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Watch The 2010 UF Sports Law Symposium Live!

Darren Heitner — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 13:00:41 +0000

If you cannot see the video embedded below, click here. The event will begin at 11 a.m., but the stream will probably go live for testing before that time.

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2009 UF Sports Law Symposium Wrap-Up

Darren Heitner — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 17:00:53 +0000

I have heard nothing but good things from everybody in attendance, both at UF law school and virtually through the live feed, and all speakers and moderators had a wonderful time. Here is a snippet of what current UF Law 2L, Ian Fisher, wrote about the event on FlaLaw Online:

The founder of ESPN and the former White House communications director spoke at the UF Law School on Friday – and that was just two of about 15 speakers and panelists the day featured.

Prominent figures in the sports law and business world gathered for the 2009 UF Sports Law Symposium, put on by UF Law’s Entertainment and Sports Law Society. Last year, the law school participated in a sports symposium on the main campus.

If you could not attend and did not watch it live online, you still have a chance to watch the symposium. See below for two videos that document the entire event.

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UF student heads up, co–founds sports managing agency

Darren Heitner — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:36:50 +0000

I was thoroughly honored to have my name and the name of Dynasty Athlete Representation in YOUNG MONEY magazine earlier this week. It truly shows just how far Dynasty has come in such a short amount of time. But today, I woke up and have not been able to smiling since. I don’t know what it is, but there is something very special about having a write-up based on you and your company in your school’s newspaper. I attended the University of Florida for four years as an undergrad, earning a Bachelors of Arts in Political Science with Minors in Mass Communications and Geography (very applicable to sports agency, right?) and am currently in my second year as a law student at UF. Us undergrad/post-grad Gators call ourselves “Double Gators”. We bleed orange and blue and truly love everything about the Gator Nation. Maybe that is why I am so excited about today’s story in the Independent Florida Alligator (UF’s main newspaper): UF student heads up, co–founds sports managing agency.

Not only were myself and Dynasty featured in the paper, but I have to truly thank David Cumming, who painted an amazing picture of what Dynasty and I embody. He found the YOUNG MONEY article and contacted me on Tuesday to set up the interview, which took place late afternoon yesterday. In a short turnaround time, he was able to write the piece, which I cannot wait to look back to many years down the line. One of my goals with Dynasty is to create a strong foundation of clients in the state of Florida, but more specifically, UF. Hopefully, this article in the Alligator is a start at getting our name out to the university that I love.

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Odd Man Out: USC Left Out of BCS Title Game?

Dominic Spinelli — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 14:00:17 +0000

Take my word for it, this will be the year that the BCS comes crashing down. Do you want to know why? The USC Trojans, the top ranked and most talented team in the country, could fail to make the BCS Championship Game despite an undefeated record. Imagine what implications that would have on the BCS. A result like this would have to lead to a major overhaul in the system because no right minded person could argue that an undefeated USC team doesn’t deserve to play in the National Championship Game. But let me tell you how this will happen.

The SEC is the toughest conference in that nation with six teams in the top twenty-five. If any team comes out of the SEC undefeated or maybe even with one loss, they without a doubt deserve to play in the National Championship Game due to their strength of schedule. I think there is a good possibility that Florida can run the table. They have three ranked teams remaining on their schedule. I think they will beat 5th ranked LSU at home and 21^st ranked Vanderbilt on the road; what their season will come down to is their match up with the 3^rd ranked Georgia Bulldogs at a neutral site. I think this game could go either way, but if Florida is able to win they will secure one of the spots in the title game. USC fans better hope that these SEC teams beat each other up or you will be in for a rude awakening. There is even a possibility that a one loss Georgia or Florida team has the possibility of securing a spot in the National Championship Game over an undefeated USC team.

As for the other spot in the BCS National Championship Game, fill in the Oklahoma Sooners. It won’t be easy for the Sooners to run the table as they play 4 teams ranked in the top 25 including Texas and Texas Tech. However, these four games are at Oklahoma and this is the reason the Sooners will run the table. It would be impossible to leave the Oklahoma Sooners out of the BCS National Championship Game after surviving the talented Big 12 unscathed. What does this all mean? USC is the odd man out.

The USC Trojans do not play another ranked team for the remainder of the season. They should be favored by double digits in the remainder of their games against their Pac 10 foes. The Pac 10 is so abysmal this year that an undefeated USC team may be left out of the BCS national Championship Game because of their poor strength of schedule. Imagine that; clearly the most talented team in the country, coming off an impressive win over the Ohio State Buckeyes, could go undefeated yet not play in the National Championship Game. I think this is the only thing that will result in an overhaul of the BCS system. Only time will tell but this may be the only way we see a playoff system in college football.

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