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roman18
Agents are like unions....they are about themselves .....yes players get the money....but agents are IMO bad news....just as unions take money and funnel it into political pastures.....
Have you read about these guys going after high school kids and actually ruining their chances of college...or about college guys losing scholarships....or their schools losing scholarships...and the agents just keep rolling along...
Funny how agents to some are looked at like the savior to the player by so many....so be it....IMO they are a parasite using a players ability and making money for themselves....the player in the mean time is being bartered about like a piece of meat.....yes the team would and could abuse their point if dealing with a player 1 on 1....at the same time are you saying an agent doesn't do the same?
The point is a player should and I would hope they have a mind of their own...to know when to tell an agent to take a hike, or better yet tell them "I want to play here get it done now or you are gone"...Instead of the regular...I just want to play deal....IMO that's BS....
If agents, unions, or any other profession that people sometimes have a negative view of such as attorneys were only about themselves, they would eventually cease to exist.
People are smart enough to recognize things that are pure parasites and eventually will destroy them. As it is, agents and unions continue to exist because someone somewhere recognizes that they're receiving a benefit from having them.
Practically speaking, an agent could take advantage of their client but there are legal protections in place to stop that from happening. Those same protections aren't in place with a player and team.
The Rams have no legal obligation to AD beyond dealing in good faith. Getting him to sign a very low deal that favors the team doesn't violate that. They have no obligation to lookout for his best interests. In fact, it's expected that they are looking out for their best interests which may be contrary to his.
OTOH, his agent has a legal obligation to put AD's interests
before his own. No guarantee he does that but AD could recover money from him if it's clear he didn't. Those safeguards in the agent/player relationship make it very unlikely that the agent is doing AD dirty.
So I would say that the team steamrolling AD is much more likely than his agent doing so.
Hiring an agent is akin to someone who knows nothing about cars hiring a mechanic. You state your desires, "I want my car fixed!", and then you trust them to get it done.
That said, sometimes strategies backfire. The agent still has to be pursuing a strategy that they feel is in AD's best interests. But if it backfires, that sometimes happens. AD is still better off with an expert going against team professionals than trying to do it himself.
Just like my mechanic could be wrong about my car. But it's still better in his hands than mine because I know nothing.
