Beta pricing — $279 while The Compass is in its founding year. This is the lowest it will be.

Develop · Educate · Connect · Prepare

Most people
never get in
the room.

Talent is not what keeps people out of this industry. Access is. Roger Montgomery has negotiated $300 million in contracts over 27 years, and for six weeks he teaches you how the business actually works.

The Compass exists to develop, educate, connect and prepare people building a career in sports representation — taught live by people who have done the job.

or four payments of $69.75

Six weeks live, 25 October to 6 December · nothing recurring

Taught live, not pre-recorded
40 members through year one
Price locked for life at what you pay

Roger Montgomery speaking while seated at a table

Roger MontgomeryFounder, MSG

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Featured appearances and coverage. Publication names do not imply endorsement.

Access, not talent, is what keeps people out of this industry.

Years representing NBA players

$300M

In contracts negotiated

Weeks of live teaching

Members through year one

Our mission

The Compass exists to develop, educate, connect and prepare the people who want to build a career in sports representation.

Develop

Live teaching that turns curiosity into competence, module by module.

Educate

The mechanics nobody publishes: certification, contracts, cap structures, representation.

Connect

A room of people moving the same direction, and direct access to someone already there.

Prepare

You leave knowing what the job asks of you, and whether you want it.

Roger Montgomery being interviewed inside a basketball arena

Our story

“Nobody sat me down and explained this business. So I explain it.”

I spent 27 years in rooms most people never get into — negotiating more than $300 million in contracts, sitting with families, telling young men the truth when it was not what they wanted to hear.

The people asking me how to get in were not short on ability. They were short on someone willing to show them the mechanics. I teach The Compass live because that conversation only works when it is a conversation.

Roger Montgomery — Founder

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Before The Compass
27 years representing NBA players and $300 million in contracts negotiated. The questions that kept arriving were never about talent. They were about how to get in.
Why Compass now
The answer became a programme: what he had been explaining one person at a time, taught live to a cohort, six weeks at a time.

Where it began — 2019

Elite Mentoring Foundation

A registered 501(c)(3) non-profit, started in 2019

Long before The Compass, Roger started Elite Mentoring Foundation in 2019 — a 501(c)(3) set up for one reason: young people kept asking how to build a life in sport, and there was nobody in their world to answer.

The Compass is that same room, opened wider — a real person answering a real question.

A packed high school basketball gym from Roger Montgomery's early years in the sport

The basketball roots behind the mission

Mentoring

One-to-one time with people that want personal attention — real answers, from someone who has done the job.

Access

Introductions, rooms and conversations usually reserved for people already inside — the same doors The Compass community keeps open.

Opportunity

Practical help toward the next step — study, work experience, a first real contact.

Roger Montgomery in conversation with Jeremy Lin on a basketball court

Real guidance, in the room

Joining The Compass keeps that work going — the programme and the foundation pull in the same direction.

Roger’s own wording and any share of fees directed to the foundation still to be confirmed.

Roger in the media

Independent coverage across the game.

Interviews and reporting from Roger’s career in player representation.

Jeremy Lin · A Convo With…57 Minutes of Stories Behind Linsanity CNBCLin Takes Agent Along for the Ride HoopsHypeRoger Montgomery coverage archive NBC SportsThe business of Jeremy Lin ESPNCauley-Stein’s agent: ‘Time for Willie to move on’

Publication names identify independent coverage and appearances; they do not imply endorsement.

Develop, educate, connect, prepare — starting October 25.

Six weeks taught live, forty seats through year one, beta pricing at $279.

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The Compass Experience · The Masterclass

The Compass
Experience

Six focused modules, taught live by Roger. Built to elevate your career and sharpen every skill it takes to build one.

25 October to 6 December · nothing recurring

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until the first live session · seats are held while beta pricing lasts

Six modules · taught live

From career foundations to live negotiation.

One live module
every Sunday

Module 01
The career
Understand representation, define your personal brand and identify the skills you need to build.
Module 02
The player
Evaluate, recruit and sign players while working properly with athletes and their families.
Module 03
The relationship
Build trust through communication, timing and judgment — the art alongside the science.
Module 04
The business
Learn negotiation mechanics, collective bargaining concepts and how the money moves.
Module 05
Mock negotiation I
Prepare a position, read the room and put the principles into practice in a guided exercise.
Module 06
Mock negotiation II
Run a live negotiation, respond under pressure and leave with direct, practical feedback.

Every week

01
A live module
A focused 90-minute session with Roger, live every week for six weeks.
02
Questions, answered
A live question session on the same material. Bring your own situation and get a straight answer.
03
The recording, kept
Archived the same week and yours to keep, so a missed session or a bad time zone costs you nothing.

Six live modules, one a week
Every session recorded and kept
Nothing recurring after the six weeks

When the six weeks are up you can stay in the room — join The Compass Community for $79 a month.

After the Experience · $79/month

Stay in the room,
if you want to.

When the Experience ends, the Community begins. Graduates can continue with monthly career-building sessions, practical case work and a professional network.

Nothing is charged automatically

The $279 covers the masterclass. The Community is a separate decision you make at the end, not a subscription that starts without you noticing.

What membership adds

Case studies built from real-world situations and practical development
A network with exposure to NBA and Fever team personnel
Job references and professional referrals that support career opportunities
Monthly career-building sessions with expert guests and live questions
Real-time assistance and strategic support on qualified opportunities

+35

The room keeps growing

40+ members and growing.

Former players, lawyers, coaches, students and career switchers — connected by the same ambition to build a real future in sports representation.

Two ways to be in the room

The Experience teaches you the business. The Community keeps you in it.

$279 once

The Compass Experience

Six weeks of live teaching with Roger. One module a week, every session recorded and kept. It starts and it finishes — nothing recurring.

$79 a month

The Compass Community

Where you go when the six weeks are up. Ongoing live calls, guest sessions, contract breakdowns and a member directory — join monthly, leave whenever.

Available after the Experience

Why the door stays shut — and who gets through it

Nobody publishes the path in. Most people who make it knew someone already there, and everyone else spends years guessing.

This is for you if

You want to represent athletes and have no clear path in
You are studying law, business or sport and want the real mechanics
You are certified, or close to it, and still have no clients
You want to work inside an agency, on a team, and need to know how it runs
You want six weeks of direct access to someone who has done the job

It is not for you if

You want a certification handed to you at the end
You expect a job or a signed client to be promised
You want a self-paced course you never open again

What stands in the way

No syllabus existsLaw school teaches contracts, not how a rookie deal is really built.
Certification is only the startAn exam makes you eligible, not employable. Plenty of certified agents never sign a client.
Relationships take yearsYou are competing with a decade of contacts — but you can start far earlier than most.

Six modules. Starts October 25.

Forty seats through year one, taught live. Beta pricing is $279 and the price you join at is the price you keep.

See the pricing

Six weeks live, 25 Oct to 6 Dec · nothing recurring

Two ways to pay

Same masterclass either way. Nothing recurring, nothing to cancel — and beta pricing is the lowest it will be.

What this costs assembled elsewhere

Comparable online agent course, eight weeks, self-paced$1,295
One hour of consulting with a veteran certified agent$350
Recorded library and live question sessions$250

Six weeks here — $279You keep $1,116

Best value

Pay in full

$279

One payment. Full access to all six weeks from day one, and you are done.

Pay in four

$69.75 × 4

Four fortnightly payments through Afterpay or Klarna. Same access, no interest, subject to their approval.

All six weeks included, 25 Oct to 6 Dec
Nothing recurring, nothing to cancel
Your price is locked for life

Why $279: The Compass is in its beta year and members are still shaping what it becomes. As the format is finished and the guest roster grows the price moves up — whatever you pay when you join is what you pay. Players association certification fees are separate and paid directly to the union.

Year one · forty members in

Meet the room. Read what members say.

Lawyers, former players, coaches, students, people starting over. What they share is that nobody handed them a way in.

Portrait of Compass member Chase Beeson — Chase Beeson
“This whole program was exactly what I was looking for. I feel much more comfortable with how the business works and how I can move forward.”

Portrait of Compass member Alaya Dotson — Alaya Dotson
“The mock negotiation was great. I was really looking to learn more about the CBA coming into this but now I realize how much more goes into negotiations than just CBA knowledge.”

Portrait of Compass member Adam Farrah — Adam Farrah
“After the end of the sessions, I didn't want to stop learning. I feel more secure in what my skillset is and how I can apply it to the business.”

Portrait of Compass member Sydney Chudd — Sydney Chudd
“It was great to learn from people that are active in the business. Roger and Alex were very engaged with the group and you could tell that they really want to see you succeed.”

One route in

Two years of silence, then the first client

“I spent two years sending messages nobody answered, and still could not tell you how a deal actually gets done.
What changed was being in a room where I could ask the question out loud and get a straight answer.”

Wesley Chen — Compass member

Reviews · in their own words

Members, unscripted

Short clips recorded by members on their own phones — no script, no edit.

Join the next room.

Forty people have been through year one. The next cohort starts October 25 at beta pricing.

Or split it into four payments

Before you join

Do I need industry experience?

No. Members come from law, college athletics, finance, coaching, and from nothing related at all. Module one assumes you know none of it.

Does this certify me as an agent?

No, and be careful of anyone who says otherwise. Certification sits with each players association, each with its own exam, fee and eligibility rules. The masterclass prepares you for that path and explains it properly, but the certification itself is theirs to grant.

Is the price going up?

Yes. $279 is beta pricing while the programme is still being built with its first members. As the format is finished and the guest roster grows, the price moves toward what comparable programmes charge. Members who join during the beta keep the price they joined at.

Is anything charged after the $279?

The $279 covers the full six weeks and nothing recurs. At the end you can join the membership at $79 a month, to join The Compass Community.

What do I get at the end of the experience?

You finish the six weeks with the full recorded library, your own certification timeline, a plan for your first two years, and the people you went through it with. From there you can join The Compass Community for $79 a month — ongoing live calls with Roger, guest sessions with people inside the industry, contract breakdowns as real deals happen, a member directory and roles posted by members and Roger's network. It is monthly, optional, and you can leave whenever.

Can I pay in instalments?

Yes. Four fortnightly payments of $69.75 through Afterpay or Klarna, subject to their approval. Access is the same.

Will you get me a job or a client?

No, and nobody honest will promise you that. You get the knowledge, direct access to Roger, and a room full of people moving in the same direction. What you do with it is yours.

Not ready yet?

Follow along first

Short breakdowns, contract explainers and behind-the-scenes from the cohort go out on Instagram. Watch for a while, then decide.

Instagram@thecompass.sb

More channels get added here as they go live.

Stop guessing at the way in.

Six weeks with someone who has spent 27 years doing the job you want. Beta pricing while the programme is still being built.

Cohort one starts 25 October
Six live modules, one a week
Nothing recurring