Above the Law readers are offered 1 free CLE course each month, thanks to Lawline. See this month’s offering here. From Lawline A marketing advance is a sum of money that is offered and provided by a sports agent to an athlete with the stated intention that it be paid back by the player to the agent as the player earns endorsement and marketing income. Often, the player either never earns enough money off-the-field to fully reimburse the agent the full amount of the advance, or the agent, as long as the player remains a client, chooses not to enforce the reimbursement provision in a contrac...