The Business of Sports Agents Review

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(More customer reviews)I just wanted to refute the review below. It must be for another book. This book has nothing to do with British sports or soccer. It deals with American sports--basketball, baseball, and football--and discusses both the history and problems of sports representation. As earlier reviews recommend, it is a 'must read' for anyone aspiring to be a sports agent.

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The legendary Charles C. "Cash and Carry" Pyle, considered by most to be the first sports agent, negotiated a $3,000-per-game contract for Red Grange to play professional football for the Chicago Bears in 1933. Today, salaries in the tens of millions of dollars are commonplace, and instead of theatrical promoters and impresarios, professionally trained businessmen and lawyers dominate the business. Successful sports agents are comfortable with high finance and intense competition for the right to represent talented players, and the most respected agents are those who can deal with the pressures of high-stakes negotiations in an honest fashion. But whereas rules and penalties govern the playing field, there are far fewer restrictions on agents. Incidents of agents manipulating athletes, ranging from investment scams to outright theft of a player's money, are far too commonplace, and there is growing consensus for reform.In The Business of Sports Agents, Kenneth L. Shropshire and Timothy Davis, experts in the fields of sports business and law, examine the history of the sports agent business and the rules and laws developed to regulate the profession. They also consider recommendations for reform, including uniform laws that would apply to all agents, redefining amateurism in college sports (a point Shropshire and Davis suggest may be essential to rooting out corruption), and stiffening requirements for licensing agents.Whether an aspiring sports agent, a lawyer, an athlete seeking an agent, or someone simply interested in understanding the world of sports representation, the reader will find in The Business of Sports Agents the most comprehensive overview of the industry as well as a straightforward analysis of its problems and the proposed solutions.

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A Most Uncommon Degree of Popularity Review

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(More customer reviews)I know most people would not.
Seidel has long been one of my favorite authors because she is very thoughtful and wise about human behaviors. Her characters are very real and go through an arc of self-exploration and self-discovery that seems true, and their small-scale successes and believable triumphs of the spirit. They make you want to get your own life--or at least your own dwelling--in order and perspective.
Not much happens in this novel of four suburban "soccer moms" and their daughters' entrance into the world of middle school socialization--if we're talking about action. Instead, we see what it means for well-educated, career women to focus their considerable talents on motherhood, how it impacts their marriages and their self-esteem and their priorities, not to mention their concept of themselves as women, wives, and mothers.
The issue of popularity and teenage girls is the ostensible focus, but this tale of manners covers far more ground than you would think. I should note that the title is taken from Jane Austen's Emma, and Seidel is, like Austen, quite the sharp and observant mistress of her little bit of ivory.
I docked the book a star because it is not a book you can wholeheartedly recommend to anyone...not in our action-oriented society. But you don't have to be a mom of a certain class to enjoy it--I am neither--you have to care about insight-driven novels. I do and I loved A Most Uncommon Degree of Popularity, even though it is unlikely that the book will achieve that status.


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