# Sports Agents **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 3, 2003, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-agents/179328 "2003-06-03T09:32:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jesus\_Malverde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/59ef9b/32.png) [@Jesus\_Malverde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jesus_Malverde)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2003, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-agents/179328/1 "2003-06-03T09:32:37Z")
With all this talk lately about LeBron James’ and Willis McGahee’s agents getting them good deals, I’ve been wondering-what does it take to become a sports agent? Do they get paid a lot? Looking at a possible career here…🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2003, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-agents/179328/2 "2003-06-03T09:52:26Z")
[General info on being a sports agent.](http://www.webcoin.net/html/sportsagent.html) ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2003, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-agents/179328/3 "2003-06-03T17:48:55Z")
You technically don’t need a grade school education to be a sports agent, but I would very much suggest getting a law degree, as you’re likely to be drafting and evaluating contracts and contract offers, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2003, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-agents/179328/4 "2003-06-03T21:15:58Z")
Note that in each sport, agents are limited in how much they can make off of a player’s contract. The percentage is usually about 4%, IIRC. Of course, agents can bill for other services they provide.