Brett Tessler
Practice Squad
- Joined
- May 17, 2004
- Messages
- 490
- Reaction score
- 3
When I was your age I knew this is what I wanted to be (I'm 31 now). These days it's much easier to become an agent from an informational standpoint, but much harder from a competition standpoint. There are now well over 1,000 certified agents and less than 1/3 of them even have one active client on a roster. The top 10% of agents have five active clients. Right now I have 15. Make sure you work hard in school and be realistic about your talents. What I mean is if you're 5'4" and you weigh 110 pounds you're never going to play in the NFL no matter how bad you want it. You're never going to become a comedian if you're not funny or a hockey player if you can't skate. To succeed as an agent you need to have a lot of personality and be a great seller and negotiator. It's definitely not for everybody.t2thejz said:I am 16 and I have always been interested in becoming a sports agent. I was wondering what paths you took to become one. What did you major in? What school did you go too? Who was your first client? and so on.
I went to Purdue University, majored in political science, and my first client was Mike Alstott (marketing only) who I met when we were graduating from Purdue in 1996. I was 23 at the time and Tessler Sports Management was born. I then got certified with the NLFPA, started signing players and the rest is history.