Possible Conflicts of Interest with Agents Who Represent Both Player and Coach

By Walter Champion   Many years ago, I wrote “Attorneys and Sports Agents: An Ethical Conundrum” (Marquette Sports L. Rev. 349 (Spr. 1997)), which looked at possible conflicts of interest between agents and potential clients. A standard “representation contract only calls for a good faith effort on the part of the agent; the agent’s efforts do not necessarily have to be successful. But the agent does have the obligation to make a full disclosure of possible conflicting commitments,