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Football Agent Carl Carey Responds To Claim That He Set Up Website To Attack A Reporter’s Credibility

Jason McIntyre of The Big Lead recently reported that football agent Carl Carey may be the person who created a website at http://www.dirtydankane.com, which appears to smear Raleigh News & Observer’s Dan Kane for his “sensationalized” and “twisted” stories concerning a “sports agent” (Carl Carey) teaching a class at UNC-Chapel Hill.  McIntyre surmized that Carey is the owned of the website based on a whois.com search, which revealed that a Carl Carey of Houston, Texas registered the domain for the website.

I reached out to Carl Carey to ask if he had a response to McIntyre’s article.  “The issues pertaining to college student athletes and academics are very serious,” said Carey to SportsAgentBlog.com.  “We are in need of news stories that inspire solutions, spark meaningful commentary and debate, and provide insight into an issue that is affecting multitudes of student-athletes nationwide.  My hope is that those who report these stories have a productive agenda in mind that will ultimately help student-athletes across this country reach their personal and academic goals.”  In response to my question asking whether he is  in fact the owner of the website referenced by The Big Lead, Carey stated, “I am not the owner of a website designed to smear anyone.”

On August 27, 2011, Dan Kane wrote an article titled, “Sports agent taught class at UNC-CH.”  The story begins with the following 2 paragraphs:

At a time when UNC-Chapel Hill officials were embarrassed to find that sports agents had infiltrated the football program, the chairman of the university’s African and Afro-American Studies Department hired an agent to teach a summer class.

At the time of the class this summer, the agent, Carl Carey Jr., was representing two UNC football players who had been selected in this spring’s NFL draft.

The article then goes on to state,

While he was teaching, Carey was trying to retain Robert Quinn as a client. He is now suing Quinn, a first-round pick of the St. Louis Rams, in an attempt to recover nearly $300,000 in loans and advances he said he gave Quinn in advance of a professional contract.

In the past, I have covered Carey’s litigation against Quinn, Quinn’s Business Manager, Quinn’s new agents (Mitch Frankel and Tony Fleming of Impact Sports), and New York Giants defensive end, Marvin Austin (who is represented by Impact Sports).  I wrote,

The premise of Carey, Jr.’s Complaint is that Robert Quinn’s Business Manager (and girlfriend?), Christina White, led Quinn to believe that Impact Sports could do a better job than Carey, Jr. with regards to marketing Quinn and finding endorsement opportunities during the lockout.  Carey, Jr. also claims that White, Frankel, and/or Fleming told Quinn that he should have been selected higher than #14 overall in the 2011 NFL Draft, and that Frankel and Fleming would pay Quinn $50,000 along with pay Carey, Jr. and money Quinn owed to him.  Further, the Plaintiffs allege that Marvin Austin was paid by Impact Sports in return for recruiting players, including Quinn, who were represented by rival agents.

There are a total of 7 Counts in the new Complaint, including tortious interference with contract, civil conspiracy, unjust enrichment, beach of contract, unfair methods of competition and slander per se.

By Darren Heitner

Darren Adam Heitner, Esq., is a preeminent sports attorney and the founder of Heitner Legal, P.L.L.C., a Fort Lauderdale-based law firm specializing in sports law, contract negotiations, intellectual property, and arbitration. He earned his Juris Doctor from the University of Florida Levin College of Law in 2010 and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, magna cum laude, from the University of Florida in 2007, where he was named Valedictorian of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Admitted to practice in the state bars of Florida, New York, and the District of Columbia, as well as multiple federal courts, Darren also serves as a certified arbitrator with the American Arbitration Association.

As an adjunct professor, Darren imparts his expertise through teaching Sports Law at the University of Florida Levin College of Law and Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) at the University of Miami School of Law in the Entertainment, Arts, and Sports Law LL.M. program. His scholarly contributions include authoring several books published by the American Bar Association, such as How to Play the Game: What Every Sports Attorney Needs to Know, and numerous articles in prominent publications like Forbes, Inc. Magazine, and Above the Law. His thought leadership in NIL has earned him recognition as one of the foremost experts by The Wall Street Journal, USA TODAY, and On3, and he has been lauded as a “power player in NIL deals” by Action Network and a “top sports trademark attorney” by Sportico.

Darren’s passion for sports law led him to establish Sports Agent Blog on December 31, 2005, initially titled “I Want To Be A Sports Agent.” The platform, created as a New Year’s resolution, has grown into a cornerstone of the sports agency community, offering in-depth analysis of industry trends, legal disputes, and agent-player dynamics. His commitment to the field is further evidenced by his representation of numerous athletes and sports agents, as well as his prior role as an Adjunct Professor at Indiana University Bloomington, where he developed and taught a course on Sport Agency Management from 2011 to 2014.

Darren’s contributions have been recognized with prestigious honors, including the University of Florida’s 40 Under 40 Award, the University of Florida Levin College of Law’s Outstanding Young Alumnus Award, and designation as the best lawyer in Fort Lauderdale by Fort Lauderdale Magazine. He remains an active voice in the sports law community, sharing insights through his weekly NIL newsletter and his X posts, engaging a broad audience on legal developments in sports.

4 replies on “Football Agent Carl Carey Responds To Claim That He Set Up Website To Attack A Reporter’s Credibility”

Whois.com clearly says Carl Carey is the owner of DirtyDanKane.com Whois.com even provides an address of the owner… and the provided address is the same as the sports agency’s address that Carl Carey works for. Either Carey owns the website…or back in June, someone set up the webpage under Carey’s name/address in an elaborate effort to frame Carl Carey (LOL… yeah, right)

Just goes to show that everyone involved in this UNC scandal is a liar. No ethics, moral or integrity. The only way this thing goes away is if UNC comes clean and tells the real story.

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