15-1762

15-1762. Definitions

In this article, unless the context otherwise requires:

1. "Agency contract" means an agreement in which a student athlete authorizes a
person to negotiate or solicit a professional sports services contract or an endorsement
contract on behalf of the student athlete.

2. "Athlete agent" means an individual who enters into an agency contract with a
student athlete or, directly or indirectly, recruits or solicits a student athlete to
enter into an agency contract. Athlete agent includes an individual who represents to the
public that the individual is an athlete agent. Athlete agent does not include a spouse,
parent, sibling, grandparent or guardian of the student athlete or an individual acting
solely on behalf of a professional sports team or a professional sports organization.

3. "Athletic director" means an individual responsible for administering the
overall athletic program of an educational institution or, if an educational institution
has separately administered athletic programs for male students and female students, the
athletic program for males or the athletic program for females.

4. "Contact" means a direct or indirect communication between an athlete agent and
a student athlete to recruit or solicit the student athlete to enter into an agency
contract.

5. "Endorsement contract" means an agreement under which a student athlete is
employed or receives consideration to use on behalf of the other party any value that the
student athlete may generate because of publicity, reputation, following or fame that was
obtained because of athletic ability or performance.

6. "Intercollegiate sport" means a sport that is played at the collegiate level and
for which eligibility requirements for participation by a student athlete are established
by a national association for the promotion or regulation of collegiate athletics.

7. "Person" means an individual, a corporation, a business trust, an estate, a
trust, a partnership, a limited liability company, an association, a joint venture, a
government, a governmental subdivision, a government agency, a government
instrumentality, a public corporation or any other legal or commercial entity.

8. "Professional sports services contract" means an agreement under which an
individual is employed, or agrees to render services, as a player on a professional
sports team, with a professional sports organization or as a professional athlete.

9. "Record" means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is
stored in an electronic format or any other medium and that is retrievable in perceivable
form.

10. "Registration" means registration as an athlete agent pursuant to this article.

11. "State" means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto
Rico, the United States Virgin Islands or any territory or insular possession subject to
the jurisdiction of the United States.

12. "Student athlete" means an individual who engages in, is eligible to engage in
or may be eligible in the future to engage in any intercollegiate sport. If an individual
is permanently ineligible to participate in a particular intercollegiate sport, the
individual is not a student athlete for purposes of that sport.