The sport that I am most interested in is baseball, but I do love all sports (except for hockey…which is more like a bloodbath with a puck that shuffles around on ice…I kid). Anyway, I figure that I will tackle the important aspects of the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA) today and leave the […]
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.
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Comments option should be fixed
Thank you to our readers who pointed out that our comments option was acting up. Recently, you were not able to see who had posted a comment on each thread. That problem should be fixed for all future posts. If by chance you notice that there is a problem, please do not hesitate to e-mail […]
Mel Kiper’s current prediction on how the draft will turn out (* means underclassman): 1. Houston — *Reggie Bush, RB, USC 2. New Orleans — Matt Leinart, QB, Southern California 3. Tennessee — *Vince Young, QB, Texas 4. New York Jets — D’Brickashaw Ferguson, OT, Virginia 5. Green Bay — *Mario Williams, DE, NC State […]
While there definitely are many Law Schools in America that allow you to specialize in Sports Law during your 3rd year of Law School, throughout my life, I have heard of three Law Schools that have exceptional Sports Law programs. Those schools are Tulane, Marquette, and Duke. Tulane’s “Sports Lawyers Journal” is known throughout the […]
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The Sports Lawyers Association
The Sports Lawyers Association is a website for “practicing lawyers, law educators, law students, and other professionals with an interest in law relating to professional and amateur sports.” It is a nonprofit organization headed by Kenneth Shropshire, author of The Business of Sports Agents, a book that I feel is a must for any future […]
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Want to be an NBA agent?
Since we discussed the rules and regulations for NFL agents, it is only proper that we explore the other major professional leagues in America. In order to represent a basketball player, a person must first become registered as an NBPA Player Agent. You must have a degree from a 4 year University or have “sufficient” […]
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The O.C. – How does it relate?
For all you manly men who watch the O.C. on Fox Thursday nights at 9PM, tonight we found out that Taylor Townsend’s mother is a Sports Agent. See, women are growing in the profession!…even in primetime fictional dramas. [tags]O.C., sports agent[/tags]
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Welcome to those Overseas!
First of all, I am getting tired of this being a one-way line of communication. I am averaging 60 unique visits per day (we’re up to 673 visits and 1,367 page views since the New Year)…at least some of you have to have some sort of beliefs on some of the topics presented. Post some […]
Since Martin Luther King, Jr. day is right around the corner, I dug up an article from espn.com on Feb. 28th of last year that deals with race in the Sports Agent world. Agents of change see slow progress in sports I find it interesting that the big Sports Agencies (IMG, ProServ, Octagon, etc.) still […]
Question: If someone were looking to become and agent, or look to work on management’s side of the table, what are the key things they should focus on? Should they focus on contract law? Going over the Uniform Player Contract, what have you? Smith: I frankly don’t think it’s that much of a legal exercise. […]