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The Stalkerbook Strikes Again

Would you be scared if every current/former student and corporation had access to your personal information, photos, etc?  How about if you someone never even had to go to school or be an employee of Apple/EA Sports/etc to access your information.  Would that make you feel a little uneasy?

Last week, Facebook decided to go the MySpace route, and allow anyone and his/her Grandmother to join its service.  What does this mean for athletes?  It means that you better think three times (instead of twice) before putting any incriminating material on your profile and you may want to consider how posted information could affect the appeal of your brand (the brand being: you).

In addition, if you are an agent, recommend to your clients that if they use the service, they should adjust their privacy settings to prevent any random person from accessing their information.  The amount of time that it takes to relay that information to your clients is well worth it, and could end up saving you and your client money that could be lost in the future due to a bad reputation.

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By Darren Heitner

Darren Heitner created Sports Agent Blog as a New Year's Resolution on December 31, 2005. Originally titled, "I Want To Be A Sports Agent," the website was founded with the intention of causing Heitner to learn more about the profession that he wanted to join, meet reputable individuals in the space and force himself to stay on top of the latest news and trends.

Heitner now runs Heitner Legal, P.L.L.C., which is a law firm with many practice areas, including sports law and contract law. Heitner has represented numerous athletes and sports agents as legal counsel. He has also served as an Adjunct Professor at Indiana University Bloomington from 2011-2014, where he created and taught a course titled, Sport Agency Management, which included subjects ranging from NCAA regulations to athlete agent certification and the rules governing the profession. Heitner serves as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Florida Levin College of Law, where he teaches a Sports Law class that includes case law surrounding athlete agents and the NCAA rules.