(a) A person commits the crime of sports bribery who:

Attorney's Note

Under the Tennessee Code, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
class A misdemeanorup to 11 monthsup to $2,500
For details, see Tenn. Code § 40-35-111
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 39-17-1103

  • Benefit: means anything reasonably regarded as economic gain, enhancement or advantage, including benefit to any other person in whose welfare the beneficiary is interested. See Tennessee Code 39-11-106
  • Person: includes the singular and the plural and means and includes any individual, firm, partnership, copartnership, association, corporation, governmental subdivision or agency, or other organization or other legal entity, or any agent or servant thereof. See Tennessee Code 39-11-106
(1) Confers, or offers or agrees to confer, any benefit upon a sports participant with intent to influence the participant not to give the participant’s best efforts in a sports contest;
(2) Confers, or offers or agrees to confer any benefit upon a sports official in return for an agreement from the official to perform the official’s duties improperly;
(3) Being a sports participant, solicits, accepts or agrees to accept any benefit from another person upon an agreement or understanding that the participant will thereby be influenced not to give the participant’s best efforts in a sports contest; or
(4) Being a sports official, solicits, accepts or agrees to accept any benefit from another person upon an agreement or understanding that the official will perform the official’s duties improperly.
(b) Sports bribery is a Class A misdemeanor.
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