Mr. Gonchar said that his building recently decided to switch managing agents and invited several concerns to pitch their wares.

Try to negotiate over the "lock-in period", the time in which you cannot switch agents.

They also worry that if they switch agents or vendors, there is no guarantee that the new ones won't be charged in the future.

Anderson has turned down a six-year, $40 million offer from the club, but that was before he switched agents.

He switched agents and by Christmas knew a trade to the Mets was close.

I switched agents, got a word processor and rewrote the book as a nonfiction "novel."

"Had he not switched agents, there's no doubt in my mind he would be here today," Parcells said on July 18.

Still, the question remains, could Farrior have made more guaranteed money had he not switched agents at such a late date?

(Mayo originally signed with Duffy, but he switched agents after those allegations were made public.)

Some baseball executives involved in pursuing international players said it was not uncommon for players to switch agents.