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Most sports associations require a bachelor's degree. The typical undergraduate degrees for agents include business management and sports management. Even in associations that do not require formal education, many agents achieve graduate degrees before entering the profession.

[1] SPARTA is an acronym that stands for The Sports Agent Responsibility and Trust Act of 2004. [2] See 15 U.S.C. §7801 (2008). An athlete agent is someone who enters into a contract with a student-athlete, or directly or indirectly recruits or solicits a student-athlete to sign an agency contract.

It makes it unlawful for an agent to directly or indirectly recruit a student athlete by giving any false or misleading information, making a false promise or representation, or providing anything of value to a student athlete, or anyone associated with the athlete, before he or she has entered into an agency contract.

The Sports Agent Responsibility and Trust Act (?SPARTA?) was signed into law by President Bush on September 24, 2004. The law imposes strict standards for agents' conduct relating to recruiting and contracting with student-athletes.

One of the most important benefits of the UAAA is the protection it affords for student-athletes. Some of the protections contained include prohibiting agents from giving false or misleading information or promises with the intent to induce a student-athlete into signing an agent contract.

A sports agent's primary responsibility is to negotiate contracts between an athlete and their team. They handle contract negotiations when a particular company considers their client for an endorsement deal. A sports agent is also in charge of recruiting new talent and managing marketing and promotion.