If you are going to be in Toronto, Canada tomorrow, you may want to stop by the UJA Federation’s first Taking Care of Business forum. Here is a listing of the sports-related panelists: Sports entrepreneur Larry Tanenbaum. Toronto Blue Jays President & CEO Paul Godfrey. CFL commissioner Mark Cohon. There will be more speakers at […]
Playing high school football, college football, and then in the NFL will definitely take a toll on your body. The most pain may be felt after retirement, however. The “glamor” of being a Sports Agent is felt by few, and the few who ever become the top of the trade, often experience the feeling in […]
I just updated the back-end program for this blog (WordPress), and for some reason the drop down menu of links is all out of whack. I hope to fix this as soon as possible. In the mean time, enjoy all the links being jumbled together and listed multiple times. Sorry! -Darren Heitner
The NFLPA does not want to hear any complaints about its pension policy from retired players. Freedom of expression. It sounds good on paper, especially when that paper is the U.S. Constitution. Unfortunately for retired NFL players, that privilege is being taken away. Apparently, many retired players have been keeping blogs (news to me) that […]
Brian Urlacher has been fined $100,000 for promoting a company that is not an official sponsor of the NFL. Sports Agents, it is time to brush up on your professional sport corporate sponsors! Because if your client sports a brand that is a rival of an exclusive sponsor of that particular sport, he or she […]
Do you really want to be an agent? This is the important question you should ask yourself, but how much about the sports agency industry do you really know? The stereotype of the sports agent is mired with misconceptions. Young, aspiring agents typically do not know much about the industry other than the overly glamorized […]
LTBE and NLTBE…they are NFL terms that you likely have never even heard of before. With the NFL draft coming up, I will most likely start to focus a lot of posts on America’s most prized sport: football. This year, each NFL team will have a salary cap of $109 million to work with. But […]
My roommate sent this to me. I just wanted to share it with you all. Watch the Youtube video first: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuN7hmlQrkw Then read the article: http://redsox.bostonherald.com/redSox/view.bg?articleid=195180 The narration and the quotes from these guys are classic. Enjoy! -Matthew AllinsonÂ
When should you declare for the NBA draft? What pick do NBA execs believe you will be? Who should you hire to help train you for pre-draft workouts/the pre-draft camp? Who will hype up your value while you focus on becoming a better player? John Givony of DraftExpress.com is correct; when tackling the decision to […]
My thoughts and prayers go out to all of those that have been affected by the Virginia Tech shootings. At this point, it has been confirmed that at least 32 people have been killed. Today is a very sad day for everybody, and it is scary that anything like this would ever occur. [Death Toll […]