Darren Heitner
@DarrenHeitner
Founder of @HeitnerLegal, focusing on Sports, Entertainment, Intellectual Property & Business Law. Teach NIL at Miami Law. Daddy to Maxx and Aliya. 🟦🎗️
Oh, Boomer Tom! Enjoying those Jay Bilas retweets on your hot takes? Dazmin James kept no #NIL cash—contract was axed days in. No services provided and no $ accepted. You knew that! Your "Twitter lawyer" jab ignores Arkansas law on unenforceable damages. Badge of honor accepted!
My thoughts on why young men who are old enough to serve their country in the military, sign a lease, and finance a car should honor NIL contracts instead of keeping the money they were paid for services never performed. @ArkBusiness #NIL
I'm proud of my LIFT fam for growing so fast and smart in the cutthroat agent biz. Honored to serve as legal counsel. Great additions with Jared Fox and Ron Slavin.
LIFT Sports Management is expanding into NFL representation with the addition of veteran agents Jared Fox and Ron Slavin. @liftsportsmanagement
ChatGPT isn’t a lawyer. Your convos with it or Grok, Gemini, Claude, etc. aren’t privileged. I’m going to start serving requests to produce these types of docs in litigation. Think twice before deleting them when there’s a dispute; you can get sanctioned for it (spoliation).
BREAKING: ChatGPT CEO Sam Altman says people share personal info with ChatGPT but don’t know chats can be used as court evidence in legal cases.
It has been a privilege and pleasure to work with Stefano Meller and Christos Lazarou as their legal counsel to help bring so many prominent foreign basketball players to colleges across the country, including Andrew Osasuyi. The Bonnies and @wojespn scored a great one!
NEWS: Andrew Osasuyi has committed to St. Bonaventure and is cleared for immediate eligibility, agent Stefano Meller told DraftExpress. The 6'9 center anchored Italy's No. 1 ranked defense en route to winning the FIBA U20 Eurobasket championship last week.
When it rains, it pours.
A criminal investigation into finances of the NFL Players Association includes potential misuse of funds and self-enrichment by union officials, according to a confidential document obtained by @DVNJr and @kalynkahler: espn.com/nfl/story/_/id…
As I said to @achristovichh, pay-for-play has been prohibited by the NCAA since July 2021. So Trump isn’t breaking new ground there. The bigger question is what constitutional authority the executive branch has to regulate third-party payments to college athletes. I’m not seeing…
NEW: The executive order on college sports suggests Trump is aligned with the NCAA's agenda--and GOP efforts in Congress to pass a law granting the NCAA its wishlist. But its actual policy impacts are likely minimal, sources say. "More bark than bite." frontofficesports.com/more-bark-than…
HOW ARE PEOPLE (including the President) STILL GETTING THIS WRONG?
WAKE UP, NCAA. #FREESUL
As Rahsul Faison waits on a final NCAA ruling, he's put in work since arriving at South Carolina this offseason. The former Utah State RB, repped by The Familie, rushed for 1,109 yards last season and touched a 4.40 40-yard dash this offseason. 📸 via @__sul3
Interesting. If 5 seasons of competition are allowed at Division II, then why not Division I? Expect this to be mentioned in future NCAA eligibility rules-related litigation.
Division II Management Council supports a proposal for five seasons of competition and advances other proposals at its meeting earlier this week. 🔗 on.ncaa.com/25JulyDIIMC #MakeItYours
The College Sports Commission is expected to treat #NIL collectives or any “school-associated entity” in a similar fashion as other businesses when determining the legitimacy of third-party NIL deals. Good for athletes and to avoid litigation, for now.
Attorneys have resolved a dispute over how the College Sports Commission handles NIL collectives, sources tell @YahooSports, revising its approach to treat them like other businesses - a major move that paves the way for continued collective operations bit.ly/4kVo5od