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A Review on the Regulation of Sports Agents in the United States - Focusing on the Major League Players Association (MLBPA) rules on agent regulation -

  • Legal Theory & Practice Review
  • Abbr : LTPR
  • 2021, 9(1), pp.137-163
  • Publisher : The Korea Society for Legal Theory and Practice Inc.
  • Research Area : Social Science > Law
  • Received : December 21, 2020
  • Accepted : February 15, 2021
  • Published : February 28, 2021

JongHwan Lee 1

1호서대학교

Candidate

ABSTRACT

In this paper, I will introduce the regulation of agents for the Major League Baseball (MLB) meeting and consider what is required as a so-called sports agent. In this paper, we will use the term agent in that it provides a wider range of service services than is normally assumed. Sports agents represent negotiations and marketing tasks related to contracts and transfers of sports players and provide various management services. Sports agents have professional abilities and are responsible for performing a variety of activities that support the athlete to achieve more effective results than the athletes themselves. And the sports agent began with introducing players to the club and signing contracts. After that, the work to increase the value of players was expanded following the annual salary negotiations, and furthermore, he was in charge of supporting the shortcomings of players. Sports agents are, first, to allow players to concentrate solely on exercise so that they can further increase their performance through training and skill development. Second, the psychological stability of the players can be obtained. Third, it can increase the value of the player’s endorsement advertisement. In addition, if sports agents are divided into small groups, they are divided into sports marketing agents and sports contract agents. It is also classified as a game agent, which is the role of concluding a match between the player agent and the team. The agent’s performance job is to collect data and learn knowledge on laws related to sports player contracts, regulations and regulations of sports associations and organizations, trends in domestic and international sports markets, and competition and competition schedules. Discovering and nurturing competent players and forecasting the players' marketability. Representing a player in salary negotiations, transfer to a team, sponsorship and advertisement model appearance contract, and marketing. It provides and manages overall services such as media promotion of players, medical and legal support, support and management of players' families, training programs, and fan management. This paper reviews the definition of agents, agent registration requirements, certification procedures, and prohibited acts of agents, as defined by the United States Unified Athletes Contract Act. It also reviews the legal relations on the responsibilities and obligations of sports agents. In discussing the MLBPA rules for agent regulation, the characteristics and purpose of the MLBPA rules for agent regulation, the subject of the MLBPA rules, regulation on application, regulation after certification, and regulation on the internal relationship of agents are examined in detail.

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