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Allain Roy, a member of the 1994 silver medal Canadian Olympic team and CMG Sports president joins Enterprise Radio. He serves as the personal representative for clients, responsible for enhancing their professional careers as well as their life after professional sports. This episode is in association with eAthlete.
Listen to host Eric Dye & guest Allain Roy discuss the following:
- Tell our audience about CMG Spots, your sports agency firm. How did you get started, what does your firm do and where do you hope to take the firm over the next few years?
- Why don’t you give our audience a few examples of some success stories of how you have represented professional hockey players, over the years and the things that you deal with as an agent on a day to day basis, whether it’s the NHL draft, free agency and other items that players and agents go through.
- What has been the most memorable moment as a sports agent?
- I know an issue important to you is mental health and the pressures of a professional athlete. Can you talk a bit about that.
- What’s the process like in terms of recruiting players to be represented by you and your firm? What’s the competition for player representation like?
- How does your experience as a former professional hockey player help you today in your current job as an agent?
- Can you talk a bit about the importance of mentoring and career development during an athlete’s  pro athletic career.
- How has the sports agency and representation business changed throughout the years, especially since you first got started in the business.
- As an entrepreneur, who started your own sports agency firm, what advice do you have for entrepreneurs or someone that’s thinking of starting their own business?
Duration: 18:48
A member of the 1994 silver medal Canadian Olympic team and CMG Sports president, Allain Roy serves as the personal representative of clients, responsible for enhancing their professional careers as well as their life after professional sports.
A graduate of Harvard University, Allain was the goalie of Harvard’s NCAA National Championship team (1988-89), a member of the 1988-89 NCAA All-Tournament Team, an All-American finalist (1991-92) and a member of the 1993 World Championship Team. A 1989 fourth round draft pick of the Winnipeg Jets, Allain had a brief NHL callup in 1993 before joining the Canadian Olympic team. He played for Jokerit, the Finnish Elite Champions, the Saginaw Wheels and the Kapfenberg Tigers (Austrian League). He had a career .904 save percentage.
After leaving hockey, Allain became president of Crimson Marketing and Management Group, the parent company of eGroupManager, Gateway Medicard, LLC, and CMG Sports. From ’97 to ’99 Allain served as VP of Operations for the St. Louis Vipers In-Line Hockey Club, the 1999 RHI Champions.
A native of Campbellton, New Brunswick, Allain is fluent in both French and English. He resides in St.Louis, MO with his wife Adrijana, his son Phillipe and daughter Jordanne.
Allain has used a combination of his extensive business and hockey knowledge to make CMG Sports into one of the most forward thinking and fast growing agencies in the hockey world.
As a NHLPA certified agent, Allain has negotiated a hundreds of contracts at all league levels. As a family advisor, Allain has also assisted many families in determining individual clients’ optimal route in hockey, and life.
About CMG Sports
CMG’s clients benefit from the breadth and depth of our experience without being lost in a giant firm. Negotiating a contract is an important first step in CMG’s professional services, but only the initial step in making the transition from amateur to pro. CMG offers extensive services and sound advice to a limited number of clients. As a mentor for future and current professional athletes.
Links: www.cmgsports.com
