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Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-Up

Bust out your yarmulkes and start slicing the challah. It is time for your Friday wrap up of links that I failed to cover during the week.

  • Jerome Brown of San Clemente, California pleaded not guilty after being accused of forming fake businesses to defraud other companies out of about $450,000. His lawyer claims that he was acting as a sports agent and is innocent [Man pleads not guilty to corporate ID theft].
  • Nick Saban should have taken his agent’s advice when he told him not to coach the Dolphins [Sports agent gives the inside scoop to QB Club].
  • A writer for the Fullerton College paper would not have issue if all sports agents dropped dead tomorrow [Agents of Destruction].
  • The real issue that many people are glancing over when discussing Kobe Bryant’s future with the L.A. Lakers has to do with the “No-Trade” clause that his agent, Rob Pelinka, negotiated into his current contract [Kobe Has The Power].
  • A-Rod may now have an easier time deciding whether or not to stay with the Yankees after his three day getaway at Camp Boras [Rodriguez wraps up meetings with Boras].
  • More A-Rod: Darren Rovell talks to Scott Boras about some money figures [Scott Boras, Agent For A-Rod: Our Conversation].

Have a great weekend, and Go Gators!

-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.