Sorry i think most agents are a blight on the game.
Whilst I understand what you’re saying , and to an extent agree , they also probably help a lot of young ( in some cases not overly well educated ) men not get totally ripped off by clubs getting them to sign a contract that they don’t fully understand.
Perhaps the contracts for players needs to be more clearer? If anyone starts work they get an offer of employment with all of their particulars (wage, hours etc) laid out for them. We don't get agents in the real world of jobs to sign a contract.
I'd love to see a footballers contract just to see exactly what it is that an agent is advising them. If I was a footballer I think i'd skip the agent and deal directly with the club. Club saves money, and i'l dare say the player saves money as well
The general consensus was that we don't like paying agents, and fair play to Ron on that. Likely all that's changed here is an acceptance we're going to have to do more of this if we want to compete for players - if we don't the players will go elsewhere.
There needs to be some regulation regarding agents - nothing wrong with players having them, or you'll end up with thick footballers being ripped off by businessmen like Ron - but there should be more rules regarding what they are allowed to take as part of any deal.
It's not just the contract though, often people ask why a mediocre player has punched above their weight for so long and the answer is usually 'he has a good agent'. A good agent will convince clubs to give their player a look and emphasise the strengths the player has and why the team needs him. Some players would be good at talking themselves up but if it was left to the players a lot of them would struggle to get any clubs outside of non-league to send a scout to take a look at them unless they were the top scorer of their league. There's also negotiations, you said most people in the real world don't have agents but a lot of people in the real world could probably negotiate a bigger salary than they are on if they knew how to negotiate well, obviously for most people the price of hiring a negotiator would be more than the payrise so there's no point doing it but when the player could earn £1.5k a week without an agent or £2k with an agent then even once the agent has taken his piece of the pie the player is still going to have profited from it. .Perhaps the contracts for players needs to be more clearer? If anyone starts work they get an offer of employment with all of their particulars (wage, hours etc) laid out for them. We don't get agents in the real world of jobs to sign a contract.
I'd love to see a footballers contract just to see exactly what it is that an agent is advising them. If I was a footballer I think i'd skip the agent and deal directly with the club. Club saves money, and i'l dare say the player saves money as well
Hardly going out on a limb there mateSorry i think most agents are a blight on the game.
Sorry i think most agents are a blight on the game.
My biggest issue is why do the clubs have to pay for agents? surely that should come from the players themselves, after all I doubt the players pay for the clubs lawyers during transfer dealings so why should the club pay for the players representatives?