About us
Romain ROUX
FFBB Sports Agent
Graduated in 2008 from the University of Aix-Marseille (13) and holder of a Master in Business Law with Sports Law mention, Romain ROUX carried out his first professional experiences within the legal services of the JA basketball club Vichy (Jeep Elite) and the media team "The team".
Over the past 10 years, he has successively held the positions of lawyer and legal manager within the "Sport & Entertainment" branch of a large French group. His various experiences have enabled him to develop expertise in matters of advice, negotiation and contractual drafting, in a wide variety of fields (partnership, image, sponsorship, etc.).
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Romain ROUX, founder of OROGA Agency, holds the license no 200000003897004 since 29 March 2019 obtained from the French Basketball Federation.
The job of Agent in France
Born from the professionalization of sporting competitions and the development of spectacle sport, this profession is governed by articles L 222-7 and following of the Sport Code, which fix its definition, the quality of the people capable of exercising it, the rate of remuneration of the sports agent as well as the terms of access to the exercise of the activity of sports agent.
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According to the legal definition, a sports agent exercises "the activity consisting in bringing together, against remuneration, the parties interested in the conclusion of a contract either relating to the remunerated exercise of a sporting or training activity, or which provides for the conclusion of an employment contract for the remunerated exercise of a sporting or training activity ”.
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To exercise, sports agents must be holders of a sports agent license. The examination to obtain the sports agent license is the subject of two sessions organized successively by the French National Olympic and Sports Committee (CNOSF) and the sports federation concerned (French basketball federation).
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In practice, however, their field of intervention is much broader. Sports agents guide athletes in their short, medium and long term career strategy, help them in the management of their communication, their image and their heritage and, even for some, support them in the preparation of their “after "career" of professional sportsman.
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The job of sports agent therefore involves having skills in several areas, such as sports, marketing, law, management and public relations.
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