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Nightmare Clients of the Week

Nightmare Clients for the Week of October 1st-October 8th

1. Terrence Kiel of the San Diego Chargers was arrested for shipping a codeine type of cough syrup called “lean” and may be missing some future games [You Can Leon On Him].

2. Albert Haynesworth of the Tennessee Titans received a 5 game suspension after stepping on another player’s head [Titans’ Haynesworth gets five-game suspension].

3. B.J. Sams of the Baltimore Ravens was charged with his second D.U.I. within the past 14 months [Ravens’ Sams charged with second DUI in 14 months].

4. Koren Robinson of the Green Bay Packers will spend 90 days in jail for violating his probation by drinking under the influence…this drinking and driving nonsense needs to stop [Koren Robinson to serve 90 days for second DUI].

5. Stephen Jackson of the Indiana Pacers was hit by a car and decided to shoot a gun…Jamal Tinsley had some marijuana on him. No one was arrested [Pacers’ Jackson hit by car, fires gun, police say].

6. Chris Henry of the Cincinnati Bengals makes this thread again with his most recent two-game suspension [NFL Awards Chris Henry More Free Time].

As a side project, does any reader want to take a look at all of the Nightmare Clients of the Week posts that have been made thus far on this blog and see which professional league has the most players appear? I think the result may be interesting. Baseball and basketball are notorious for the bad rap that its players receive for off-the-field matters/drug related issues. Why do football players make the news more often for their behavior, yet find themselves much less scrutinized on the whole?

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.