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Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-Up (10/18/2012)

Post author By Darren Heitner
Post date October 19, 2012

Jan 2, 2011; Kansas City, MO, USA; Kansas City Chiefs former coach Marty Schottenheimer is inducted into the 2010 Chiefs Hall of Fame during halftime ceremony of the game against the Oakland Raiders at Arrowhead Stadium. Credit: Kirby Lee/Image of Sport-US PRESSWIRE

NFL: Oakland Raiders at Kansas City Chiefs — Jan 2, 2011; Kansas City, MO, USA; Kansas City Chiefs former coach Marty Schottenheimer is inducted into the 2010 Chiefs Hall of Fame during halftime ceremony of the game against the Oakland Raiders at Arrowhead Stadium. Credit: Kirby Lee/Image of Sport-US PRESSWIRE

Huge game this weekend between my Florida Gators and South Carolina. I have a trial set to begin on Monday, so do not expect too much out of me in the immediate future. My contributions on Forbes.com this week included: 1) The Brooklyn Nets Are Not Found At Nets.com, But They Should Be!; 2) Red Bull Stratos Worth Tens Of Millions Of Dollars In Global Exposure For The Red Bull Brand; and 3) Nike’s Disassociation From Lance Armstrong Makes Nike A Stronger Brand. Here are some stories I failed to cover over the past week:

Basketball

Lots of Miami Heat players signing up with the Chinese brand [Harris and Pittman sign with Peak and more could follow].

Hockey

Blame Proskauer Rose? Sounds silly [Meet the Lockout Lawyers Destroying Sports].

Football

Looking forward to reading the players’ response to the NFL’s motion to dismiss [NFL argues players’ concussion claims preempted by collective bargaining].
Remember when the UFL looked at the history of other failed leagues? [United Football League Introduces California Redwoods Part 1]
Will the league now study itself? [Marty Schottenheimer Sues UFL Founder].

Sports Business

Nike named most valuable sports brand in the world [The Forbes Fab 40: The World’s Most Valuable Sports Brands].

Sports Law

But the most prominent event is a round of the Division I women’s basketball tournament… [NCAA pulls championship events from New Jersey due to sports betting law].
Exactly [New Jersey’s plan to legalize sports betting incurs laughable response from NCAA].

Tags Marty Schottenheimer, miami heat, nike, Proskauer Rose, UFL

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.