Questions and Answers About Basketball Overseas
I’ve been getting several good emails questioning basketball overseas. So that everyone benefits I’ll be answering all questions unless they don’t overlap. Here is Round 1 of Basketball Overseas Q & A for AGENTS.
How does the player represenative gets his money? Is there ever an instance when agents do not get paid!
In all cases in the FIBA rules regarding player, team and agent, the Agency gets paid by the team/club directly. Never does the player pay you nor should you request money from the player.
I am a new agent and find myself dealing with a lot of players wanting to go overseas, I don’t really know what are good teams and how to get my guys exposure? Do i send tapes and when I look up teams on the internet they are all in other languges? Please help me out with this….
As an agent one of the first and most important things you must do is make good contacts. Contacting and partnering with other agents in other countries who know the system, know the teams and the language. Once you find a reliable partner you will send him/her your top players and they will find teams after which you both split the commission from the player’s contract.
What are the steps to becoming an agent for overseas….I have a player that has been invited to play ball in Turkey, Istanbul Besiktas…is t here an agent requirement with this league and if so what is the process.
As I said above it is better to have a contact in Turkey so if a problem arises you’ll understand the system and law if need be. Jurisdiction in other countries are different and if you’re not a citizen you’re not able to fight any battle without a proper contact.
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Alex Coulterf | December 2nd, 2008 at 17:17 #
I need to know what to do, and how to get started with my life of playing basketball.
Jonathan Destouches | December 28th, 2008 at 12:12 #
Where can i go to find all the answers to questions about exposure camps? How many Professional exposure camps are there around the world?
Who is having exposure camps? Who is running them? Where are they located? Is Eurobasket only affiliated to its own “Eurobasket Summer League”? Are the camps currently advertised on Eurobasket.com all affiliated with eurobasket or do they pay a fee for advertising on Eurobasket.com?
How much are they charging players/agents/coaches/teams?
Thanks for the answers, they are much needed!
Sincerely,
Jonathan Destouches
Robin T. | April 17th, 2009 at 20:20 #
I would like to know if you are a US citizen and finish with your four years of college ball, but have been invited for a scholarship to a college graduate program in London, but would like to play in basketball tournaments the summer before you enroll into the college in the fall. Would this be ok
Tashena Ellis | April 29th, 2009 at 22:22 #
How Do someone from the United States Army with no college experience tryout. How do they find an agent? Do they send in video tapes? How do they get started?
aaron rhaney | January 11th, 2010 at 16:16 #
Thanks for all your advice,how do you get started with an overseas team if you never played college ball in the states?Im a 31 year old point guard with a very nice game,Ive allways wanted to play overseas but didnt know how to go about it?I know my age will be a factor and I didnt ball in college,Im willing to play anywhere to get my name out there,thanks for your time.