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While most star athletes who play the major professional sports (football, baseball, basketball and hockey) just figure the jock tax into their next contract negotiation, lesser players with lesser salaries also have to pay the tax, which can be burdensome.
âYou get paid when your athlete (footballer) gets paid,â is the rule of thumb as far as agentsâ fees go. There are a couple of ways that agents earn their income: either in the form of representation or transfer fees. In most cases, it should be around 10 percent (%) of the total sum â but the numbers can vary. Based on the numbers presented by FIFA, which keeps track of transfers between countries via its Transfer Matching System, as much as 28% of transfer fees in 2012 went to agents and third parties.