Just read the article that Jordan McNulty suggested [The Real Most Valuable Players]. Hat tip, sir!. Some comments: I have long been a big advocate of selling a player to a team for more than just the stats in the box scores. That may be hard to do right out of highschool/college, however, as players […]
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.
1. Sebastian Telfair of the Boston Celtics figured that driving 77 mph in a 45 mph zone while carrying a loaded handgun was perfectly fine as long as you are in your hometown [Celtics guard Telfair arrested in NY on gun charge]. 2. Sean Hill of the New York Islanders was suspended 20 games for […]
All of the major sports news sources were covering the announcement of the 2007 Forbes Business of Baseball report a couple of days ago. Personally, I do not believe that the report is all that important for agents to dissect. The value of the Yankees is $1.2 billion, the Marlins had an operating income of […]
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Pacman Buys Himself Some Good Press
Even players notorious for being trouble makers can show some intelligence and do their best to recover some sort of a positive image. Yesterday, Pacman Jones bought a full-page ad in The Tennessean, where he recognizes his past mishaps and says that he has learned from his mistakes. Kudos to Pacman for working with his […]
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Taking Care Of Business
If you are going to be in Toronto, Canada tomorrow, you may want to stop by the UJA Federation’s first Taking Care of Business forum. Here is a listing of the sports-related panelists: Sports entrepreneur Larry Tanenbaum. Toronto Blue Jays President & CEO Paul Godfrey. CFL commissioner Mark Cohon. There will be more speakers at […]
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Take The Vow
Playing high school football, college football, and then in the NFL will definitely take a toll on your body. The most pain may be felt after retirement, however. The “glamor” of being a Sports Agent is felt by few, and the few who ever become the top of the trade, often experience the feeling in […]
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Please Bear With Me
I just updated the back-end program for this blog (WordPress), and for some reason the drop down menu of links is all out of whack. I hope to fix this as soon as possible. In the mean time, enjoy all the links being jumbled together and listed multiple times. Sorry! -Darren Heitner
The NFLPA does not want to hear any complaints about its pension policy from retired players. Freedom of expression. It sounds good on paper, especially when that paper is the U.S. Constitution. Unfortunately for retired NFL players, that privilege is being taken away. Apparently, many retired players have been keeping blogs (news to me) that […]
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A Costly Media Day
Brian Urlacher has been fined $100,000 for promoting a company that is not an official sponsor of the NFL. Sports Agents, it is time to brush up on your professional sport corporate sponsors! Because if your client sports a brand that is a rival of an exclusive sponsor of that particular sport, he or she […]
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Likely To Be Earned…Not!
LTBE and NLTBE…they are NFL terms that you likely have never even heard of before. With the NFL draft coming up, I will most likely start to focus a lot of posts on America’s most prized sport: football. This year, each NFL team will have a salary cap of $109 million to work with. But […]