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Back From Israel

My 10+ day trip to NY/Israel is over, and I am back home in sunny South Florida. I have about 100 e-mails to sort through, 1/4 of which concerning this blog, 1/4 concerning Dynasty Athlete Representation, and the rest mostly Facebook wall posts :).

The next few weeks should be extremely hectic, but fun. I will be reading up on many of the stories that I have missed during my trip and keeping up to date on new stories to discuss on this blog. I will post a link to pictures from the trip once I upload them if any of you are interested in vicariously taking my journey.

A major event that is coming up is the MLB Entry Draft, which should mark the beginning of my career as a sports agent alongside my partner Matthew Vuckovich. Believe me that much will be discussed about this as time goes on.

In addition, AccessAthletes.com is starting to be deveveloped behind the scenes. As a reminder, it is a super-secret project that I am embarking on with partner Matthew Allinson.

Besides all of that, I would like to thank the contributors for posting some insightful thoughts in my absence. I also think that Andrew did a great job with Nightmare Clients of the Week, and if you all think that he should retain the role as writer of the column, be sure to mention it!

Now I am back to re-organizing my life!

-Darren Heitner

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.