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Nova Southeastern Sports & Entertainment Law Symposium

This is a great event to attend if you are in the South Florida area.  I will be speaking on the 1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. panel titled, Family Managing an Athlete’s Career. What: 4th Annual Nova Southeastern University Sports & Entertainment Law Symposium When: Saturday, February 19th, 2011 (9:30 a.m. – Keynote Speaker:  Luther Campbell […]

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Sports Law

What Am I Doing Today, To Be A Sports Agent Tomorrow?

This is a question that I ask myself every day. Since I am still a student, and not yet an agent, I want to give myself every possible advantage now, to succeed in the future. One of my goals is to read at least three articles or posts related to sports agents, sports law, and collective bargaining […]

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Is a Sport(s) Management Degree worth it?

After reading several articles about young people, especially college grads, attempting to break into the sports or entertainment industry, I have come to the conclusion that it may be more beneficial to pursue a degree in anything but Sport. In addition, through a conversation with a notable Athletic Director, I posed the question: Where are […]

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Internships

A Newcomer’s Perspective Part I: How to Break Into the Industry – And Know It’s Not For Me

As many of you may or may not know, I am currently interning for Dynasty Athlete Representation, LLC, under someone who I consider to be a great role model and most importantly a friend – Darren Heitner. Ever since I realized I would not be the ‘shining star’ on the court as I always wanted […]

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Come Root For The Underdogs

With Pete Parise being a hot topic amongst St. Louis Cardinals fans, I have begun to get approached by media entities who want to learn more about Pete and who are interested in how he became a client of Dynasty.  Two days ago, I was featured in an interview on the Fansided site, Redbird Rants. […]

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An Intern(al) Look at Becoming A Sports Agent

I am writing this week from NYC, as I am spending a couple days here with my fiance for the Valentines Day holiday. Hopefully the weather is nice enough for us to see some sites and catch a show. We needed to get out of the house after being snowed in for 2 days this […]

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An Intern(al) Look at Becoming a Sports Agent

I’ve wanted to become a sports agent for a very long time. It was the reasoning behind my decision to go to law school and it’s something I’ve rigorously pursued since beginning law school. I knew the industry was very cutthroat and hard to break into. I was lucky to catch a break when an […]

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Darren Heitner Interview With News Talk 800

At around 5 p.m. yesterday, I got a call from one of Dynasty‘s baseball agents, Bryan Swalley, asking me to be a guest on a West Virginia based sports radio show.  The interview was to be conducted an hour from receiving the notice.  Next time, give me some advance notice, Swalls!  Anyway, I am happy […]

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So, You Want To Be An Agent? The Entourage Effect

Most of you are familiar with the hit HBO series Entourage. The show is based on the experiences of Mark Wahlberg as an up and coming movie star coming from Boston to Hollywood. Wahlberg is represented in the series by movie star Vincent Chase (Adrian Grenier). Wahlberg said that the idea for the show came […]

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Interview With The Agent: Darren Heitner

Yesterday, I had the privilege of answering a few interview questions for the very popular sports website, Hugging Harold Reynolds.  HHR has started a new column titled, So You Want to Work in Sports?, where they will be interviewing 20 and 30-something-year-olds in various careers in professional, amateur and collegiate sports to get a take […]