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.
What: 17th Annual Entertainment and Sports Law Symposium When: Saturday, March 22, 2014 Where: University of Miami, Student Activities Center Speakers Andrew Brandt, NFL Business Analyst, ESPN Matt Buser, Co-Founder, JaMM Entertainment Darryl Cohen, Partner, Cohen, Cooper, Estep & Allen Charlie Feldman, VP Of Writer-Publisher Relations, BMI, Inc. Blake James, Athletic Director, University of Miami […]
Happy Valentine’s Day to all the lovebirds reading Sports Agent Blog. My single self will save money tonight and eat in. After many years of being in a relationship this time of year it is a change I can deal with. I should be up in New York speaking at the Fordham Sports Law Symposium, […]
I am in Orange County where later today I will be sitting on a Sports Law panel at Chapman Law School. I flew into Los Angeles yesterday, had a couple of very productive meetings and caught up with some friends I have not seen in some time. Then it is back to Miami early tomorrow […]
The following interview was conducted by Matthew Hochberg. The subjects of the interview are Daniel Hazan, CEO & Founder of Hazan Sports Management and Josh Wildes, Vice President of the agency. HSM was founded following the summer of 2013. Matthew Hochberg: Do you find it challenging competing for clients against agents who have been in […]
Looking for some pre-Super Bowl reading? Here are some articles I have recently written about the business side of the Super Bowl. Percy Harvin Satisfies Seattle Seahawks With A Sensational Super Bowl Performance Mega Agency Athletes First Has Imprint All Over Super Bowl XLVIII Denver Broncos Leading Seattle Seahawks In Jersey Sales Prior To Super […]
My forthcoming Sports Law book is now available for pre-order! I am up in New York City, where the weather is not so bad, but the traffic is horrendous. What else would you expect in one of the busiest towns in the world that just happens to be hosting (along with New Jersey) the Super […]
The following guest post is by Allain Roy, CMG Sports President & CEO In today’s professional sports, a single injury can decimate a team and ruin a team’s and fan’s season. With salary caps playing a major role in sports leagues such as the NFL and the NHL and other leagues, the top players are […]
The following “Six Questions” short interview with Danny Horwits, partner at Beverly Hills Sports Council, was conducted by Richard Pallarino (@rpallarino). 1) When was it that you realized a career in sports management was right for you? I was an intern when I was 18 and within the first 2 months of it I realized this was […]
MDR Sports Management, a full-service sports management firm representing baseball player with a specialization in Latin American players, has signed a seven new baseball players as clients in the past six months. The addition of those seven players means that MDR’s current client base has reached a total of seventy-one players under contract with the […]
I will be heading from Miami to New York this Wednesday for what should be a cold, but exciting Super Bowl week and weekend. Over the past couple of weeks I have been trying to organize and plan for all of the events that take place prior to the big game. It is always enjoyable […]