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Amended Uniform Athlete Agents Act Drafting Committee


From:                 Paul Pogge,  Associate Athletic Director, University  of North Carolina
                      at Chapel  Hill and Tony  Agnone,  Immediate   Past President of the
                      Sports Lawyers   Association  and NFLPA Certified Agent


Date:                 October  10, 2013

RE:                   Recommendations for the Amended Uniform Athlete Agents Act
                      Drafting  Committee






Individuals representing and working with athletes in various professional capacities have caused
a litany of issues for their clients, student-athletes, and institutions of higher education in recent
years.  These problems  have included lost eligibility and amateur status,2 severe penalties and
damages  incurred by universities,3 and many athletes making uninformed  choices regarding
professional representation.4 The financial difficulties of a staggering number of current and
former professional athletes are well documented,s as are the direct links that often exist between
these economic  woes and  professional representatives who failed at their most basic duties of
helping avoid such troubles.6




1 See Justin Albers, Recent issues with agents present conflicts even for lUfootball players, INDIANA DAILY STUDENT
(Oct. 22, 2010. 12:29 AM), http://www.idsnews.com/news/story.aspx?id=77891; Robert N. Davis, Exploring the
Contours of Agent Regulation: The Uniform Athlete Agents Act, 8 VILL. SPORTS & ENT. L. J. 1, 1-2 (2001); Eric
Willenbacher, Regulation Sports Agents: Why Current Federal and State Efforts Do Not Deter the Unscrupulous
Athlete-Agent and How a National Licensing System May Cure the Problem, 78 ST. JOHN'S L. REV. 1225, 1229-32
(2004)
2 See Agent Scandal Costs UNC Three Players, ESPN (Oct. 11, 2010, 6:52 PM),
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/storv?id=5673405
See  e.g., Kelly Parsons, NCAA Hands Down Sanctions to UNC Football Program, THE DAILYTAR HEEL (Mar. 14, 2012,
12:06 AM),
http://www.dailvtarheel.com/article/2012/03/ncaa hands down sanctions to unc football program Lynn
Zinser, U.S.C. Sports Receive Harsh Penalties, THE NEW YORK TIMES (June 10, 2010)
http://www.nytimescom201O/O/1/sors/naaooba Illusc. html? E=2&
4 See Mike Florio, Vince Young Suing Former Agent, Financial Adviser, PROFOOTBALLTALK.COM (June 12, 2012, 7:16
AM),                                                                                    ; Gregg
Rosenthal, Vince Young Sues Former Agent for Stealing Money, NFL.cOM (June 12, 2012, 8:21 AM),

s See Pablo S. Torre, How (And Why) Athletes Go Broke, SPORTSILLUSTRATED.COM (Mar. 23, 2009)
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1153364; BROKE (ESPN Films 2012)
See  Rand Getlin and Jason Cole, Document: Terrell Owens Suing Financial Adviser, YAHOO SPORTS (Jan. 16, 2013)
htto://soorts.vahoo.com/news/nfl--document--terrell-owens-suin-financial-adviser-190525972.html


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