College Football Programs' Professional Sports Counseling Panels
November 24, 2009
Many of the top rivalries in College Football took place last weekend and many more will take place this weekend. One that always garners much attention is Alabama vs. Auburn, which is to be played Friday at Jordan Hare Stadium in Auburn. Since this is a sports law site we will not offer you any game analysis, point spreads or bowl implications based on the outcome of the game. What we will do is take a look at how both schools deal with agents looking to sign the players at the respective schools. Both schools have a professional sports counseling panel. Auburn's is made up of specialist in sports law, financial management and career counseling; Alabama's is similar.
It was during the 1980s that both of these schools were hit hard by agent scandals that ended up with players losing their eligibility and hurting the respective school's football programs. This resulted in the state of Alabama having one of the first athlete agent registration programs in the country.
Bo Bear
To view links to each school's programs for career counseling:
http://www.rolltide.com/compliance/sports-agents.html
http://auburntigers.cstv.com/compliance/aub-compliance-info-safa.html
Auburn policy also specifically states, "The policy of the department of athletics requires agents and financial advisors to refrain from personal contact with Auburn University student-athletes and their family or friends until their eligibility is exhausted." We do wonder how realistic this really is, since today almost every draft eligible player football player begins a workout program within days of the end of his season. The other question that is usually raised is just how many of the draft eligible players actually avail themselves of their school's services. Over the coming weeks we will take a more detailed look at how programs like the ones at Auburn and Alabama operate, and if they really do help the players to stay on the right track.
Many of the top rivalries in College Football took place last weekend and many more will take place this weekend. One that always garners much attention is Alabama vs. Auburn, which is to be played Friday at Jordan Hare Stadium in Auburn. Since this is a sports law site we will not offer you any game analysis, point spreads or bowl implications based on the outcome of the game. What we will do is take a look at how both schools deal with agents looking to sign the players at the respective schools. Both schools have a professional sports counseling panel. Auburn's is made up of specialist in sports law, financial management and career counseling; Alabama's is similar.
It was during the 1980s that both of these schools were hit hard by agent scandals that ended up with players losing their eligibility and hurting the respective school's football programs. This resulted in the state of Alabama having one of the first athlete agent registration programs in the country.
Bo Bear
To view links to each school's programs for career counseling:
http://www.rolltide.com/compliance/sports-agents.html
http://auburntigers.cstv.com/compliance/aub-compliance-info-safa.html
Auburn policy also specifically states, "The policy of the department of athletics requires agents and financial advisors to refrain from personal contact with Auburn University student-athletes and their family or friends until their eligibility is exhausted." We do wonder how realistic this really is, since today almost every draft eligible player football player begins a workout program within days of the end of his season. The other question that is usually raised is just how many of the draft eligible players actually avail themselves of their school's services. Over the coming weeks we will take a more detailed look at how programs like the ones at Auburn and Alabama operate, and if they really do help the players to stay on the right track.
Posted by sportslawtalk at 11/23/2009 11:20 PM 
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