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NFL PLAYERS Requesting Marketing Representation Notices (MRNs)

A couple of weeks ago, the National Football League Players Association (NFLPA) announced that hereafter, all players with exclusive marketing representatives authorized to review and negotiate opportunities facilitated by NFL PLAYERS must submit official, original Marketing Representation Notices (MRNs).  Players must also notify NFL PLAYERS should they change marketing reps.  NFL PLAYERS is the NFL Players Association’s for-profit licensing and marketing subsidiary.

The names of the marketing representatives designated on the MRNs will be released by NFL PLAYERS to interested third parties.  It is suggested that all players with exclusive marketing representatives fill out the MRN form and send a completed original to the Player Services department at NFL PLAYERS (NFL PLAYERS, Attn: Dexter Santos, Player Services, 1133 20th St, NW, Washington, DC 20036).  NFL PLAYERS suggests that completed MRN forms be sent by certified mail or overnight delivery.

The MRN form is embedded below.

NFLPLAYERS MRN

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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.