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Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-Up (6/25/2010)

on Jun 25 in Friday Wrap-Up, Sports Agent Blog Headline tagged Baseball, basketball, Boras, David Falk, NCAA, scott boras, tom van riper, William Wesley by Darren Heitner

Yesterday, I took my first simulated Multi-State Bar Examination. Talk about a draining experience! Imagine sitting down for 7 hours, only one of those hours aside as a lunch break, and hammering away at 200 difficult multiple choice problems. Yeah, I’m not really looking forward to 2 days of that in roughly a month from [...]

Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-Up (6/18/2010)

on Jun 18 in Friday Wrap-Up, Sports Agent Blog Headline tagged by Darren Heitner

Really slow sports news week.  When vuvuzelas and Miami-Wade County seem to be two of the hottest speaking topics, you know there is not much to talk about.  For those in the baseball agency world, there is a rather large showcase currently taking place in Tampa, Florida.  The Perfect Game National Showcase has many players [...]

The MLB Draft Day 1 Broken Down

on Jun 08 in MLB Players, MLB Teams, Sports Agent Blog Headline, Sports Agents tagged atlanta braves, baltimore orioles, Baseball, Beverly Hills Sports Council, boston red sox, Bryce Harper, CAA, chicago cubs, chicago white sox, Cincinnati Reds, detroit tigers, florida marlins, Houston Astros, los angeles angels, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, los angeles dodgers, matt sosnick, milwaukee brewers, minnesota twins, mlb draft, new york mets, new york yankees, oakland athletics, octagon, pittsburgh pirates, san diego padres, san francisco giants, seattle mariners, sfx, sterling sports, Sterling Sports Management, tampa bay rays, washington nationals by Darren Heitner

First Round Bryce Harper (Washington Nationals) – Boras Corp. – Interesting to note that Bud Selig referred to Harper as an outfielder even though he has played mostly catcher his entire life.  Get this kid on the fast track through the Minors. Jameson Tallion (Pittsburgh Pirates) – Hendricks Sports Management – Big high school arm [...]

Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-Up (5/14/2010)

on May 14 in Friday Wrap-Up tagged Baseball, basketball, basketball agent, Football, intellectual property, Jay Reisinger, Moneyball, nfl combine, scott boras, Sports Business, Sports Law by Darren Heitner

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 [...]

Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-Up (3/12/2010)

on Mar 12 in Friday Wrap-Up tagged Baseball, basketball, Entertainment, jorge luis toca, julio ruiz, mike lupica, minor league baseball, mlb, Negotiation, new era hats, NFL, scott boras, Sports Law, USC by Darren Heitner

It may officially be Spring Break, but this week has been no break for me.  Between visiting clients at Spring Training facilities and meeting with parents of potential future advisees, along with a bunch of other business related tasks, I sure have been able to keep myself busy during what has been a relaxing week [...]

On To The Next One: Dayan Viciedo

on Mar 11 in MLB Players, MLB Teams, Sports Agents tagged chicago white sox, jaime torres, scott boras by Darren Heitner

Ready for a new feature?  I was listening to the radio yesterday and on comes Jay-Z’s, On To The Next One.  For some reason I start to think how I can incorporate the song’s title into SportsAgentBlog.com.  And then it strikes me – Whenever a player drops his agent for a new one, we will [...]

Ranking The Sports Agent Attorneys

on Mar 10 in Sports Agent Blog Headline, Sports Agents tagged arn tellem, Ben Dogra, Drew Rosenhaus, law school, scott boras, sports agent, Sports Law, Tom Condon by Darren Heitner

While no state and no players’ association requires an agent to be an attorney in order to become a licensed sports agent (the NFL does require that the person have a postgraduate degree, though), many agents did go to law school, and quite a few have passed at least one state Bar Exam.  There are [...]

Interviews With Joe Rosen And Jeff Frye

on Mar 09 in Sports Agents tagged Baseball, Contract Negotiation, hideki okajima, Red Sox by Darren Heitner

In the past few weeks, hotstove.com has had a couple of agents on its Hot Stove TV column.  One is Joe Rosen of Orpheus Sports and the other is Jeff Frye of Franklin-Frye Sports. Joe Rosen’s big client is Hideki Okajima.  It doesn’t hurt that he is based in Boston (allows for a lot of face-time [...]

James Paxton’s College Baseball Career Is Over

on Mar 03 in Colleges, Sports Agent Blog Headline, Sports Law tagged amateurism, Baseball, college baseball, James Paxton, Kentucky, NCAA, ncaa bylaws, scott boras, student athlete, Toronto Blue Jays, university of kentucky by Darren Heitner

James Paxton‘s fight with the NCAA brings out everything I hate about organized sports.  When it becomes all about money, power, and respect, people suffer.  Those, like Paxton, who do nothing illegal, unethical, nothing out of hatred or spite, but still get punished, show the problems that may exist in organized sport.  When institutions grow [...]

Scott Boras Is All Aboard The Shin-Soo Choo Train

on Mar 02 in MLB Players, MLB Teams, Sports Agent Blog Headline, Sports Agents tagged cleveland indians, professional baseball, scott boras, shin soo choo by Michael Goldman

Super-baseball agent Scott Boras has a new client, Cleveland Indians rising start Shin-Soo Choo.  The right fielder, who hit .300 and 20 homeruns last year is part of the Indians grand scheme for the future…maybe.  The recent change in representation to Boras from Octagon Worldwide’s Al Nero, may throw a curveball at the Indians chances [...]

Hendricks Sports Management Finds Itself In A Big Mess

on Mar 01 in MLB Players, Sports Agent Blog Headline, Sports Law tagged Alan Hendricks, Aroldis Chapman, Athletes Premier International, boras corp, Cincinnati Reds, Edwin Mejia, kendry morales, MLBPA, rodney fernandez, scott boras corp by Darren Heitner

Randal Hendricks, Alan Hendricks, and Hendricks Sports Management, received some press they were not looking for when the public found out that Hendricks Sports Management was being sued by Edwin Mejia and Athletes Premier International (API) on a claim that Hendricks Sports Management tortiously interfered with API’s representation of Aroldis Chapman, prior to Chapman leaving [...]

Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-Up (2/26/2010)

on Feb 26 in Friday Wrap-Up tagged alvin keels, arn tellem, Baseball, don fehr, Football, gretchen bleiler, Jason Belmonte, Johnny Damon, major league spring training, Michael Weiner, scott boras by Darren Heitner

It’s time for the NFL Combine.  I will be watching the festivities from the comfort of my couch in Florida.  I have no reason to be there, so why travel to a place even colder than Gainesville?  It is currently in the low 30s here.  Spring Training games are about to start, and I cannot [...]

James Paxton Continues To Sit And Wait

on Feb 22 in Colleges, Sports Agent Blog Headline, Sports Law tagged athlete eligibility, Baseball, James Paxton, NCAA, scott boras, Toronto Blue Jays, university of kentucky by Darren Heitner

MLB Mock Drafts are much less exciting than NFL Mock Drafts.  The NFL Draft only has 7 rounds, but most “mock experts” only predict the first few rounds.  The MLB, with 50 rounds, is almost impossible to guess.  But the first round picks are usually known a year ahead of time.  With high school and [...]

Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-Up (2/19/2010)

on Feb 19 in Friday Wrap-Up tagged Arena Football, Arena Football League, arn tellem, Baseball, basketball, Football, NBA Players, nova southeastern university, scott boras, Tiger Woods by Darren Heitner

I am down in South Florida yet again (it seems to be a rather normal occurrence in my final semester of law school.  Tomorrow, I will be speaking at the 3rd Annual Nova Southeastern University Sports & Entertainment Law Symposium.  The panel runs from 2:20 p.m.-3:10 p.m. and its focus is on Athletes Overcoming Their Indiscretions.  I’ll [...]

Scott Boras Loses One, Gains One, In Busy Weekend

on Feb 15 in MLB Players, MLB Teams, Sports Agent Blog Headline, Sports Agents tagged Aroldis Chapman, Athletes Premier International, Beverly Hills Sports Council, Edwin Mejia, felipe lopez, Johnny Damon, kendry morales, minnesota twins, mlb, orlando hudson, scott boras, scott boras corp by Darren Heitner

Busy weekends is the norm over at Scott Boras Corp. headquarters.  This past weekend was no exception.  Scott Boras has been busy playing with the media concerning Johnny Damon negotiations, but he also had a client fire him and subsequently was hired by a different professional player. Johnny Damon is not the only Scott Boras [...]

Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-Up (2/12/2010)

on Feb 12 in Friday Wrap-Up tagged Andy Reid, Baseball, Bob LaMonte, Dominican Republic, Football, franchise tag, mlb, Paul Lawrence, scott boras, Tracy Porter by Darren Heitner

My 25th birthday (this past Tuesday) was a wild and crazy time.  As I get older, I hope that I never lose my fun side.  Work hard, play hard.  I will be in Gainesville this weekend, but next weekend, I will be down in Ft. Lauderdale to speak at the 2010 Nova Southeastern Sports and [...]