Towards a Sport Professionalization: the Situation of the Player Agents in the Lithuanian Football League A

The aim of the research was to identify and evaluate the peculiarities and necessity of a player agent's profession in the Lithuanian sports sector. The methods of the research: the analysis of a scholarly literature and a standardized interview. 30 Lithuanian Football League A (LFLA) players w...

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Main Authors: Mindaugas Gobikas (Author), Vilma Čingienė (Author), Daniel S. Mason (Author)
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Published: Lithuanian Sports University, 2018-11-01T00:00:00Z.
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