Год выпуска: 2016 Автор: Giambattista Rossi, Anna Semens, Jean Francois Brocard Издательство: Routledge Страниц: 226 ISBN: 9781138015227, 1138015229
Описание
The sports agent has become a highly significant figure in contemporary sport business. The role of the agent is essential to our understanding of labour markets and labour relations in an increasingly globalised sports industry. Drawing on extensive empirical research into football around the world, this book explains what agents do, how their role has changed, and why this is important for future sport business. Offering analysis from economic, legal, social and historical perspectives, the book explores key topics such as: - the history of sports agents including the emergence of the modern agent in US sport; - typologies and demographic profiles of agents in football; - valuations and organisational analysis of leading European agents and agencies - relations between agents and clubs; - future directions for research into sports agents. Focusing on the major European leagues, this book goes further than any other in illuminating an important but...
