21 min

How Leigh Steinberg Created the Model for Modern Agents Salary Capped

    • Sport

Steinberg is a super agent who's helped build the most famous athletes into international brands and establish the role of the sports agent as a cornerstone of the sports culture.


But it wasn't always this way. When Steinberg was fresh out of school, there were no agents. Now, over the course of four decades, everything's changed — and I sat down with Steinberg to find out how it all came to be.

Steinberg is a super agent who's helped build the most famous athletes into international brands and establish the role of the sports agent as a cornerstone of the sports culture.


But it wasn't always this way. When Steinberg was fresh out of school, there were no agents. Now, over the course of four decades, everything's changed — and I sat down with Steinberg to find out how it all came to be.

21 min

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