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Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-Up (6/8/2012)

Post author By Darren Heitner
Post date June 8, 2012

Scott Boras

Jewish girl nose jobs decreasing. Due to ethnic pride? How about my White Hot Heat? Better believe I will be in the American Airlines Arena for Game 7 of Heat vs. Celtics. My newest Forbes article is titled, Detroit Tigers Pitcher Andrew Oliver’s Former Advisors’ Actions May Represent Significant Threat To Baseball Agents. Hope you enjoy it. Here are some stories I missed over the past week.

Baseball

Praise for Scott Boras from one of his advisees [When talent and a revamped draft collide, McCullers left in limbo].
No praise of the new MLB Draft rules from Boras [Agent Scott Boras: MLB draft a ‘mockery’].
Justin Verlander’s agent, who is a part owner of SFX Baseball [Q&A with Michigan alum and MLB agent Mark Pieper].
A listing of Wasserman’s 6 picks through the first 3 rounds [Carlos Correa Drafted #1 Overall in 2012 MLB Draft].
This guy defrauded a few sports agencies [BIZARRE MILWAUKEE MAN, WALTON, ARRESTED ON FRAUD CHARGES].

Football

He signed with Dallas, Texas-based Jordan Woy [NFL Wide Receiver, TERRELL OWENS, Signs New Sports Agent].

Tennis

BAC of .18+ [Tiger Woods’s Agent Mark Steinberg Charged With Drunken Driving].

Olympics

Evan Morgenstein has received calls from clients concerned about BP sponsorship [USOC says BP sponsorship still solid].

Tags Jordan Woy, Justin Verlander, Mark Pieper, Mark Steinberg, mlb draft, scott boras, SFX Baseball, Terrell Owens, Wasserman Media Group

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.