The following op-ed was submitted by sports agent Jeffrey Dobin, Esq. Mr. Dobin is co-founder of Athlete Advocates. As the football season ends, the NFL Scouting Combine symbolizes a new beginning for potential NFL rookies. Last year, discussions at the NFL’s Scouting Combine revolved around a common theme: the lockout and CBA negotiations. Now that this issue […]
Shout out to all the agents currently freezing their tails off in Indianapolis. It is where the NFL Scouting Combine is held every year and happens to be the most popular annual meeting for NFL Certified Contract Advisors to attend. This year, it happens to be a mandatory meeting for all Contract Advisors. The NFLPA […]
2011 Top 5 At Each Position Last Updated: April 16th, 2011 Here are the top 5 players at every position for the 2011 NFL Draft, underclassman are included. We still have the NFL Combine as well as Pro Days left, which will determine my future rankings. Stay tuned for constant and frequent updates! Quarterbacks 1. Cam […]
Amazing that I arrive in New Orleans when the city happens to be the coldest it has been this entire Winter. Oh well. At least The Big Easy has been a great time thus far, and I have really enjoyed serving as a arbitrator at the Tulane Law Baseball Arbitration Competition. Many thanks to everybody […]
One of the main things that I will be watching during this year’s NFL Draft is the success of Joe Flanagan and his DePere, Wisconsin based company, BTI Sports. Flanagan, a licensed attorney, is a Co-Founder of BTI Sports along with his partner, Brad Leshnock. As of the publishing of this post, Dominic Perilli predicts that […]
Yesterday, I talked to Patrick Fisher, Executive Director of SportsMeasures TestPrep. Fisher is busy promoting his service now that the college football season is over and NFL draft-eligible players might be in the market for what he has to offer. Our discussion was as follows. Darren Heitner: In five sentences or less, what is SportsMeasures […]
In two hours, I will be on stage at the O’Connell Center (where UF plays its basketball games), officially graduating from University of Florida’s Levin College of Law. The whole family is in town, which is nice (but rare). On Monday, I begin studying for the Florida Bar. As I have mentioned before, other than […]
It sure is nice to be back in South Florida for a semi-extended period of time. I will be down here until March 14, when I start the last month of my life as a college student. Law school is so close to being over, but even after I graduate, I will never stop learning. […]
Neil Stratton of InsideTheLeague.com is offering a free presentation Thursday, Feb. 25, at 7 p.m. at the Hilton Indianapolis Downtown. The presentation, titled ‘Building a Successful Football Agency’ is expected to take about an hour and Neil will answer questions that he regularly receives from newer firms seeking to build a practice. Those subjects include, dealing […]
The University of Florida is the #4 party school according to Playboy’s 2009 rankings. The University of Miami is #1. 2L classes have finally come to a close. I turned in my Legal Drafting final yesterday and just completed a 24-hour take home exam in International Human Rights Law. I am mentally and physically drained. […]