When should you declare for the NBA draft? What pick do NBA execs believe you will be? Who should you hire to help train you for pre-draft workouts/the pre-draft camp? Who will hype up your value while you focus on becoming a better player? John Givony of DraftExpress.com is correct; when tackling the decision to […]
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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Putting Sports Aside
My thoughts and prayers go out to all of those that have been affected by the Virginia Tech shootings. At this point, it has been confirmed that at least 32 people have been killed. Today is a very sad day for everybody, and it is scary that anything like this would ever occur. [Death Toll […]
Special agent interview from an outside contributor. Thanks to Jason Belzer for conducting the interview and doing the write-up! Steve Herz is a 40 year old sports and media broadcasting agent and is the director of IF Management (http://www.ifmanagement.com). Mr. Herz represents some of the most notable news and sports broadcasting personalities in the industry […]
1. Michael Waltrip was charged with reckless driving. You would figure someone who drives about 180mph weekly wouldn’t have this sort of problem [Waltrip charged with reckless driving]. 2. Former NFL quarterback, Warren Moon, was arrested for DUI, although his BAC was within the legal limit [Moon arrested in Seattle suburb for drunken driving]. 3. […]
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Open Thread
I am off to St. Augustine for the day/night on my fraternity’s formal. I will not be posting again until tomorrow. I want to open up the conversation to all visitors and ask what should we do to improve this site? Here are some suggestions for comments: Posts about particular subjects that we have not […]
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Smuggled Goods
Gustavo Dominguez may be locked up for life after smuggling baseball players into the United States from Cuba. I am sorry that all of my posts today are centered around Sports Agents violating the law, but as a self-proclaimed amazing site that offers all sports agent related news, it is my duty to inform you […]
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DUI In The OC
Leigh Steinberg was arrested for DUI. I do not really have much to comment about. Here is a link to the article [DUI arrest for sports agent]. -Darren Heitner
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Another One Bites The Dust
Charles Taplin gets indicted for text-messaging college athletes. Remember when Sports Agent, Charles Taplin, was arrested? You, probably don’t. He’s not the biggest name in the industry, and it happened several months ago [No Tolerance Policy]. The case should serve as a reminder that certain states are starting to seriously improve their regulations on Sports […]
Some basketball players may be basing their decision to leave early on the endorsement deals they believe they will be able to procure. Brian Berger of Sports Business Radio believes that endorsement deals have become the deciding factor when talented, but not superstar, college basketball players are considering making the jump early to the pros. […]
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There’s a New Sheriff In Town
The NFL Commissioner’s Office just took serious steps to keep its players in line. Pacman Jones of the Tennessee Titans will be suspended for the entire 2007 NFL season and Chris Henry of the Cincinnati Bengals will be suspended for 8 games [NFL Suspends Titans’ Pacman Jones and Bengals’ Chris Henry]. They must also apply […]