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44-1517

Chapter 44.--LABOR AND INDUSTRIES
Article 15.--ATHLETE AGENTS

      44-1517.   Definitions.As used in this act:

      (a)   "Agency contract" means an agreement in which a student-athleteauthorizesa person to negotiate or solicit on behalf of the student-athlete aprofessional-sports-services contract or an endorsement contract;

      (b)   "athlete agent" means an individual who enters into an agency contractwith a student-athlete or, directly or indirectly, recruits or solicits astudent-athlete to enter into an agency contract. The term includes anindividual who represents to the public that the individual is an athleteagent. The term does not include a spouse, parent, sibling or grandparentof thestudent-athlete or an individual acting solely on behalf of a professionalsports team or professional sports organization;

      (c)   "athletic director" means an individual responsible for administering theoverall athletic program of an educational institution or, if an educationalinstitution has separately administered athletic programs for male students andfemale students, the athletic program for males or the athletic program forfemales, as appropriate;

      (d)   "contact" means a communication, direct or indirect, between an athleteagent and a student-athlete, to recruit or solicit the student-athlete to enterinto an agency contract;

      (e)   "endorsement contract" means an agreement under which a student-athleteis employed or receives consideration to use on behalf of the other party anyvalue that the student-athlete may have because of publicity, reputation,following or fame obtained because of athletic ability or performance;

      (f)   "intercollegiate sport" means a sport played at the collegiate level forwhich eligibility requirements for participation by a student-athlete areestablished by a national association for the promotion or regulation ofcollegiate athletics;

      (g)   "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 anyother legal or commercial entity;

      (h)   "professional-sports-services contract" means an agreement under which anindividual is employed, or agrees to render services, as a player on aprofessional sports team, with a professional sports organization or as aprofessional athlete;

      (i)   "record" means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or thatis stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivableform;

      (j)   "registration" means registration as an athlete agent pursuant to thisact;

      (k)   "state" means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia,Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands or any territory or insularpossession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States; and

      (l)   "student-athlete" means an individual who engages in, is eligible toengage in or may be eligible in the future to engage in, any intercollegiatesport. If an individual is permanently ineligible to participate in aparticular intercollegiate sport, the individual is not a student-athlete forpurposes of that sport.

      History:   L. 2003, ch. 109, § 2; July 1.

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44-1517

Chapter 44.--LABOR AND INDUSTRIES
Article 15.--ATHLETE AGENTS

      44-1517.   Definitions.As used in this act:

      (a)   "Agency contract" means an agreement in which a student-athleteauthorizesa person to negotiate or solicit on behalf of the student-athlete aprofessional-sports-services contract or an endorsement contract;

      (b)   "athlete agent" means an individual who enters into an agency contractwith a student-athlete or, directly or indirectly, recruits or solicits astudent-athlete to enter into an agency contract. The term includes anindividual who represents to the public that the individual is an athleteagent. The term does not include a spouse, parent, sibling or grandparentof thestudent-athlete or an individual acting solely on behalf of a professionalsports team or professional sports organization;

      (c)   "athletic director" means an individual responsible for administering theoverall athletic program of an educational institution or, if an educationalinstitution has separately administered athletic programs for male students andfemale students, the athletic program for males or the athletic program forfemales, as appropriate;

      (d)   "contact" means a communication, direct or indirect, between an athleteagent and a student-athlete, to recruit or solicit the student-athlete to enterinto an agency contract;

      (e)   "endorsement contract" means an agreement under which a student-athleteis employed or receives consideration to use on behalf of the other party anyvalue that the student-athlete may have because of publicity, reputation,following or fame obtained because of athletic ability or performance;

      (f)   "intercollegiate sport" means a sport played at the collegiate level forwhich eligibility requirements for participation by a student-athlete areestablished by a national association for the promotion or regulation ofcollegiate athletics;

      (g)   "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 anyother legal or commercial entity;

      (h)   "professional-sports-services contract" means an agreement under which anindividual is employed, or agrees to render services, as a player on aprofessional sports team, with a professional sports organization or as aprofessional athlete;

      (i)   "record" means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or thatis stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivableform;

      (j)   "registration" means registration as an athlete agent pursuant to thisact;

      (k)   "state" means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia,Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands or any territory or insularpossession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States; and

      (l)   "student-athlete" means an individual who engages in, is eligible toengage in or may be eligible in the future to engage in, any intercollegiatesport. If an individual is permanently ineligible to participate in aparticular intercollegiate sport, the individual is not a student-athlete forpurposes of that sport.

      History:   L. 2003, ch. 109, § 2; July 1.


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Statutes > Kansas > Chapter44 > Article15 > Statutes_19453

44-1517

Chapter 44.--LABOR AND INDUSTRIES
Article 15.--ATHLETE AGENTS

      44-1517.   Definitions.As used in this act:

      (a)   "Agency contract" means an agreement in which a student-athleteauthorizesa person to negotiate or solicit on behalf of the student-athlete aprofessional-sports-services contract or an endorsement contract;

      (b)   "athlete agent" means an individual who enters into an agency contractwith a student-athlete or, directly or indirectly, recruits or solicits astudent-athlete to enter into an agency contract. The term includes anindividual who represents to the public that the individual is an athleteagent. The term does not include a spouse, parent, sibling or grandparentof thestudent-athlete or an individual acting solely on behalf of a professionalsports team or professional sports organization;

      (c)   "athletic director" means an individual responsible for administering theoverall athletic program of an educational institution or, if an educationalinstitution has separately administered athletic programs for male students andfemale students, the athletic program for males or the athletic program forfemales, as appropriate;

      (d)   "contact" means a communication, direct or indirect, between an athleteagent and a student-athlete, to recruit or solicit the student-athlete to enterinto an agency contract;

      (e)   "endorsement contract" means an agreement under which a student-athleteis employed or receives consideration to use on behalf of the other party anyvalue that the student-athlete may have because of publicity, reputation,following or fame obtained because of athletic ability or performance;

      (f)   "intercollegiate sport" means a sport played at the collegiate level forwhich eligibility requirements for participation by a student-athlete areestablished by a national association for the promotion or regulation ofcollegiate athletics;

      (g)   "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 anyother legal or commercial entity;

      (h)   "professional-sports-services contract" means an agreement under which anindividual is employed, or agrees to render services, as a player on aprofessional sports team, with a professional sports organization or as aprofessional athlete;

      (i)   "record" means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or thatis stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivableform;

      (j)   "registration" means registration as an athlete agent pursuant to thisact;

      (k)   "state" means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia,Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands or any territory or insularpossession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States; and

      (l)   "student-athlete" means an individual who engages in, is eligible toengage in or may be eligible in the future to engage in, any intercollegiatesport. If an individual is permanently ineligible to participate in aparticular intercollegiate sport, the individual is not a student-athlete forpurposes of that sport.

      History:   L. 2003, ch. 109, § 2; July 1.