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Elfus & Siegel Team Up With Impact Sports

Brian Elfus and Michael Siegel are co-founders of Elfus & Siegel Management (ESM).  The company has been successful in representing basketball players, with clients like Tyrus Thomas, Marcus Thornton, and Connor Atchley.  But Michael Siegel has been interested in getting involved with football representation for a while. Siegel is listed as an NFLPA certified Contract […]

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One Hell Of An O-D Life

On March 16, 2010, I received the following message on LinkedIn: Hey Darren – love to hear more about your sports agent blog…..Working with almost every agent now, and O-D Life is providing an agent analysis for kids coming out of school so that they arent taken advantage or risk eligibility a-la-Dez Bryant. Matt I was skeptical […]

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Who Is Chris Hawkins?

Who is Chris Hawkins?  He says he is not an agent, but the NCAA, which suspended University of Georgia stand-out wide receiver A.J. Green for four games because he sold his jersey to Hawkins for $1,000, has no problem labeling Hawkins as an agent. Is he a financial advisor?  A memorabilia collector?  If he just […]

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The State Of Florida Proactive With Agent Law

In a recent Associated Press story that continues to be referenced by many in this industry, the authors point out that “more than half of the 42 states with sports agent laws have yet to revoke or suspend a single license, or invoke penalties of any sort.”  Don’t count Florida as one of the states […]

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Sports Agents = The Issue de Jour

The following is a guest post from a good friend and extremely intelligent sports business professional, Marc Isenberg (@marcisenberg).  He wrote a great book titled, Money Players, and continues to help student-athletes manage their careers as a part of a new company, INsight Group. College sports has a handful of core problems: “One and done,” […]

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Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-Up (7/23/2010)

What a week it has been.  With barely any time left before I take the Florida Bar Exam, I have been bogged down covering the pending NCAA investigations at UNC, USC, Alabama, Georgia, and UF.  It is nice to finally see the NCAA looking into a few agent/player benefit accusations.  We all know that it […]

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NCAA Chomping At The Gators

As I have mentioned on this site and on my Twitter feed (@Darren_Heitner), the NCAA is finally taking enforcement of its regulations seriously.  A few days ago, many of my colleagues were questioning my focus on the investigation at UNC, because of the fact that it is readily known that some agents hand over benefits […]

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INTRODUCING: The Sports Agent Directory

The Sports Agent Directory is the most comprehensive sports agent directory in the world.  Sure, we provide links to various agency websites in our Sports Agencies feature, but the Sports Agency Directory, which is offered by Sports Agent 411, LLC provides everything you could possibly need in terms of information regarding athletes and their agents. […]

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An Open Letter to Future NFL Athletes

Dear future NFL athlete: My company, Synrgy Sports Consulting, exists to fight for you. You don’t know me or my colleague, JD Nelson, so you may not pay attention to what I’m saying here, but if you care about your future, you’d be wise to read this article. Got your attention? Good. Over the past […]

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Why John Wall Should Not Go Pro…This Year

In the recent week since the downfall of the Kentucky Wildcats in the NCAA Tourney, speculation has arisen about the status of John Wall, the Kentucky point guard, who by most analysts is expected to be the number one overall pick in the 2010 NBA Draft. There are reports that Wall is having second thoughts […]