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.
Former Mizzou assistant, Tony Harvey, has had a rough past. Once upon a time, Harvey was accused of giving money to various players and trying to get money from the University of Missouri that he did not deserve. Missouri bought out the remainder of Harvey’s contract in exchange for a promise that Harvey would not […]
Tri Star Sports & Entertainment. Represents Niki Taylor and Ron Artest. Enough said.
SportsAgentBlog.com – I Want to be a Sports Agent is proud to announce the creation of another new project. This site will invite various established Sports Agents to contribute posts on the topics of their choosing on a weekly basis. Such agents will have complete control over the content of their posts and stories will […]
Check out a new item added to the top menu of this site. Added in between Podcast and Tips is Testimonials. I looked through some of the e-mail that I have received since this site was formed on December 31, 2005 and took out some of the comments that I have truly appreciated from the […]
1. Al Unser Jr., two-time Indy 500 winner, has been charged with DUI. This is probably the last thing that I would expect from a motor racing professional [Two-time Indy winner Unser Jr. charged with DUI]. 2. Jonathan Joseph of the Cincinnati Bengals became the ninth Cinci player arrested in as many months after being […]
If you have not read the book about agent Matt Sosnick, (License to Deal by Jerry Crasnick) then you may not know about the branding loyalty that his clients express. Sosnick and Cobbe’s agency (Sosnick Cobbe Sports) have witnessed many of its clients voluntarily tattoo the company’s symbol on their bodies in support of those […]
Naiditch EntertainmenT (N.E.T.). Chicago-based. Represents basketball players. Rosenhaus Sports Representation (RSR). After not having an official site for a long time, Drew Rosenhaus has unveiled a new web page with a nice interface. The video on the main page is great. You can definitely tell that the site is new, though, with some incomplete sub-pages.
Just last week, IMG acquired CSI Sports. CSI Sports was previously a part of Octagon. In addition to having TV rights for Wimbledon and the Rugby Cup, IMG will now hold the rights for the Football Association, Wales Cricket Board, and other groups [IMG deal makes TV sports rights hot properties again]. It looks like […]
Creative Artists Agency hired 3 new men to head up its sports program: 1) Howard Nuchow – Mandalay Sports Entertainment. 2) David Rone – Exec VP of Fox Sports & GM of Fox College Sports. 3) Michael Levine – Former President of Van Wagner Sports Group. Under the three execs will be the heads of […]
And tell them to stay away from the other performance-enhancing drugs that are already on the NFL’s list of banned substances. The league and the players union have agreed to increase the fines for being caught for using performance-enhancing drugs and have added EPO (Erythropoietin) to the list of banned enhancers [NFL, players agree to […]