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.
Guest contribution from an entity within the sports representation industry. Several weeks ago Phil Mickelson publicly announced that he planned to take the week off to spend time with family. The reactions (barring those to his additional comments about PGA Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem) were polarized. They were either rants from people with “real jobs” […]
I always keep my eye on the big conglomerates. That being said, it definitely caught my attention when I saw this headline yesterday: New York Yankees Select Creative Artists Agency for Global Partnership and to Market Unprecedented Sponsorship Opportunities for New Yankee Stadium. Should this be surprising? CAA has already broken ground in a variety […]
Athletes have a variety of ways to boost their publicity through the World Wide Web. That publicity can turn out to reflect positively on one’s image, but can also result in negative consequences. Facebook, Myspace, AccessAthletes, etc, put the power in athletes’ hands to do as they wish when they create their profiles, upload pictures […]
Dad’s Corner is a new feature on I Want to be a Sports Agent. My father, Phil Heitner, is a fan of the blog and has some pretty opinionated feelings on the world of sports. I will let him voice some of his opinions each weekend. Enjoy: In watching UF’s defense, I believe that they […]
When I started this blog on December 31, 2005, I did not expect the readership to ever grow to its current level, and I sure as hell never thought that I would be getting interview requests. But I am not complaining about either facts. Recently, I responded to a list of questions submitted by Rupert […]
Not to poke fun at the Kevin Everett situation (I actually wrote a past post which included wishing Kevin Everett and his family all the best), but I could not avoid spreading this video to you all. It seems like a local TV station messed up the video feed that was supposed to be shown.. […]
This week, the Carnival of the NBA comes home to its original location, Blog a Bull. I Want to be a Sports Agent has only been a cotton candy vendor for a few of these Carnivals (we got in on the bandwagon late) and Matt at Blog a Bull does a nice job revealing some […]
Sean Jones has a very troubled past. Just look to a post that I made on June 15th, 2007, which highlights his history of offenses [Sean Jones Would Like A Get Out Of Jail Free Card]. In that post, I alluded to his experience in making bad decisions dating back to 1999. In 1999, Jones […]
This past week, news broke that Dale Earnhardt, Jr. will be driving the #88 car and that the car will feature Pepsi Co’s energy drink, Amp. I personally like both moves made by Earnhardt. Junior has done his fans a service by choosing to make his car #88. People who have Dale Jr. stickers, draw […]
Everyone loves lists. That may explain why I got the press release for BusinessWeek’s Power 100 list sent to me three times (I’m not complaining…keep the tips coming!). BusinessWeek just announced their top 100 most influential people in sports, ranging from people with thin ties to sports (Dick Pound – Chairman, World Anti-Doping Agency) to […]