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The Business of Sports Agents, (2nd Edition) by Kenneth L. Shropshire, Professor Timothy Davis Hardcover, 224 Pages, Published 2008 ISBN-10: 0-8122-4084-7 / 0812240847 ISBN-13: 978-0-8122-4084-9 / 9780812240849 The legendary Charles C. "Cash and Carry" Pyle, considered by most to be the first sports agent, negotiated a $3,000-per-game contract for Red Grange to play professional football for the Chicago Bears in 1933. Today, salaries in the tens of millions of dollars are commonplace, and instead of theatr |