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Jul 31, 2025

Private equity cash is fueling consolidation throughout the talent representation business, but CAA remains atop the industry’s leaderboard, managing more than $20 billion in contracts.

Jun 4, 2020

Soccer’s two biggest names have been dueling for a decade over who’s the best—and highest-paid—in the sport. The battle is far from finished.

Oct 21, 2019

The 50 ranked sports agents have negotiated more than $37.5 billion in active player contracts, netting $1.75 billion in maximum possible commissions. Those figures are up from $33.4 billion and $1.6 billion last year.

Sep 25, 2018

The world's most powerful sports agents have negotiated a collective $33.4 billion in current professional athlete contracts, netting them more than $1.6 billion in commissions.

Sep 25, 2018

The firms featured in the 2018 sports agency rankings have negotiated a collective $43.7 billion in current professional athlete contracts, netting them more than $2.2 billion in commissions.

Jul 27, 2018

Wolves are trying to sign one of the world's most reviled players - Pepe. What do fans find so irritating about the Portugal international and do his antics blind us to the fact that he is a remarkably good player?

Jun 28, 2018

On June 14, 2018, soccer's World Cup, kicked off. With 32 teams each boasting a squad of 23 players, there are more than 700 players making an appearance. Of those, here are eight soccer players in the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia who have been caught up in tax scandals.

May 9, 2018

Former Led Zeppelin frontman and rock god Robert Plant is a lifelong Wolves supporter and was on hand to help the team and fans celebrate promotion to the Premier League. But what is behind the recent success, and what part is being played by super-agent Jorge Mendes?

Sep 25, 2017

With an astounding $32.6 billion in combined contracts and $1.5 billion in commissions among them, the World's Most Powerful Sports Agents have proved that brain power and shrewd negotiation skills can be just as lucrative as the athletic prowess their clients display on the field and court.

Jun 23, 2017

Soccer star Ronaldo faces criminal charges in an alleged $16M tax case. Why he should pay even as he disputes the charges, and how to decide about payment in simpler tax cases.

Jun 16, 2017

Cristiano Ronaldo stands accused of tax evasion, and Lionel Messi was convicted. Yet their tax evasion cases hold lessons for most taxpayers with smaller incomes and less complex lives.

Dec 6, 2016

Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo has been accused of participating in a tax evasion scheme to hide more nearly €150 million from the tax man.

Dec 4, 2016

An unprecedented leak of salary and tax information relating to some of the biggest names in European soccer has spawned hundreds of headlines. Cristiano Ronaldo and Jose Mourinho have been front and centre but have they done anything illegal?

Sep 21, 2016

For baseball agent Scott Boras, "show me the money" isn't just some phrase -- it's a way of life. Having negotiated an astonishing $2.2 billion in current Major League Baseball player contracts in the league's lucrative salary cap-free system, Boras has delivered some of pro sports' biggest deals, and made himself [...]

Sep 23, 2015

There are only three sure things in life: death, taxes and Scott Boras dominating the sports agent business. With more than $117 million in commissions from active MLB contracts, Boras ranks first on our list, with a Portuguese soccer agent not far behind.

Sep 23, 2015

No other sports agency comes close to CAA in commissions and the breadth of stars it represents, but plenty of other players are making big bucks amid a boom in television rights fees that is pumping up athlete contracts.