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Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-up (7/29/2016)

Training camp. It signals the true start of NFL. And it makes us all get a little giddy as the NFL season approaches. This is the time where we all have even just the slightest amount of hope that our teams will exceed expectations. More hope than many of us have for whomever will be elected next President of the United States.

This week on Forbes:
(1) This Week In Sports Law: WWE Lawsuit, Prison For Astros Hacker, Derek Jeter’s Undies;
(2) What Verizon Purchase Of Yahoo Means For NFL Content And Fantasy Sports;
(3) Why Las Vegas Needs To Look Hard At The Billion Dollar Esports Business; and
(4) Wasserman Adds 60 Soccer Clients Through Acquisition Of Mondial Partners.

And as always, the weekly wrap-up:

Football

Basketball

Baseball

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.