Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 58 > Chapter 87 > Part 3 - Agency Contract Requirements

• Agency contract: means an agreement in which a student athlete authorizes a person to negotiate or solicit on behalf of the athlete a professional-sports-services contract or an endorsement contract. See Utah Code 58-87-102
• Athlete agent: means an individual, whether or not registered under this chapter, who:
            (2)(a)(i) directly or indirectly recruits or solicits a student athlete to enter into an agency contract or, for compensation, procures employment or offers, promises, attempts, or negotiates to obtain employment for a student athlete as a professional athlete or member of a professional sports team or organization;
            (2)(a)(ii) for compensation or in anticipation of compensation related to a student athlete's participation in athletics:

                 (2)(a)(ii)(A) serves the athlete in an advisory capacity on a matter related to finances, business pursuits, or career management decisions, unless the individual is an employee of an educational institution acting exclusively as an employee of the institution for the benefit of the institution; or

                 (2)(a)(ii)(B) manages the business affairs of the athlete by providing assistance with bills, payments, contracts, or taxes; or
            (2)(a)(iii) in anticipation of representing a student athlete for a purpose related to the athlete's participation in athletics:

                 (2)(a)(iii)(A) gives consideration to the student athlete or another person;

                 (2)(a)(iii)(B) serves the athlete in an advisory capacity on a matter related to finances, business pursuits, or career management decisions; or

                 (2)(a)(iii)(C) manages the business affairs of the athlete by providing assistance with bills, payments, contracts, or taxes. See Utah Code 58-87-102
• Athletic director: means the 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. See Utah Code 58-87-102
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Director: means the director of the Division of Professional Licensing. See Utah Code 58-1-102
• Division: means the Division of Professional Licensing created in Section 58-1-103. See Utah Code 58-1-102
• Educational institution: includes a public or private elementary school, secondary school, technical or vocational school, community college, college, and university. See Utah Code 58-87-102
• Enrolled: means registered for courses and attending athletic practice or class. See Utah Code 58-87-102
• Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
• Guardian: includes a person who:
       (14)(a) qualifies as a guardian of a minor or incapacitated person pursuant to testamentary or court appointment; or
       (14)(b) is appointed by a court to manage the estate of a minor or incapacitated person. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Person: means an individual, estate, business or nonprofit entity, public corporation, government or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, or other legal entity. See Utah Code 58-87-102
• 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. See Utah Code 58-87-102
• Recruit or solicit: means attempting to influence the choice of an athlete agent by a student athlete or, if the athlete is a minor, a parent or guardian of the athlete. See Utah Code 58-87-102
• Registration: means registration as an athlete agent under this chapter. See Utah Code 58-87-102
• Sign: means , with present intent to authenticate or adopt a record:
       (15)(a) to execute or adopt a tangible symbol; or
       (15)(b) to attach to or logically associate with the record an electronic symbol, sound, or process. See Utah Code 58-87-102
• 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. See Utah Code 58-87-102
• Student athlete: means an individual who is eligible to attend an educational institution and engages in, is eligible to engage in, or may be eligible in the future to engage in, any interscholastic or intercollegiate sport. See Utah Code 58-87-102