Becoming a Sports Agent – Case Western Reserve University
An immersive experience in the world of sports that will take students through the four stages of a professional athlete’s career. Utilizing lectures, guest speakers, reading assignments and hypothetical walkthroughs, students will learn how the best sports agents manage clients at each of these four stages.
This course will provide each student with the skills necessary to guide an athlete through the difficult decisions that can make or lose the athlete millions of dollars, as well as affect their public image and career. Walking through the four stages of an athlete’s career, we will provide a broad scope of the landscape of amateur and professional sports so that you can avoid the pitfalls and traps that so many have fallen into in the past; not to mention, bringing you updates throughout the course regarding the rapidly changing sports world that we live in today. Analyzing the best practices in the management of the superstar athletes with whom Professor Carfagna, Professor Volante and their expert guests have worked, we will show you how to manage the career of any professional athlete who might seek your guidance at any stage of his or her professional career.
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Module 1: Introduction to Agents and the Collective Bargaining Agreements of the MLB, NFL and NBA -
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Module 2: Recruiting and Managing Clients
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Module 3: Early Stages of Professionalism and Selecting an Agency
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Module 4: Representing the Peak Professional Athlete Pt. I
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Module 5: Representing the Peak Professional Athlete Pt. II
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Module 6: Income Protection and Life After Retirement
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Module 7: Life Cycle of Individual Sports, the Longest Career Trajectory Pt. I
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Module 8: Life Cycle of Individual Sports, the Longest Career Trajectory Pt. II
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Module 9: Representing the Professional Footballer Pt. I
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Module 10: Representing the Professional Footballer Pt. II
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Module 11: Representing the Professional Footballer Pt. III
- The course may not offer an audit option. You can try a Free Trial instead, or apply for Financial Aid.
- The course may offer 'Full Course, No Certificate' instead. This option lets you see all course materials, submit required assessments, and get a final grade. This also means that you will not be able to purchase a Certificate experience.
