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Originally Posted by sureLoss
I can see how its pretty easy to convince someone not to have an agent or business manager. A lot of people don't think there is a lot of value in having them.
Why pay an agent a percentage of your million dollar contract when you can have a family member you trust do it for free or less than what the agent is charging? Until a person gets burned and sees the value of having a professional, a lot of people may see an agent/business manager as an unnecessary expense.
I know Ovechkin's mom is his agent. Brodeur didn't have an agent for most of his time with New Jersey.
I can see how Johnson fell into this predicament. He probably saw a lot of the sacrifices his parents made for him to play hockey and assumed they would always have his best interests at heart. The parents got greedy and probably felt entitled to his money.
As an aside in 2009, his father was reported as going behind Johnson's back while he was in negotiations with the Kings and contacted KHL teams to get offers to help drive up the $ figure.
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A $3,000,000 loan at 24% interest, I just can't figure that out. Way beyond greed, more like desperation; survival. I believe there more to this then a couple of greedy parents.