It is fair to say that money draws criminals like honey draws flies! And, in professional sports, there is a lot of money flowing around, which makes it extremely attractive and lucrative for potential financial fraudsters. Professional athletes have...
A professional athlete’s career is unlike any other profession we know of. While most of us just see the highlights of our favorite superstars on television, we tend to turn a blind-eye to what goes on behind the scenes. Most athletes have spent the majority of...
Having an agent or an advisor, is one of the most important factors in an athlete’s career. An agent is the person that will guide and help you make the right decisions. In a previous article ‘Choosing your agent and his obligations to you’, we briefly analyzed how...
Mentoring is not a new concept; it has it’s roots in ancient Greece. And throughout the millennia, mentoring – providing guidance and counsel to a younger individual – has occurred spontaneously in the form of informal relationships at school, at work or within the...
One of the most important decisions an athlete has to take, is the choice of their agent; especially for young athletes making their steps into the fascinating, but at the same time unknown world of sports. Choosing the right agent, the person who will guide and...
1 June, 2018 There are important lessons to be learned from a plethora of athletes who have financially failed. A common denominator often, is the trust athletes have placed in the wrong professionals. We have all heard of a number of cases all over the world,...
