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.
I have owned and operated many websites in the past and even ran a website design company at a point in my short life (I am only 22 years old after all). I can work with Adobe Photoshop, and I enjoy messing around with images. I have decided that if I have the time, I […]
For 2 consecutive days in February, I decided to discuss if in fact sports agents are unnecessary for the modern athlete. The first day, I used 2 athletes as examples to show the type of pain that an athlete can suffer when choosing the “cheap way out” by not signing an agent [Agents Are Overrated]. […]
I know it may be hard to believe, but I actually hold enough knowledge about sports to write on topics other than sports agent related issues. This morning, I was presented with the opportunity to write about one of my favorite teams, the Miami Heat, and I jumped on the request. If you head over […]
Right after the NFL Draft, NBA Draft, and the NHL draft. This year’s MLB First-Year Player Draft has gotten more press and will have more interested viewers than years past, however. The sole reason is because ESPN, the WWLS, has decided to televise the first round of the draft on ESPN2 today from 2PM-6PM, drawing […]
While Joshua Golka does not post often at the blog Athlete Agent / Sports Agent Regulation, his posts tend to be very informative. Plus, I have to give him credit for being the only other sports agent blog on the blogosphere.Anyway, Joshua reports that Hawaii may be the most recent state to sign on to […]
Honestly, the Franchise Tag is starting to tear teams apart. February marked the beginning of Franchise Tagging Season, and even though no more players are being tagged, the NFL is still feeling the effects of disgruntled tagees. For more information about what the Franchise Tag is, click here. There is good argument that the Franchise […]
I Want to be a Sports Agent has been lucky enough to be featured on Carnival of the NBA #44, the latest edition of Carnival of the NBA. The post that is mentioned on the Carnival is Who Will Blaze The Trail? There is a lot of discussion going on currently, so why not stop […]
I guess it is kind of pathetic to stoop so low as to beg all of you loyal readers to vote for me in a Hot Blogger Tournament, but I guess that it could be worse…at least I’m not a bigot. So anyway, I entered into a Hot Blogger Tournament sponsored by the great site, […]
I would have spread each topic into its own post, but I have been busy all day and just got around to reading all of the relevant sports agent news for the day. In the interest of time, I will post in the Darren Rovell form, and give you different stories in one jumble of […]
The MLB First-Year Player Draft is right around the corner, and you can expect to see some drafted players holding out for better offers. The media, MLB organizations, and the general public tend to agree on one thing: they hate it when players holdout. They also like to blame sports agents for ruining sports when […]