While the element of players being paid fairly for signatures is part of the issue here, the main thing is representing a player, and them having to work with another Talent Management Company (for a product they are selling) gives them access to put doubt in their mins about how they are being represented.
An agent for the company sews the seeds of doubt in the players mind, tells them about how the grass is green elsewhere and before you know it..... you are no longer managing the player. All because they had access to them while signing some footy cards.
I mean in this case, Josh Hodgson has now been picked up by this management company all because because if it.
You think about Hodgson, could potentially be on 500/600/700K per year if not more? Agent takes his 10% of that plus other endorsements and thats a loss of 100K in income per year for the agent?
Big dollars at play here!
All I can see is that some managers may not want to deal with ESP/TLA after this which means we may get the same people signing over and over again.
An agent for the company sews the seeds of doubt in the players mind, tells them about how the grass is green elsewhere and before you know it..... you are no longer managing the player. All because they had access to them while signing some footy cards.
I mean in this case, Josh Hodgson has now been picked up by this management company all because because if it.
You think about Hodgson, could potentially be on 500/600/700K per year if not more? Agent takes his 10% of that plus other endorsements and thats a loss of 100K in income per year for the agent?
Big dollars at play here!
All I can see is that some managers may not want to deal with ESP/TLA after this which means we may get the same people signing over and over again.