(a) As used in this section, “communicating or attempting to communicate” means contacting or attempting to contact by an in-person meeting, a record, or any other method that conveys or attempts to convey a message.
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 49-7-2111

  • 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 endorsement contract. See Tennessee Code 49-7-2102
  • 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 Tennessee Code 49-7-2102
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Educational institution: includes a public or private elementary school, secondary school, technical or vocational school, community college, college, and university. See Tennessee Code 49-7-2102
  • Enrolled: means registered for courses and attending athletic practice or class. See Tennessee Code 49-7-2102
  • 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.
  • Minor: means any person who has not attained eighteen (18) years of age. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • 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 Tennessee Code 49-7-2102
  • solicit: means attempt 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 Tennessee Code 49-7-2102
  • 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 Tennessee Code 49-7-2102
  • 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 Tennessee Code 49-7-2102
(b) Not later than seventy-two (72) hours after entering into an agency contract, or before the next scheduled athletic event in which the student athlete may participate, whichever occurs first, the athlete agent shall give notice in a record of the existence of the contract to the athletic director of the educational institution at which the athlete is enrolled or at which the agent has reasonable grounds to believe the athlete intends to enroll.
(c) A copy of the notice required pursuant to subsection (b) must be provided to the educational institution’s general counsel.
(d) If the educational institution does not have an athletic director, the notice required pursuant to subsection (b) must be provided to the president of the educational institution.
(e) Not later than seventy-two (72) hours after entering into an agency contract, or before the next scheduled athletic event in which the student athlete may participate, whichever occurs first, the athlete shall inform the athletic director of the educational institution at which the athlete is enrolled that the athlete has entered into an agency contract and the name and contact information of the athlete agent.
(f) A copy of the notice required pursuant to subsection (e) must be provided to the educational institution’s general counsel.
(g) If the educational institution does not have an athletic director, the notice required pursuant to subsection (e) must be provided to the president of the educational institution.
(h) If an athlete agent enters into an agency contract with a student athlete and the athlete subsequently enrolls at an educational institution, the agent shall notify the athletic director of the institution of the existence of the contract not later than seventy-two (72) hours after the agent knew or should have known the athlete enrolled.
(i) A copy of the notice required pursuant to subsection (h) must be provided to the educational institution’s general counsel.
(j) If the educational institution does not have an athletic director, the notice required pursuant to subsection (h) must be provided to the president of the educational institution.
(k) If an athlete agent has a relationship with a student athlete before the athlete enrolls in an educational institution and receives an athletic scholarship from the institution, the agent shall notify the athletic director of the educational institution of the relationship not later than ten (10) days after the enrollment, if the agent knows or should have known of the enrollment and:

(1) The relationship was motivated in whole or part by the intention of the agent to recruit or solicit the athlete to enter an agency contract in the future; or
(2) The agent directly or indirectly recruited or solicited the athlete to enter an agency contract before the enrollment.
(l) A copy of the notice required pursuant to subsection (k) must be provided to the educational institution’s general counsel.
(m) If the educational institution does not have an athletic director, the notice required pursuant to subsection (k) must be provided to the president of the educational institution.
(n) An athlete agent shall give notice in a record to the athletic director of any educational institution at which a student athlete is enrolled before the agent communicates or attempts to communicate with:

(1) The athlete or, if the athlete is a minor, a parent or guardian of the athlete, to influence the athlete or parent or guardian to enter into an agency contract; or
(2) Another individual to have that individual influence the athlete or, if the athlete is a minor, the parent or guardian of the athlete to enter into an agency contract.
(o) A copy of the notice required pursuant to subsection (n) must be provided to the educational institution’s general counsel.
(p) If the educational institution does not have an athletic director, the notice required pursuant to subsection (n) must be provided to the president of the educational institution.
(q) If a communication or attempt to communicate with an athlete agent is initiated by a student athlete or another individual on behalf of the athlete, the agent shall notify in a record the athletic director of any educational institution at which the athlete is enrolled. The notification must be made not later than ten (10) days after the communication or attempt.
(r) A copy of the notice required pursuant to subsection (q) must be provided to the educational institution’s general counsel.
(s) If the educational institution does not have an athletic director, the notice required pursuant to subsection (q) must be provided to the president of the educational institution.
(t) An educational institution that becomes aware of a violation of this part by an athlete agent shall notify the secretary of state and any professional league or players association with which the institution is aware the agent is licensed or registered of the violation.
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