In 2013, Cleodis Floyd was victorious in an arbitration against the National Football League Players Association after the union denied his NFL agent application. The union did not want to certify him because Floyd was previously convicted of fraud.
Category: Sports Law
NBA superstar Andrew Wiggins was destined to become one of the most prominent basketball players in the world. The 2014 first overall pick that was traded to the Minnesota Timberwolves had many sports agencies knocking on his door to represent him for the draft and thereafter. Ultimately, Wiggins chose agent Bill Duffy and his agency […]
The United States Supreme Court has agreed to hear New Jersey’s appeal that would potentially allow the state to provide sports betting within its borders. In NYC on Tuesday night, Roger Goodell (NFL commissioner), Adam Silver (NBA commissioner), Rob Manfred (MLB commissioner), and Gary Bettman (NHL commissioner) gathered together for a panel titled “GameChangers: Creating […]
Zachary Zaggar of Law360 recently wrote an article titled, “Riot ESports League Looks To Align With Traditional Sports.” A subscription is required to read the full article. Therein, the discussion surrounded the League of Legends developer and publisher deciding to adopt a franchise model. The assumption is that it is trying to frame esports in a […]
At Heitner Legal, we are often asked to conduct diligence on and draft/negotiate contracts for various types of rights deals. One common rights deal negotiation in the world of sports relates to TV rights. Bleacher Report recently asked Darren Heitner to opine on how/if ESPN layoffs will in any way affect the bidding for TV […]
On May 1, Darren Heitner joined The Paul Finebaum Show to talk about his Forbes article Why NFL Draft Prospects Should Look At Bowl Games As Business Decisions. You can listen to the interview in the second hour of the show, which aired on ESPN radio. Heitner and Finebaum discussed why NFL draft prospects should look at bowl games […]
It was very exciting to read that the BITKRAFT Esports Ventures fund announced a raise of 18 million Euro with a target close of 30 million Euro. The news broke this morning, which I reported on Forbes, and as you will note, there is a disclosure indicating that HEITNER LEGAL assisted in the diligence for one […]
On February 23, Darren Heitner of Heitner Legal wrote an article on Sports Agent Blog highlighting the State of Oregon’s efforts to modify its sports agent law. Oregon is one of dozens of states with a sports agent law on its books. As a leading lawyer in the realm of sports agency, Heitner was also asked by Law360 […]
From the Miami Herald: Baltimore Ravens running back Terrance West and the owners of The Metropole South Beach Hotel quietly settled a lawsuit West filed in a Miami-Dade County court after he was robbed twice in one day at the hotel last year. The terms of the deal the parties reached are confidential. But Darren Heitner, […]
Tyler Mathisen has the story of a former college football player Vicente Fernandez who started a business with his mother by tapping into the emotions of sports’ fans everywhere. The business is SportsManias, an increasingly successful client of Heitner Legal. SportsManias has recently brokered deals with LIDS and Papa John’s.