9A.102 DEFINITIONS.
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. "Agency contract" means an agreement pursuant to which a
student athlete authorizes a person to negotiate or solicit on behalf
of the student athlete a professional sports services contract or an
endorsement contract.
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 professional sports
organization. "Athlete agent" does not include an individual
licensed to practice as an attorney in this state when the individual
is acting as a representative for a student athlete, unless the
attorney also represents the student athlete in negotiations for an
agent contract.
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,
as appropriate.
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 have
because of publicity, reputation, following, or fame obtained because
of athletic ability or performance.
6. "Intercollegiate sport" means a sport played at the
collegiate level 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, corporation, business trust,
estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association,
joint venture, government, governmental subdivision, agency, or
instrumentality, 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 or other medium and is
retrievable in perceivable form.
10. "Registration" means registration as an athlete agent
pursuant to this chapter.
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.
9A.102 DEFINITIONS.
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. "Agency contract" means an agreement pursuant to which a
student athlete authorizes a person to negotiate or solicit on behalf
of the student athlete a professional sports services contract or an
endorsement contract.
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 professional sports
organization. "Athlete agent" does not include an individual
licensed to practice as an attorney in this state when the individual
is acting as a representative for a student athlete, unless the
attorney also represents the student athlete in negotiations for an
agent contract.
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,
as appropriate.
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 have
because of publicity, reputation, following, or fame obtained because
of athletic ability or performance.
6. "Intercollegiate sport" means a sport played at the
collegiate level 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, corporation, business trust,
estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association,
joint venture, government, governmental subdivision, agency, or
instrumentality, 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 or other medium and is
retrievable in perceivable form.
10. "Registration" means registration as an athlete agent
pursuant to this chapter.
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.
9A.102 DEFINITIONS.
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. "Agency contract" means an agreement pursuant to which a
student athlete authorizes a person to negotiate or solicit on behalf
of the student athlete a professional sports services contract or an
endorsement contract.
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 professional sports
organization. "Athlete agent" does not include an individual
licensed to practice as an attorney in this state when the individual
is acting as a representative for a student athlete, unless the
attorney also represents the student athlete in negotiations for an
agent contract.
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,
as appropriate.
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 have
because of publicity, reputation, following, or fame obtained because
of athletic ability or performance.
6. "Intercollegiate sport" means a sport played at the
collegiate level 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, corporation, business trust,
estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association,
joint venture, government, governmental subdivision, agency, or
instrumentality, 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 or other medium and is
retrievable in perceivable form.
10. "Registration" means registration as an athlete agent
pursuant to this chapter.
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.
