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The Beginning
Red Grange a soon to be professional football player hires agent C.C. Pyles to negotiate his contract with the bears -
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The kickstart
More professional athletes start to realize the benefits of hiring an agent -
More $$
Nolan Ryan signed baseball’s first contract worth a million dollars a year. -
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Michael Jordan
the ProServ agency helped turn Michael Jordan multiply his league salary several times over in endorsements turning athlete management into an art -
Full swing
By this time having an agent was just part of being a pro athlete -
Not for everyone
NFL prospect Ricky Williams had rap artist Master P’s agency represent him. Williams walked away with a one-sided deal that left him to chase money based on performance incentives. -
Uniform Athlete Agents Act
The Act created certain requirements for contracts between an agent and a student-athlete. Prohibiting agents from providing anything of value (money, gifts,) to a student-athlete to entice them into entering an agency contract. -
RUAAA
The UAAA is revised and approved to allow more protection for athletes