1.   Among the benefits is regulation of agents who want to represent athletes.

2.   Agents are more concerned with lining their own pockets than representing the athletes, he said.

3.   IMG is best known for its sports division, representing athletes like Tiger Woods and Arnold Palmer.

4.   Joyner-Kersee may also become involved in representing track and field athletes.

5.   Leigh Steinberg, a football and baseball agent who also represents Olympic athletes, said that one of his star Olympians was being stalked.

6.   One of the attorneys representing the athletes said that he has eight tapes and believes the practice of secretly taping athletes in locker rooms is widespread.

7.   Solomon never got involved in team sports, preferring to represent such athletes as Karch Kiraly, the top-rated volleyballer, over big-name basketball or football stars.

8.   State law prohibits an agent from offering anything of value to induce an athlete into an agreement to represent the athlete, the documents state.

9.   Steve Blick, a Palo Alto, California attorney, has represented male athletes for years, and is adding a few women.

10.   This is unprecedented in sports history -- an active player owning a firm that represents athletes.