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.
On this December 31, 2013, I will not only celebrate the introduction of a new calendar year, but also the eight year anniversary of Sports Agent Blog’s creation. A seemingly simple “blog” at the time, the website has turned into the most reputable source for sports agent-related news and provided me enhanced credibility in the business of […]
Imagine you are Teddy Bridgewater’s agent. I can think of worse possible scenarios. You are in line to represent an individual who is currently deemed to be a top pick in the 2014 NFL Draft, and likely the No. 1 overall selection. Recently, I have shown off some of my Fall 2013 Indiana University Bloomington […]
How about Mark Burns, Benjamin Haynes, Chris Lesley, Brandon Thorn and Sports Agent Blog’s newest contributor Josh Corriveau providing some quality articles to wrap up 2013? Expect a lot more out of them as we get set to start 2014 off with a bang. In a few days (December 31 to be exact), this site will […]
On Wednesday, I shared a final project submitted by students in my Sport Agency Management class that I teach at Indiana University Bloomington. That group focused on how they would act if they were the representatives for Kentucky Wildcats forward Julius Randle. Another finished project that I received came from a group of students who […]
Time to start thinking about New Year’s Resolutions. It was eight years ago when I made it my resolution to create Sports Agent Blog, and here it still stands today, stronger than ever. I must give thanks to the many excellent contributors over the years and a special thank you to those currently on board — […]
Last night I gave my Sport Agency Management class their Final Exam for the Fall Semester. The session marked the end of three straight years teaching the class that was developed from scratch by the excellent Sports Management department at Indiana University Bloomington and me after I served as a guest speaker at the university […]
On Wednesday night my law firm (Wolfe Law Miami, P.A.) hosted its annual Holiday Party and this weekend we will be celebrating a great year down in Key Largo with all of our attorneys and support staff. It really has been a fun year practicing law and assisting our clients who we love tremendously. Some […]
I am heading up to New York City later today and will be up north for the entire weekend. It’s the most beautiful time to be in the City, so why not? It is with great joy that I announce Mark Burns will be contributing much more frequently on this site. Give him a follow; […]
It is signing season. Well, it is just the early stages of signing season, when upperclassmen who have no opportunity to play in a Bowl Game will begin to make their agent selection decisions. A few signings have been trickling in as of late, with perhaps the most notable one being made by an individual […]
Happy Thanksgiving and Happy Hanukkah! Not the easiest of weeks for Sports Agent Blog. We encountered significant downtime, which was both a curse and blessing. It is the byproduct of outgrowing our servers, which I guess is a great problem to have. The site is still in the process of migrating to a new host, […]