For those of you wrapping up your Winter Breaks, I wish you a smooth start into your Spring Semesters/work hours. Today is my first day back to law school, and the fact that the temperature is in the 20s in Gainesville, FL does not make my desire to return to the classroom any stronger. Is […]
Author: 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.
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Book Review: I’m Just a Kicker
Forget wanting to be a sports agent. I want to be a kicker. You know, the guy who sits on the bench for the majority of football games counting his money as his team does all the real work. How talented do you have to be to hit kickoffs that go for touchbacks, kick game […]
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Adam Taxin Show #7
New Years Day was probably the last day that I wanted to wake up early to do a radio interview, but I manned up and talked some college football with Heisman Trophy winner Eric Crouch and NFLPA agent/radio host Adam Taxin on 1540 AM WNWR in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Crouch and I had faith in Illinois, […]
It is hard to believe that it has been already two years of blogging from this platform. Time sure has flown by. Recently, Matthew Vuckovich sent me the very first post from this blog and it was hard to not get chills thinking about how this whole site started up. Believe me, I realize that […]
Mike Conley Sr. quickly created MAC Management Group when he realized that he was in for a big payday. The former youth coach for Greg Oden, Daequan Cook, and Conley Jr. was uncomfortable going at starting an agency all on his lonesome and decided to team up with Bill Duffy of BDA Sports. All three […]
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Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-Up
Only three days away from the big two year birthday for I Want to be a Sports Agent. I have to thank everyone who has ventured across this blog from its beginning and remained a part of it. Whether you are a contributor, reader, tip-giver, commentator, etc., I am truly thankful for your role in […]
I finally watched the movie We Are Marshall on Christmas Day, and I have to say that it was one of the best football movies I have seen. I am now hungry for a new, exciting football movie to be released. I may get that wish in 2008, when producers hope that Two Days in […]
The culmination of first semester law school final exams has afforded me the opportunity to begin reading through some of the interesting sports-related books that have been sent my way for review. I just finished reading Game Time – Inside College Football. The book is a compilation of short stories that reveals parts of college […]
Sports Agent Interview: with Matthew Vuckovich Jim Kuzmich is a 41-year-old sports and entertainment attorney and former vice president and general counsel for GAAMES. Jim’s experience in sports law includes contracts, negotiations, intellectual property, licensing, endorsements and dispute resolution. He was the primary the liaison for GAAMES with equipment manufacturers, sports card manufacturers, the media, […]
Here at SportsAgentBlog.com – I Want to be a Sports Agent, we have covered many non-traditional ways that an interested person can break into the sports agent industry. Some categories discussed include representing video gamers, bowlers, and bull riders. After reading a recent New York Times article on sportswriters, I am beginning to think that […]