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Florida Workers Compensation Law To Affect Athletes

In case you did not know, I have been blogging at ChangeLegal.com since September 2010 (albeit not nearly as regularly as I post here at Sports Agent Blog).  While I am very much intrigued and interested in the sports agent profession, I have found myself itching to write about some of the hottest topics in Sports Law, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property Law, and other legal disciplines.  ChangeLegal.com provides me that platform.

Over the weekend, I posted an article titled, “Florida Professional Athletes Affected By New Workers Compensation Law.”  I figure it is also something many of the readers of this site would enjoy reading.  Also, I changed the layout of ChangeLegal.com over the weekend to somewhat mimic Sports Agent Blog.  I hope you enjoy the post and continue to go back to ChangeLegal.com in addition to Sports Agent Blog!

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.

One reply on “Florida Workers Compensation Law To Affect Athletes”

 As an agent we want the best options for our clients to recover damages or for lost wages that occur because of an incident during the course of employment. This is similar to forum shopping, but to represent your clients and have their best interests at heart you have to take advantage of the tools at your disposal.

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