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Profit From Football

8 years ago, Forbes started calculating NFL team values.  From that time, the average NFL team has seen a 211% increase in value and is now worth $898 million [The Business of Football].  The steady increase in broadcasting fees, which equal more than MLB and the NBA combined, has become the main source for player salaries (thanks in part to the NFL Network).  The teams are definitely benefitting as well with a $30.8 million yearly income before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization.

Take a look at the individual NFL Team Valuations.  If you had the choice, wouldn’t you rather see your client go to a financially stable organization with a large amount of operating income to spend?  Also take a look at the 1-year value change (%).  It may be worthwhile to try to land a client in an up-and-coming city, where the player will have an easier time making his name while the organization grows to new heights.

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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.