Towards a Sport Professionalization: the Situation of the Player Agents in the Lithuanian Football League A
The aim of the research was to identify and evaluate the peculiarities and necessity of a player agent’s profession in the Lithuanian sports sector. The methods of the research: the analysis of a scholarly literature and a standardized interview. 30 Lithuanian Football League A (LFLA) players who...
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| author | Mindaugas Gobikas Vilma Čingienė Daniel S. Mason |
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| description | The aim of the research was to identify and evaluate the peculiarities and necessity of a player agent’s profession in
the Lithuanian sports sector.
The methods of the research: the analysis of a scholarly literature and a standardized interview. 30 Lithuanian Football
League A (LFLA) players who did not have a player agent answered the interview’s questions.
The majority of the LFLA players do not employ a player agent, however they all recognize the necessity of these
professionals in the professional sports industry. Low salaries, the lack of information about player agents and their
practice, poor player agents’ reputation were identified as the main reasons for not having an agent.
Keywords: the work of a player agent, professional sport, Lithuanian Football Leag |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5c4d0af2f1c44afd95aabdb67ef633a02022-12-21T23:59:25ZengLithuanian Sports UniversityBaltic Journal of Sport and Health Sciences2351-64962538-83472018-11-0145810.33607/bjshs.v4i58.626Towards a Sport Professionalization: the Situation of the Player Agents in the Lithuanian Football League AMindaugas GobikasVilma ČingienėDaniel S. MasonThe aim of the research was to identify and evaluate the peculiarities and necessity of a player agent’s profession in the Lithuanian sports sector. The methods of the research: the analysis of a scholarly literature and a standardized interview. 30 Lithuanian Football League A (LFLA) players who did not have a player agent answered the interview’s questions. The majority of the LFLA players do not employ a player agent, however they all recognize the necessity of these professionals in the professional sports industry. Low salaries, the lack of information about player agents and their practice, poor player agents’ reputation were identified as the main reasons for not having an agent. Keywords: the work of a player agent, professional sport, Lithuanian Football Leaghttps://journals.lsu.lt/baltic-journal-of-sport-health/article/view/626 |
| spellingShingle | Mindaugas Gobikas Vilma Čingienė Daniel S. Mason Towards a Sport Professionalization: the Situation of the Player Agents in the Lithuanian Football League A Baltic Journal of Sport and Health Sciences |
| title | Towards a Sport Professionalization: the Situation of the Player Agents in the Lithuanian Football League A |
| title_full | Towards a Sport Professionalization: the Situation of the Player Agents in the Lithuanian Football League A |
| title_fullStr | Towards a Sport Professionalization: the Situation of the Player Agents in the Lithuanian Football League A |
| title_full_unstemmed | Towards a Sport Professionalization: the Situation of the Player Agents in the Lithuanian Football League A |
| title_short | Towards a Sport Professionalization: the Situation of the Player Agents in the Lithuanian Football League A |
| title_sort | towards a sport professionalization the situation of the player agents in the lithuanian football league a |
| url | https://journals.lsu.lt/baltic-journal-of-sport-health/article/view/626 |
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