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.
8 years ago, Forbes started calculating NFL team values. From that time, the average NFL team has seen a 211% increase in value and is now worth $898 million [The Business of Football]. The steady increase in broadcasting fees, which equal more than MLB and the NBA combined, has become the main source for player […]
After losing two big names in the world of biking (not exactly a large world), T-Mobile is looking to reappear on the jersey of some of biking’s best. The first biker to replace Jan Ullrich and Andreas Kloden as official T-Mobile riders is Mark Cavendish from the Isle of Man [Mark Cavendish Scores a Deal […]
1. Latrell Sprewell may be charged with sexual assault after trying to choke a 21 year old woman [Sprewell Is Apparently Obsessed With This Choking Thing]. 2. Dave Meggett (one of my favorite NFL players while growing up) is being charged for raping a former girlfriend [Former RB Meggett charged in rape of former girlfriend].
Before I get into the notes of the Law Review article written by Dean Robert P. Garbarino in the Villanova Sports and Entertainment Law Journal, I want to say that this piece was one of the best ones I have ever read on sports law. Unfortunately, I have not been able to find a source […]
The National Urban league hands out the Leadership Achievement Award each year during its annual conference in Atlanta, GA. This year, it gave the award to Glenn Toby, Sports Agent & CEO of Total Entertainment Athlete Management and Infinite Sports Concepts. He runs an organization called The Book Bank Foundation, which helps to improve literacy […]
Your next question may be, “Who is T.K.?” All the way back on January 2nd, 2006, I looked at how Drew Rosenhaus virtually answered every question posed to him at a Terrell Owens press conference with “next question.” Burger King (and T.K. – The King) now looks to take advantage of the phrase that once […]
Today I would like to introduce to you an athlete who uses his MySpace page to reach out to his fans and further promote his charity affiliations. For an NFL rookie, he seems to know a little bit more about keeping a good image than many seasoned veterans. His name is Reggie Bush, and he […]
Mark Steinberg of IMG believes that Tiger Woods can still become a bigger star. He started working with Tiger Woods in 1998 (2 years into his professional career). Sports Business Radio did an interview with Tiger’s agent on August 26th, and here are some highlights of the conversation: What makes Tiger so marketable? He plays […]
1. Adam ‘Pacman’ Jones of the Tennessee Titans got into a fight at a nightclub and was arrested on charges of assault and felony vandalism after damaging the club owner’s $4,000 necklace [‘Pacman’ Jones arrested; Winslow II enters plea]. Slow week for professionals violating the law. Nice to see no Cincinnati Bengals in the news! […]
After creating the “Social Networking” category on this website, I was wondering if I would ever have a 2nd post on the subject after this general post about Clients on Social Networking Sites. Jeremy Barfield has finally given me a second post on the subject…although the story is terrible. After pushing his dad (ex Toronto […]