In today's complex and ever-changing professional sports marketplace, every pro athlete requires the services of a skillful and honest representative.

Throughout the world of sports, the importance of having a qualified agent to handle an athlete's team selection, contract negotiations, marketing, merchandising and career development has become universally accepted.

Recent developments in women's basketball will present unprecedented opportunities for the sport's top players.

Attractive work contracts are available for elite female players. And now, more than ever, a bewildering array of attractive playing options are present in the rapidly-expanding international Leagues.

All of these very encouraging developments greatly enhance the sport rewards of a career as a professional female basketball player.

At the same time, however, they require many new decisions to be made difficult and confusing decisions which will significantly impact for better of worse, a player's entire career,

Stay in your country ? If so, which league is most likely to succeed ? Play in foreign country ? If so, in what country, for what team? There is no clear-cut right answer.

The correct decision depends on variety of factors which vary considerably from player to player. What about contracts ?

Clearly salary is important, but other variables taken together often prove to be of much greater signifiance.