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Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-up (5/9/2014)

Post author By Darren Heitner
Post date May 9, 2014

David Dunn of Athletes First is featured in a USA Today article this week.

David Dunn of Athletes First is featured in a USA Today article this week.

Welcome to a mid-NFL Draft version of the weekly wrap-up. This is one of the best times of the year for sports with the NFL Draft, NBA playoffs and NHL playoffs hot and heavy. This week on FORBES: (1) Corona Focuses On Mayweather And Maidana; Keeps Distance From LA Clippers; (2) Tarik Black May Continue Trend Of Turning Basketball Players Into NFL Tight Ends; (3) Fantasy Sports Mixed With Stock Market Play In Real-Time, Real Money Offering; (4) Kony Ealy’s Agent Prepares For NFL Draft Amidst Law School Final Exams; (5) Blake Bortles, Marqise Lee, Aaron Donald Sign Exclusive Memorabilia Deals Prior To NFL Draft; (6) Richard Sherman Tells Forbes About His Record $57.4M Extension With Seattle Seahawks; and a must: 2014 NFL Draft First Round Recap. UK sportsbooks often offer better odds than those at their US counterparts, more info on 888 here. And as always, the weekly wrap-up:

Football

NFL agent at BTI Sports Advisors [Q&A: Sports agent Ron Slavin is in the business of getting things done].
Representing 5 draft-eligible players [D.C. sports agent ready to tackle his second round with NFL draft].
From former agent Joel Corry [Agent’s Take: Remembering three NFL Draft day experiences].
David Dunn has really battled back from his prior suspension [Athletes First negotiates rough path to become premier agency].
Agents already all over him [Lane Tech Star Rises to Top of College Football, With Chicago Lawyer’s Help].
He wants to be paid as a wide receiver [NFLPA files grievance over value of Saints TE Jimmy Graham’s franchise tag].

Baseball

Scott Boras once compared Kris Bryant to Jose Abreu . . . we’ll see [Cubs give props to Jose Abreu].

Sports Business

An epic collaboration! [UPDATE: WME Brass Welcome IMG Staffers As Acquisition Deal Closes]

Tags athletes first, BTI Sports, david dunn, Jimmy Graham, Joel Corry, Ron Slavin, scott boras, WME

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.