It is not unusual for an athlete to have a problem with an agent in the sporting industry. Alex Bregman joins the list of athletes who have had a problem with their agent. In 2020, Bregman parted ways with his agent Brodie Schofield because of the production of a documentary focusing on tracking the 2017 Astros sign-stealing cheating scandal (Valenzuela, 2020). Bregman felt angry and betrayed by the move to focus on producing a documentary on a scandal that damaged his image in 2017 (Valenzuela, 2020).
Bregman expected his agent Brodie to prevent the production of that documentary, especially by James affiliated Media Company. This is based on the fact that a sports agent is supposed to promote sports figure, handle endorsement deals, and manage their finances (Kamberg, 2017). Based on this, Bregman believed that Brodie failed to perform his duty as an agent by producing a documentary that would continue to impact his image in the industry negatively.
The situation that led to Bregman firing Brodie was James’s intention to produce a documentary on the sign-stealing scandal. Brodie was representing Bregman at a company known as Klutch sports. Like Bregman, James, a basketball player, is represented by Klutch Sports (Valenzuela, 2020). However, apart from being a basketball player, James has a budding media company known as “Uninterrupted”, which announced that it is producing a sign-stealing documentary. Bregman believed that James intended to hurt his feelings, and his agent Brodie was doing nothing to prevent such a move. In addition, Bregman understands that the production of the documentary is likely to awaken the illegal scandal that tainted his image (Valenzuela, 2020).
In my view, Brodie as an agent does not have control over what is being documented by James’ media company. So, Bregman firing his agent could be tied to other issues and not because of the documentary.
References
Kamberg, M. L. (2017). A dream job as a sports agent (1st ed.). The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc.
Valenzuela, S. (2020). Astros’ Alex Bregman dumps his agent because of affiliation to LeBron James: reports. New York Daily News. Web.