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Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-up (6/30/2017) – SPORTS AGENT BLOG

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Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-up (6/30/2017)

Post author By Darren Heitner
Post date June 30, 2017

Wishing an enjoyable very long weekend for those of you taking Monday and Tuesday off in celebration of July 4 next week. Congrats to Heitner Legal client Draymond Green for winning Defensive Player of the Year. Quite the honor for a man who was once told he was not cut to be an NBA player. Interesting happenings this week in the NBA with Phil Jackson being fired and Chris Paul heading to Houston. The MLB All-Star festivities are coming up in Miami. I probably won’t be going to the game itself, but will absolutely be attending the Home Run Derby. Let me know if you will be in town for any events.

This week on Forbes:
(1) Dan Fegan Wants $30 Million For Alleged Theft Of NBA Clients
(2) This Week In Sports Law: FTC Slams FanDuel And DraftKings, Nate Diaz Sued, Justin Gilbert Suspended
(3) TeamSnap Snags Sports Tournament Co FanAppEvents For Seven Figures

This week on Inc.: Former Baltimore Raven Ed Reed Invests $250,000 in Emoji Company

And as always, the weekly wrap-up:

Football

Portis entrusted millions of dollars on the word of registered financial advisers with the NFLPA [Away from the NFL spotlight, financial ruin drove Clinton Portis to the brink of murder].
Steinberg’s the first sports agent in the California Sports Hall of Fame [Leigh Steinberg inducted into California Sports Hall of Fame].

Soccer

Agent Jorge Mendes says he has no role in his clients’ tax affairs [Jorge Mendes denies involvement in Radamel Falcao’s tax affairs].
Inkoom gets a year suspension for failing to pay agent Andrew Evans . . . if only that happened with U.S. pro sports [Samuel Inkoom suspended by FIFA for failing to pay agent].
Raiola was already a millionaire by the age of 19 [Mino Raiola: From cooking pizzas to representing Paul Pogba and Zlatan Ibrahimovic, how the Dutchman has become the most high-profile agent in football].

Hockey

Milstein’s 4th book is now available [Hockey Sports Agent Daniel Milstein Shares His Secrets of Success in Rule #1 Don’t Be #2].

Tags Andrew Evans, Daniel Milstein, Jorge Mendes, leigh steinberg, Mino Raiola

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.