The U.S. News & World Report and BusinessWeek have long heralded the University of Southern California’s business school as one of the top 30 in the nation: the Marshall School of Business. In October of 2005, the school announced that it would create the Sports Business Institute as the nation’s first all-encompassing sports business center. […]
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.
If you didn’t know…now you know. Maurice Clarett got himself in the news a little bit this week. 1. Maurice Clarett found himself in a highway chase on Wednesday, which ended up with him being maced by police and being caught with four loaded guns in his car [Clarett Maced by police, arrested after chase]. […]
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2 New Sports Agency Links Added
Maxximum Marketing, Inc. Represents Tiki and Ronde Barber. Sosnick Cobbe Sports. The agency highlighted in the book: License to Deal: A Season on the Run with a Maverick Baseball Agent – Jerry Crasnick. Represents three great young Marlins: Dontrelle Willis, Josh Willingham, and Scott Olsen. Both agencies are now listed along with many other Sports […]
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Warsaw Sports Marketing Center
In the past, I have spent most of my attention discussing Sports Law programs and not focusing much on the marketing/business side of the profession. I get a lot of e-mails from readers asking whether the right graduate school route is to get a J.D. or go for an M.B.A. There really is no correct […]
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1 New Sports Agency Link Added
MAC Sports & Entertainment, LLC. Represents football, hockey, and boxing athletes with a soon-to-be startup in baseball as well. It is a new company out of St. Louis. It seems like lately I am receiving a tip on a new agency to add each day. I am loving it, and I hope that the readers […]
This is one of the interesting parts of the NBA’s salary cap that I discussed before. In brief, the exception allows a team to go above and beyond the salary cap in order a re-sign a free agent. The amount of the contract cannot exceed the maximum salary. The contract signed cannot be for more […]
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1 New Sports Agency Link Added
RMG Sports Management. It is now listed along with many other Sports Agency Sites on the “Pages & Links†tab. Big name clients include Roy Oswalt, Mark Loretta, and Rich Harden. Side note: As usual, thanks to Deadspin.com for today’s link. As of 9:55PM, this site has received 1,079 hits today. Also, thanks for all […]
As was reported last week by MLB.com, Luke Hochevar (1st overall pick in the 2006 MLB draft) has been signed by the Kansas City Royals and now has a 4 year Major League contract [Royals agree with top pick Hochevar]. Why is it particularly important that Scott Boras got his client a Major League contract? […]
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1 New Sports Agency Link Added
ACE Group. It is now listed along with many other Sports Agency Sites on the “Pages & Links†tab. I have spent a ton of time compiling the list of Sports Agencies that are listed under the “Pages & Links†tab. This site has one of the most comprehensive lists, if not the most comprehensive […]
In an effort to focus on more important issues and shorten the amount of time that it takes readers to look over “nightmare client…” posts, I have decided to only give snippets of stories and if you are interested in learning more about each event, follow the external links. 1. Dale Davis of the Detroit […]