NZ’s top sports agent, Simon Porter: How do we fix our issues with rugby and cricket?
Simon is the CEO Halo Sport - our biggest sporting agency, and his insights into sport in NZ and sponsorship contracts is unrivalled.
In this episode we go behind the scenes of NZ sport like never before.
We discuss the reality of being a top sporting agent, representing both Razor and Ian Foster during the All Blacks coaching saga, his role in connecting NZ Rugby with Japan, and much, much more.
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0:00 Simon Porter: a career in the shadows
2:33 Introducing Halo Sport
8:11 Razor, Fozzie, and the All Blacks
10:32 The beginning of the path to being a sports agent
14:47 Warren Alcock: Yoda
20:28 A Steven Adams interlude
23:25 Does a playing background help as an agent?
27:30 The importance of golf to the art of the deal
32:50 Back to the Hawkes Bay
37:21 Dentsu and the importance of Japan
41:05 Transitioning athletes out of sport
51:28 Managing the dreams of young athletes
54:08 Watching the 2019 RWC Final with Richie McCaw and Dan Carter
55:42 How do coaches differ from athletes?
59:00 Simon Porter on the current state of rugby
1:09:53 Representation in rugby league and cricket
1:17:03 Crossing over into sporting organisations
1:21:04 Hannah and Simon: a sporting power couple
1:24:24 Simon on women’s sport
1:31:53 An agent’s relationship with the media
1:34:07 The difference between an athlete agent and an athlete manager
1:36:31 Beyond contracts: movies, ad campaigns, and books
1:39:54 Advice for aspiring agents
1:45:03 Last words from Steve, Seamus, and Simon
