Marc Edelman answers many AbovetheLaw.com readers who have asked him how to become a certified sports agent in his post “Sports and the Law: On Becoming a Sports Agent”.
Marc provides a good warning about websites offering "certification" for sports agents and informative general info on what it takes to become an agent. However, I think Marc missed an opportunity to discuss federal and state regulation of agents and missed the mark with:
If you seek to represent athletes in non-unionized sports such as swimming and martial arts, you do not need any form of certification.
In the comments to the post, SportsAgentBlog picked up on the first omission - not mentioning that many states have enacted laws requiring sports agents to register, including those that have adopted the Uniform Athlete Agent Act and the few that have their own laws related to agents.
Also non-union sports may also require some form of "certification" or registration, such as track and field (see: http://www.usatf.org/groups/AthleteRepresentatives/).
Finally, those wishing to represent mixed martial artists may have to follow state laws regarding athlete agents AND the regulations of the State Boxing Commission/State Athletic Commission (often the state entity responsible for boxing/mma regulation).
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