Where there's money, there's brass neck
There are good and bad agents.
“Have you been drinking?” and “go and feed your f***ing dog” were two of the outbursts by candidates at innocent invigilators on Fifa’s online exam for football agents this year. “Given the above, your licence application has therefore been rejected,” Fifa’s senior legal counsel in its agents’ department politely explained to the candidate. “We thank you for your attention to the above. Yours faithfully…”
According to another Fifa letter advising an applicant he had been unsuccessful, the candidate “began speaking in an abusive manner (to the invigilator), stating: ‘You are an Indian and you do not speak good English at all - that is why I cannot understand you. F*** you!’ He then raised his middle finger. Shortly after, the candidate’s screen went blank”. Fifa thanked the candidate and declined his application.
In another case, the invigilator suspected a candidate of having help from a friend or colleague. Candidates are supposed to be on their own with no assistance and no recourse to Google. The invigilator took screenshots showing the candidate “looking at his right”, “covering his mouth” and then the “lamp on his table, started swaying - clearly someone was standing behind the lamp, out of invigilator’s view and bumped into the lamp”. It’s been quite the year in the world of aspiring agents, and also for some of those who gain their Fifa licences.