My favorite tennis player of all-time, Pete Sampras has created Pure Sports Management, LLC with his brother Gus serving as President of the company. In the immediate future, Pure Sports Management will only focus on representing Pete Sampras’s post-career in the form of marketing, endorsements, personal appearances, etc. In the long-term, the company hopes 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.
Categories
Gloating…
Photo from St. Pete Times Gators win their 3rd consecutive national championship; 2 NCAA basketball championships in a row! (that’s me in the very front) Featured for the 2nd time in a week on Intern-U. I explain how to land an internship in the Sports Agent industry [Internships for Sports Agents]. Featured on Rumors and […]
Categories
A Good Cellular Signal
My life is sports. I love everything about the industry; especially the legal aspects, negotiations, and overall behind-the-scenes facets that enable us to enjoy a good game. I do have some other interests; however, and one of those interests involves the development of stem cells. On September 14th of last year, I declared my intention […]
Categories
Endorsing Activist Athletes
This past week, Sports Law Blog noted that it has been a while since there has been a prominent activist athlete [the disappearance of the Activist Athlete]. The blog writes: After reading about Tiger Woods in this week’s Sports Illustrated, it seems abundantly clear why the Activist Athlete has disappeared: Corporate Endorsements (and the potential […]
Before I get to ripping on some players, I have to give my Gator Boys some love for giving UCLA some terrible nightmares last night! Now onto this past week’s other nightmares. 1. Dexter Reid of the Indianapolis Colts had some weed and a gun in his car when he was pulled over in his […]
Categories
New Kid’s Father On The Block
Mike Conley Sr. (father of Ohio State freshman star, Mike Conley Jr.) has officially filed paperwork to be a registered Sports Agent. Is this a controversial move? On March 22nd, contributor Matt Allinson noted that Conley Sr. had formed his own sports agency, called MAC Management Group [Top Players Will & Should Turn Pro]. Well […]
Categories
Featured On Intern-U
One of my buddies from high school debate (yes, I was one of those kids), Dan Chaparian, has launched a new site along with some friends called intern-U. It’s a nice Web 2.0 site that displays internship openings and reviews for a variety of industries. Anyway, I have somehow been labeled an expert, and have […]
Categories
Sportscenter Spoofing
I hope you all enjoyed the interview with Mark Steinberg that was featured on the blog yesterday. Here is a short clip that was sent over to me from the boys at South Paw Productions, titled SportsCenter Spoof – Danimal’s Late Nite Cartoons. It has nothing to do with being a Sports Agent, but it […]
Sports Agent Interview: with Matthew Vuckovich Mark Steinberg is a 39 year-old sports agent and is the director of Global Golf Business at one of the largest agencies in the industry, IMG (http://www.imgworld.com). Mr. Steinberg represents two of the best golfers in their respective fields, PGA golfer Tiger Woods and LPGA golfer Annika Sorenstam. He […]
Grab your phone, open up a new e-mail message, scream at the top of your lungs, and spread the word that tomorrow, SportsAgentBlog.com – I Want to be a Sports Agent will feature an interview with Mark Steinberg. In case you did not know, he is IMG’s managing director of golf for North America. Today, […]