Jerry Maguire Agency Relationship

While completing the analysis on the movie Jerry Maguire the main components of the principal and agent relationship was the type of agreement they had and the duties in the agency relationship. The principal and agency relationship was not clear, therefore it caused issues between Jerry, the athletes, and the agency he used to work for (Sharp et al, 2014). In the movie, there were many young athletes, which were represented by Jerry and the agency he worked for. One athlete in particular was a high school football player named Cushman. Agents kept contacting him to represent him straight out of high school and completely disregarded any future plans to play at the collegiate level. The agent’s duties were stated as they were trying to negotiate contracts between a particular team and companies for endorsements. Throughout the movie, there were also legal issues

Although the movie Jerry Maguire was a cinematic representation of a sports agency and what they do, it included some good examples of the material we have covered in legal aspects.

In chapter ten of Sport law: A managerial approach, it states an agency relationship has two components (Sharp et al, 2014). Manifestation by the principal and consent by the agent are the two components to the agency relationship. A client who wishes to be represented must communicate to the agent of their wishes and end the agreement with a written contract signed by both parties (Sharp et al, 2014). In the movie Jerry Maguire, he goes and visits a potential client in Texas. Once he discusses Cushman’s career with Cushman’s dad, he believes to be his agent, but has no written contract signed by both of them. Cushman’s dad tells him his word can be trusted and they don’t need a contract to validate the principal and agent relationship. Once they get to the NFL draft event, Jerry walks