Tell Me How Career Series: Sports Agent

Summary: Tell Me How Career Series - Career Education and Opportunities for Young People. Recommended for both School, Public Libraries and Guidance Offices. The Tell Me How series is a necessary addition to any library, guidance center of school curriculum. It explores a large number of career opportunities for young people and features real people doing real jobs. In this program host Melody Young learns what it's like to market and work out the contracts for the world's top professional athletes. Subjects Covered Include: What does a sports agent do? What is a contract? Do you have to have a license to be a sports agent? Do you have to go to college to be a sports agent? What is a negotiation? Why do you negotiate? What is an endorsement? What are the key aspects to being a sports agent? Why do athletes hire agents? Are all agents lawyers?