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Make the Smart Move The playbook for better sports decisions
Talent gets you seen. Decisions get you signed.
About the book
The hardest decisions don’t look like mistakes.
Travel teams, showcases, rankings, social media, NIL, agents, the transfer portal — all of it creates pressure to act before an athlete and their family understand the tradeoffs. The decisions that cost the most rarely look like mistakes in the moment. They look like opportunities, which is exactly why they get taken.
Make the Smart Move helps athletes and families strip away the noise and focus on what actually moves a career forward: development, role, fit, sustainability, timing and future options. Written from four perspectives at once — athlete, attorney, agent and parent — it is a practical framework for making consequential decisions with clarity.
What’s inside
Four areas. One method.
The book covers the four places where athletes and families face their most consequential decisions.
Development decisions
Minutes, roles, environment and timing.
Cutting through the noise
Social media, showcases, rankings and FOMO.
Agents & representation
When to hire, what they actually do, and how to choose.
NCAA & NIL
Eligibility, transfer decisions, traditional NIL and revenue sharing.
Across all four, the Smart Move Framework provides the method.
- 01Strip the noise
- 02Focus on development
- 03Consider sustainability
- 04Protect future options
- 05Ask questions
“It is not always about having more information. A lot of times, it is about correctly understanding the information you already have.”
Mario Iveljic · Attorney, sports agent, former Division I Yale athleteAbout the author
Mario Iveljic
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The playbook is ready. Are you?
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