Spotlight: Sports Agents in Florida
The Spotlight series is intended to provide helpful information about important business and professional licenses issued by the State of Florida. This installation is on the state licenses required to work as a sports agent (“athlete agent”) in Florida.
In addition to the state licensing process, many professional leagues and unions require a separate certification prior to an agent representing an athlete in that sport. Please refer to the resources provided by those organizations before you begin the licensing process.
Who needs a Florida athlete agents license?
The following individuals must be licensed by the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation:
Anyone who directly or indirectly recruits or solicits a student for any type of financial gain or to enter into a contract.
Anyone who procures, offers, promises or attempts to obtain employment, promotional fees or benefits for a student athlete with a professional sports team or promoter or with any promoter who markets or attempts to market the student athlete’s athletic ability or athletic reputation, needs to obtain an athlete agent’s license.
Anyone who works as an unlicensed athlete agent, or anyone who knowingly aids or abets an unlicensed person to conduct business as an athlete agent, is guilty of a third-degree felony, under section 468.4562, Florida Statutes