In 1971, 20-year-old USC junior, Trope, decided he wanted to be an agent after watching
Johnny Rodgers's 72-yard punt return touchdown against
Oklahoma, leading
Nebraska to the national championship. Rodgers won the
Heisman Trophy and Trope, at age 21 signed Rodgers as his first client and became the youngest agent in history to represent NFL players. After graduating from
Loyola Law School in 1983 Trope retired as an NFL agent in 1985. Trope was admitted to the
California State Bar in 1987, which is also the year Trope wrote the book "Necessary Roughness", a very candid and blunt book about life as an NFL agent.
Sports Agent Johnny Rodgers was the 1972 winner of the
Heisman Trophy and Trope, in 1973 at age 21 became the youngest agent in history to represent NFL players. numerous collegiate all Americans and over 200 total contracts. 1978 Heisman winner and number one over all NFL draft pick
Earl Campbell Houston Oilers; 1980 Heisman winner and first round draft pick
Charles White (American football) Cleveland Browns; Heisman Trophy runner up
Chuck Muncie, first round draft pick to
New Orleans Saints;
Ricky Bell first overall NFL draft pick,
Tampa Bay Buccaneers;
Lawrence Taylor, first round draft pick
New York Giants; W.
Clay Matthews, Jr., first round draft pick
Cleveland Browns;
Wes Chandler, first round draft pick New Orleans Saints;
Russell Erxleben, first round draft pick New Orleans Saints.; Lindsey Scott first round draft pick
Atlanta Falcons;
James Lofton, first round draft pick
Green Bay packers;
Chris Ward, first round draft pick
New York Jets;
Al Harris, first round draft pick
Chicago Bears;
Charles Alexander first round draft pick
Cincinnati Bengals;
Dave Wilson supplemental first round draft pick New Orleans Saints;
Warren Bryant first round draft pick Atlanta Falcons; Johnie Cooks first round draft pick
Baltimore Colts;
Johnny "Lam" Jones first round draft pick New York Jets;
Mike Kenn first round draft pick Atlanta Falcons; Ricky Sanford first round draft pick
New England Patriots;
Dennis Smith first round draft pick Denver Broncos and many other notable players. Lawrence Taylor signed a secret deal with
Donald Trump and the USFL's
New Jersey Generals, which he later regretted. He asked Trope to attempt to extricate himself from the deal. Trope met with General's owner Donald Trump and the owners of the
New York Giants and negotiated [a] a release for Taylor from the General's contract; and [b] a new $6 million multi-year deal for Taylor with the Giants. The negotiated deal resulted in Taylor's receiving a new $6 million plus deal with the Giants, and with Trump receiving full repayment of the $1 million interest-free loan he made to Taylor, plus a handsome profit.
Trial Lawyer Trope graduated from
Loyola Law School and was admitted to the
California State Bar in 1987. Trope, as a lawyer, has represented clients in jury and non-jury trials in various matters including criminal, probate, breach of contract, wrongful death, and family law matters. In 1988 Trope represented sports agent Lloyd Bloom in an indictment filed in federal Court, In 1997 Trope represented Major League Soccer players
Paul Caligiuri In 2007 Trope Represented
Larry Birkhead in a suit against Birkhead's former lawyer, and
Pamela Bach in her divorce and custody case. In 2010 Trope obtained the largest recorded child support order, for one child, in the United States for client, Lisa Kerkorian, ex-wife of Las Vegas hotel magnate
Kirk Kerkorian, which included a $10 million lump-sum payment of retroactive child support, along with future child support payments of $100,000 per month. In 2013 Trope successfully defended Randall Douthit, in a domestic abuse jury trial in which Douthit's former wife, Patric Jones, sued him for $3 million in damages plus punitive damages. On September 27, 2013 Trope obtained a jury verdict in favor of Douthit finding no liability and vindicating Douthit as to all claims. In 2015 the California Appeals Court upheld the win with Appeal B254719 ==Books and Media==