Mye av det som skaper konflikter og pengeproblemer for sportsklubber og mediebedrifter over hele verden er grådige agenter. Her hjemme har vi friskt i minne hvordan agent Rune Hauge fikk 100 millioner kroner for å få Norges Fotballforbund og TV2 til å forhandle om tv rettigheter. – Helt unødvendig og som resultat dyrere for deg å se fotball.
Det blir småpenger i forhold til hva som flyter av cash i internasjonal sport, agenter er pådrivere som sprer splid og misnøye.
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Det er gullkantet business å være agent for en fotballspiller, dog er det basketball som sørget for at agent Scott Boras tjente neste en milliard kroner i fjor.
I forballverden er det La Liga, Ligue 1 og Premier League som sørger for de aller største utbetalingene til agenter.
Nå har det engelske fotballforbundet kommet med en oversikt på hva agenter har tjent på Premier League overganger sommeren 2017 og januar 2018 – Og de talle er til å spy av:
Agenter har puttet 2,3 milliarder norske kroner i lommen for å ha spilt en rolle i spilleroverganger i Premier League.
Det er en stigning på rundt 387 millioner kroner sammenlignet med forrige sesong.
Det skriver den britiske avisen The Guardian. Tallene stammer fra klubbenes innrapporteringer til Det engelske fotballforbundet, i tillegg til dette vet vi at det er stor svart økonomi i tilknytning til overganger.
Ekstremt ødeleggende
Det er begrenset behov for agenter som kun er drevet av profitt, det ødelegger talenter som havner i feil klubber, de driver kostnadene opp for alle som vil se og oppleve fotball.
The Forbes har laget en skammens liste
| Rank | Name | Sports | Commissions | Contracts | Agency | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | #1 | Scott Boras | Baseball | $108.33 M | $1.9 B | Boras Corp |
 | #1 | Constantin Dumitrascu | Soccer | $107.83 M | $1.1 B | Mondial Sports Management |
 | #3 | Jorge Mendes | Soccer | $76.92 M | $769.2 M | Gestifute International |
 | #4 | Sam & Seth Levinson | Baseball | $65.08 M | $1.3 B | ACES |
 | #5 | Casey Close | Baseball | $64.72 M | $1.2 B | Excel Sports Management |
 | #6 | Jeff Schwartz | Basketball | $63.96 M | $1.7 B | Excel Sports Management |
 | #7 | Jonathan Barnett | Soccer | $53.4 M | $534 M | Stellar Group |
 | #8 | Greg Genske | Baseball | $48.65 M | $593.4 M | The Legacy Agency |
 | #9 | Pat Brisson | Hockey | $44.05 M | $1.1 B | Creative Artists Agency |
 | #10 | Mino Raiola | Soccer | $43.47 M | $434.7 M | Mino Raiola S.P. |
 | #11 | Tom Condon | Football | $42.17 M | $1.4 B | Creative Artists Agency |
 | #12 | Mark Bartelstein | Basketball | $37.4 M | $935.1 M | Priority Sports & Entertainment |
 | #13 | Volker Struth | Soccer | $34.26 M | $342.6 M | SportsTotal |
 | #14 | Joel Wolfe | Baseball | $33.28 M | $665.6 M | Wasserman |
 | #15 | Don Meehan | Hockey | $31.46 M | $786.4 M | Newport Sports Management |
 | #16 | Nez Balelo | Baseball | $28.92 M | $578.4 M | Creative Artists Agency |
 | #17 | J.P. Barry | Hockey | $28.75 M | $718.6 M | Creative Artists Agency |
 | #18 | Todd France | Football | $27.95 M | $931.7 M | Creative Artists Agency |
 | #19 | Dan Lozano | Baseball | $27.39 M | $822.8 M | MVP Sports Group |
 | #20 | Joel Segal | Football | $26.8 M | $893.4 M | Lagardère Sports |
 | #21 | Jimmy Sexton | Football | $26.77 M | $892.2 M | Creative Artists Agency |
 | #22 | Drew Rosenhaus | Football | $26 M | $866.5 M | Rosenhaus Sports Representation |
 | #23 | Brodie Van Wagenen | Baseball | $24.69 M | $493.9 M | Creative Artists Agency |
 | #24 | Fernando Cuza | Baseball | $24.5 M | $490 M | Independent Sports & Entertainment |
 | #25 | Gerry Johannson | Hockey | $24.32 M | $592.5 M | The Sports Corporation |
 | #26 | Leon Rose | Basketball | $23.99 M | $599.7 M | Creative Artists Agency |
 | #27 | Adam Katz | Baseball | $23.85 M | $477 M | Wasserman |
 | #28 | Scott Pucino | Baseball | $23.22 M | $464.5 M | Octagon |
 | #29 | Mark Pieper | Baseball | $22.63 M | $452.5 M | Independent Sports & Entertainment |
 | #30 | Diana Day | Basketball | $22.46 M | $561.6 M | Landmark Sports Agency |
 | #31 | Jeff Berry | Baseball | $21.69 M | $433.9 M | Creative Artists Agency |
 | #32 | Rich Paul | Basketball | $20.66 M | $516.5 M | Klutch Sports |
 | #33 | Thomas Kroth | Soccer | $19.92 M | $199.2 M | Pro Profil |
 | #34 | Jay Z | Music | $19.29 M | $861.7 M | Musician, RocNation |
 | #35 | Fernando Felicevich | Soccer | $18.48 M | $184.8 M | Fernando Felicevich |
 | #36 | Andy Miller | Basketball | $18.23 M | $455.6 M | ASM Sports |
 | #37 | Jeff Austin | Basketball | $17.54 M | $438.4 M | Octagon |
 | #38 | Rick Curran | Hockey | $17.13 M | $428.1 M | Orr Hockey Group |
 | #39 | Kurt Overhardt | Hockey | $16.97 M | $424.2 M | KO Sports |
 | #40 | Doug Hendrickson | Football | $16.75 M | $558.2 M | Independent Sports & Entertainment |
 | #41 | Aaron Mintz | Basketball | $16.29 M | $407.1 M | Creative Artists Agency |
 | #42 | Bruce & Ryan Tollner | Football | $15.75 M | $524.9 M | Rep 1 Sports |
 | #43 | Pat Dye, Jr. | Football | $15.14 M | $504.7 M | Sports Trust Advisors |
 | #44 | Steven Heumann | Basketball | $14.5 M | $362.5 M | Creative Artists Agency |
 | #45 | Bus Cook | Football | $13.82 M | $460.6 M | BC Sports |
 | #46 | Bill Duffy | Basketball | $12.73 M | $318.2 M | BDA |
 | #47 | Tony Godsick | Tennis | $12.24 M | $73.4 M | TEAM8 |
 | #48 | Wade Arnott | Hockey | $12.01 M | $300.2 M | Newport Sports Management |
 | #49 | Aaron Goodwin | Basketball | $11.95 M | $298.8 M | Goodwin Sports Management |
 | #50 | Darren Matsubara | Basketball | $11.9 M | $297.6 M | Wasserman |
