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Introducing Matthew Vuckovich

With Nicholas Shwayri caught up in a torturous year of trying to survive as a 1L, I have been left alone in operating this website. That is until today.

Everyone welcome the newest contributor to “I Want to be a Sports Agent”: Matthew Vuckovich. Matthew is a senior at the University of Illinois in Champaign and will also be attending law school next year. He also has experience in the Sports Agent industry and served as an intern this past summer. It is exciting to add a new member to the team.

When Nicholas was added as a contributor on Feb. 22nd, 2006, this site was averaging 50 unique visitors per day. I am happy to say that we are now averaging 100 unique visits per day and have been featured many times on Deadspin.com and recently appeared on Sportable.com.

Please continue to forward this site to your friends/colleagues, contribute in the form of comments on our posts, and send over tips/press releases to myself or Matthew.

-Darren Heitner

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.