(a)  An athlete agent, with the intent to induce a student athlete to enter into an agency contract, may not:

(1)  Give any materially false or misleading information or make a materially false promise or representation;

(2)  Furnish anything of value to a student athlete before the student athlete enters into the agency contract; or

(3)  Furnish anything of value to any individual other than the student athlete or another registered athlete agent.

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Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 5-74.1-14

  • Agency contract: means an agreement in 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. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-74.1-2
  • 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. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-74.1-2
  • Contact: means a communication, direct or indirect, between an athlete agent and a student athlete, to recruit or solicit the student athlete to enter into an agency contract. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-74.1-2
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Registration: means registration as an athlete agent pursuant to this chapter. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-74.1-2
  • 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. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-74.1-2

(b)  An athlete agent may not intentionally:

(1)  Initiate contact with a student athlete unless registered under this chapter;

(2)  Refuse or fail to retain or permit inspection of the records required to be retained by § 5-74.1-13;

(3)  Fail to register when required by § 5-74.1-4;

(4)  Provide materially false or misleading information in an application for registration or renewal of registration;

(5)  Predate or postdate an agency contract; or

(6)  Fail to notify a student athlete before the student athlete signs or otherwise authenticates an agency contract for a particular sport that the signing or authentication may make the student athlete ineligible to participate as a student athlete in that sport.

History of Section.
P.L. 2008, ch. 246, § 2.