Scott Dean Boras, född 2 november 1952, är en amerikansk advokat och spelaragent som är verksam inom den nordamerikanska professionella basebolligan Major League Baseball (MLB).[1] Han företräder många framträdande basebollspelare och har förhandlat fram spelarkontrakt till ett värde av mer än fyra miljarder amerikanska dollar[2], ingen annan spelaragent oavsett sport har varit i närheten av den summan, sen han blev spelaragent på tidigt 1980-tal. Boras har beskrivits som "superagent" av nordamerikansk media[3][4][5][6][7][8] och toppar årligen listor om vem som är den mest inflytelserika spelaragenten i sportvärlden[9][10][11][12].
Han avlade en doktor i farmaci vid University of the Pacific och en juristexamen vid McGeorge School of Law.
- ^ Cole, Matthew. ”Scott Boras is the super sports agent”. ESPN. http://www.espn.com/espnmag/story?id=3608950.
- ^ O'Neill, Dan. ”The man fans love to hate super agent Scott Boras acknowledges his image but disputes its accuracy.”. St. Louis Today. http://www.stltoday.com/sports/the-man-fans-love-to-hate-super-agent-scott-boras/article_ac991aab-8d80-5bbd-b978-e79764856af0.html.
- ^ ”The 50 most influential people behind the scenes in sports in 2016”. Business Insider. http://www.businessinsider.com/most-influential-people-behind-the-scenes-in-sports-2016-12?op=0&r=US&IR=T&IR=T#/#17-scott-boras-35.
- ^ Hruby, Patrick. ”Baseball's best lobbyist”. Washingtonian Media. https://www.washingtonian.com/2014/05/12/baseballs-best-lobbyist/.
- ^ Madden, Bill. ”After managing to get Max Scherzer a $210 million contract, Scott Boras belongs in Hall of Fame”. New York Daily News. http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/raissman-scott-boras-hall-agent-article-1.2090634.
- ^ Abraham, Peter. ”How Scott Boras influences all of baseball”. The Boston Globe. https://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/2013/11/14/super-agent-scott-boras-has-influence-throughout-game-baseball/2q9ugxIG5eA4j7VzENgD2I/story.html.
- ^ Unruh, Jacob. ”Scott Boras has gone from farming to baseball super agent”. The Oklahomian. http://newsok.com/article/5427390.
- ^ Rovell, Darren. ”My Interview with super-agent Scott Boras”. CNBC. http://www.cnbc.com/id/28450814.
- ^ Farmery, Tom. ”Jorge Mendes is the wealthiest agent in football...but $2.1bn baseball guru Scott Boras rules the world and has totalling three times more than Cristiano Ronaldo's representative”. Daily Mail. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/sportsnews/article-3800521/Jorge-Mendes-wealthiest-agent-football-2-1m-Baseball-guru-Scott-Boras-rules-world-deals-totalling-THREE-times-Cristiano-Ronaldo-s-representative.html#comments.
- ^ Spector, Jesse. ”A trip through the Scott Boras Spin Zone”. Sporting News. https://www.sportingnews.com/us/mlb/news/scott-boras-mlb-free-agents-ian-kennedy-chris-davis-matt-harvey-mets-xander-bogaerts-red-sox/1a1vqevfalla31ax4khcpm7dkk.
- ^ Belzer, Jason. ”The world's most powerful sports agents 2016”. Forbes. http://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonbelzer/2016/09/21/the-worlds-most-powerful-sports-agents-2016/#27b835b01ef1.
- ^ ”Scott Boras”. Forbes. http://www.forbes.com/profile/scott-boras/.