An Interview with Craig Fenech, Sport Agent and Attorney

Craig Fenech has represented athletes and sports media figures since 1980. In Winter 2001, he went to Toronto to meet Canadian ice skaters Jamie Salé and David Pelletier, and said: “I think you can become household names in the US.” Little did they know how true those words would prove: a few months later, the reigning world champions in the Pairs Figure Skating event found themselves at the center of scandal at the 2002 Winter Olympics, when the Russian pair of Berezhnaya and Sikharulidze were awarded the gold, despite a f lawless display from Jamie and David. An international outcry followed which was resolved four days later when the IOC awarded the Canadians a second gold medal. Here Craig talks with Professor Jerry Dailey from Kean University about his views on the role of the sport agent, the business side of sport and the ice-skating scandal.