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Kemba Walker Signs With Excel Sports For Representation

As I wrote on March 20, 2011, Jeff Schwartz is keyed in at Connecticut.  At the time, my money was on Kemba Walker signing with Schwartz.  It’s too bad that no one offered to bet against me.  Kemba Walker has made it official that he will be leaving Connecticut a year early and has signed with Jeff Schwartz of Excel Sports Management for representation.  This is the same Excel Sports Management that recently brought Casey Close into its organization.

Walker joins quite a list of players represented by Schwartz at Excel, which includes Hilton Armstrong, Emeka Okafor, A.J. Price, and Charlie Villanueva.  Schwartz also just happens to represent Coach Jim Calhoun, who is the coach for the University of Connecticut Huskies.

Congratulations are due for Jeff Schwartz and the rest of the Excel Sports team, who likely just picked up a future lottery pick in Kemba Walker.

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.