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Darren Is About To Get A New Pair Of Nikes

D-Mac Ridin the Caddy!And unfortunately, it is not me who will reap the new kicks along with a nice stack of change in return for endorsing the Beavertown, Oregon product. The other Darren, Darren McFadden, is reportedly very close to signing a deal with Nike and may end up signing his name on the dotted line after he picks an agent, which should be soon.

Whoever that agent is will be lucky for a variety of reasons. Not only will he or she get a definite first round pick, but the agent will not have to front any bill for McFadden’s pre-draft workouts. That is because the swoosh (Nike) has decided to pay the expense and give McFadden a free ride to the Michael Johnson Performance Center, where he can scope out the parking lot for as many Escalades as he desires. All jokes aside, The Sporting News makes a great point about why McFadden may have lucked out:

This is the first year that NFL agents have been prohibited from contacting third-year juniors until the NFL officially releases the list of underclassmen that declared for the NFL Draft on Saturday.

There has been a lot of speculation in football circles that top juniors, including McFadden, would not be ready to work out at the combine since NFL agents pay for and often control the slots at the top training programs. “

This is something to remember if you are actively recruiting a 3rd year junior who is leaving early to enter the draft. The article discusses possible candidates for McFadden’s marketing agent. I think the favorite by far has to be Conley Sr.

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.

4 replies on “Darren Is About To Get A New Pair Of Nikes”

mcfadden and felix jones have both hired mike conley as their marketing agent and are close to hiring joel segal to represent them in nfl matters.

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