REGULATING 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

Running Head : SPORTS AGENTS , THE STUDENT-ATHLETE AND SPARTA

Sports Agents , the Student-Athlete and Sparta - A Case of the Continuous Process of Problem Solving

Part One - The Impact on Student-Athletes , Schools and Athletic Tournament Organization

Impact on Student Athletes

The unethical practice of sports agents significantly impacts the student athlete in the negative way and in many ways the resulting negative outcome from this situation is also many and varied . Firstly it is bad enough that significant portions of the student athlete population sets their eyes on becoming professional and start

earning sky high salaries that it contributes to the cases of students losing interest in finishing their college degrees . This is because of the temptation of turning pro and the temptation of money and fame worse these agents and their unscrupulous actions adds fuel to the fire in the hearts of the student athletes and make them desire to turn pro more and lose interest of their school more and make educational considerations less and less of a priority "We should not permit the entry of professional athletes and their agents into NCAA sports because the cold commercial nature of professional sports would not only destroy the amateur status of college athletics but would interfere with the athletes ' proper focus on their educational pursuits and direct their attention to the quick buck in pro sports (Pittman , Spengler , Young , 2008 ,

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True to the image of the devil 's advocate , these unethical sports agents will lure student-athletes , convince them to...