Book Opener

Step B: Procedure1. Use the Internet and library to locate information about sportsagents. Two helpful Web sites are www.prosports.com andwww.sports-management.com.2. Write a brief report about being a sports agent.3. Based on Chapter 18 and your own research, write an agreementbetween yourself (as a sports agent) and a hypothetical professionalathlete.4. Write a contract between the athlete you represent and a corporatesponsor. (Corporate sponsors are businesses that pay celebrities toendorse their products.)5. Present your agreement and contract to the rest of your class. Explainhow your agreement and contract fulfill your duties as an agent to theprincipal and how they fulfill the principal’s duties to you.Step C: Creating a Model to Analyze Your AgreementsCreate two charts; one should list the agent’s duties to the principal, andthe other should list the principal’s duties to the agent. Check the dutiesthat you believe are addressed in your agreement and contract. Shareyour checklist with your class.Step D: Workshop Analysis ReportAnalyze the charts you created, and answer the following questions:1. How are the agent’s duties to the principal expressed?2. How are the principal’s duties to the agent expressed?3. Are any duties implied, rather than expressed, in these agreements?If so, what are they?Chapter 21: Employment Protection and Equal Opportunity 477