“Help me, help you.” Jerry Maguire, 1996
“Agents”: if there one absolute in the recruiting game it is this – stay away from agents trying to build a relationship with your student-athlete. There is no faster way to destroying amateur eligibility and putting a black mark on your name and reputation than accepting representation, promises of future representation, or benefits from an agent to a student-athlete or family. And with the immediacy and reach of social media any interaction by a student-athlete or family with an agent will get noticed.
The NCAA bylaws prohibit this student-athlete/agent relationship under § 12.3.1.1 and .2. This includes both written and verbal arrangements and both present and casual promises of future representation after your son has completed his amateur eligibility in that sport.
