Interview With The Athlete By Matthew Vuckovich Josh Wilson is a 20-year-old professional baseball player. He is a right handed pitcher in the St. Louis Cardinals organization (Josh Wilson Player Profile). Josh is coming off of labrum surgery and is ready to make an impact in the organization again. There was a recent article written […]
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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Manchester United Is Making It Rhain
Over on the SportsAgentBlog.com Forum, there is currently a very informative thread concerning clauses in soccer contracts. I am not quite sure that a 9-year-old would understand much of the literature, however. But why do I care about children looking at this blog anyway? Shouldn’t they be busy eating glue or sticking beans in their […]
This is the last breakdown for the entire week. I hope that you have enjoyed my breakdown of Jerry Maguire’s Mission Statement. I had a great time reading it in its entirety and loved sharing with you all some of my thoughts. If you would like to skip this segment and just read the whole […]
Sports Agent Interview: with Matthew Vuckovich Kevin Gold is a 40-year-old sports agent and is the President of Longsnap.com (www.longsnap.com). He has been able to find his niche in representing long snappers. He also represented minor league hockey and baseball players in the beginning of his agent career. Most importantly, Mr. Gold has been a […]
I will break down the entire document over the course of this week, leaving you with a couple of highlights every day. I have broken the Mission Statement into 5 sections (based on its length). If you would like to skip this segment and just read the whole document, you may do so by clicking […]
I will break down the entire document over the course of this week, leaving you with a couple of highlights every day. I have broken the Mission Statement into 5 sections (based on its length). If you would like to skip this segment and just read the whole document, you may do so by clicking […]
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Carnival of the NBA #47
A new edition of Carnival of the NBA is out. It is Carnival #47 and is hosted by GiveMeTheRock.com [Carnival of the NBA #47]. I Want to be a Sports Agent made it into the carnival with 2 posts: [What Would Ari Do?] and [Kevin Durant Is In Safe Hands]. The host of the Carnival […]
I will break down the entire document over the course of this week, leaving you with a couple of highlights every day. I have broken the Mission Statement into 5 sections (based on its length). If you would like to skip this segment and just read the whole document, you may do so by clicking […]
I will bet that at least 95% of people who have come across this blog have seen the movie Jerry Maguire at least once in their lives. In fact, if you have basic cable, you have probably realized that it is on TV every other day. The movie has made many people in my generation […]
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Tom Condon Is A Kansas City Star
Over a year ago, I did an Agent Spotlight on Tom Condon, highlighting his move from IMG to CAA and noting that he may be one of the strongest and most progressive agents in the industry [Agent Spotlight: Tom Condon]. As the media continues to highlight agents more and more by the day, Condon has […]