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Case Western Reserve University

Becoming a Sports Agent

An immersive experience in the world of sports that will take students through the four stages of a professional athlete's career. Utilizing lectures, guest speakers, reading assignments and hypothetical walkthroughs, students will learn how the best sports agents manage clients at each of these four stages. This course will provide each student with the skills necessary to guide an athlete through the difficult decisions that can make or lose the athlete millions of dollars, as well as affect their public image and career. Walking through the four stages of an athlete's career, we will provide a broad scope of the landscape of amateur and professional sports so that you can avoid the pitfalls and traps that so many have fallen into in the past; not to mention, bringing you updates throughout the course regarding the rapidly changing sports world that we live in today. Analyzing the best practices in the management of the superstar athletes with whom Professor Carfagna, Professor Volante and their expert guests have worked, we will show you how to manage the career of any professional athlete who might seek your guidance at any stage of his or her professional career.

Status: Case Studies
Status: Arbitration
BeginnerCourse30 hours

Featured reviews

AW

5.0Reviewed Aug 5, 2024

Great insight and discussion points for an agent wanting to expand their knowledge base.

AN

5.0Reviewed Dec 2, 2021

participation in this very course was my absolute privilege.

RK

5.0Reviewed Apr 25, 2017

Great sources of information, prominent guests and speakers, high quality learning. Moderately lenient in course load, assignments, quizzes, and peer-reviews.

CB

5.0Reviewed Apr 15, 2020

Excellent course! Well, put together lessons, materials and professional teachers. A lot of valuable reference material and great resources provided. Thank you for this value-added.

MG

5.0Reviewed Jan 8, 2020

very interesting modules with nice videos and reading content.

M

5.0Reviewed Aug 16, 2020

This class was amazing and I learned so much! This really showed me what I wanted to do in the future!

O

5.0Reviewed Nov 16, 2020

The course was very informative and I learned a lot about representing athletes in several sports. Thank you coursera.

AM

5.0Reviewed Feb 20, 2021

This really improved my understanding of the global sports management ecosystem

TR

5.0Reviewed Nov 3, 2019

A good introduction into all sports, but i am not sure if it was mentioned anywhere that you need to apply for different licenses with each league to become an agent.

TN

5.0Reviewed Dec 12, 2018

I loved every minute of this course. I've learned a lot about what I really needed to chase this dream. I love sports & I found what I was looking for. Thank you Coursera & CWR University.

DB

5.0Reviewed Nov 7, 2017

The only online course for hard to get info about the sport agents field.

MD

5.0Reviewed Apr 11, 2021

Very insightful and has given me great knowledge that I will implement throughout the the remainder of the studies and work life

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