mega agency."