§7801 — Title 15 Commerce and Trade | U.S. Code

Summary

Sets clear meanings for words used in the chapter. An "agency contract" is a verbal or written deal where a student athlete lets someone negotiate a pro sports or endorsement deal for them. An "athlete agent" is a person who signs or tries to sign a student athlete to such a deal, but not the athlete’s spouse, parent, sibling, grandparent, guardian, or a lawyer who is not acting as an agent, nor someone working only for a pro team. "Athletic director" runs a school’s sports program. "Commission" means the Federal Trade Commission. An "endorsement contract" pays an athlete for use of their name, image, or likeness. "Intercollegiate sport" means college-level sports governed by a national body. A "professional sports contract" is a deal to play or work as a professional athlete. "State" includes all U.S. states, DC, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and other U.S. territories. A "student athlete" is anyone who plays, is eligible to play, or might be eligible to play college sports; someone permanently barred from a sport is not a student athlete for that sport.

Title 15, §7801

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As used in this chapter, the following definitions apply:

(1)The term “agency contract” means an oral or written agreement in which a student athlete authorizes a person to negotiate or solicit on behalf of the student athlete a professional sports contract or an endorsement contract.

(2)The term “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, and does not include a spouse, parent, sibling, grandparent, or guardian of such student athlete, any legal counsel for purposes other than that of representative agency, or an individual acting solely on behalf of a professional sports team or professional sports organization.

(3)The term “athletic director” means an individual responsible for administering the athletic program of an educational institution or, in the case that such program is administered separately, the athletic program for male students or the athletic program for female students, as appropriate.

(4)The term “Commission” means the Federal Trade Commission.

(5)The term “endorsement contract” means an agreement under which a student athlete is employed or receives consideration for the use by the other party of that individual’s person, name, image, or likeness in the promotion of any product, service, or event.

(6)The term “intercollegiate sport” means a sport played at the collegiate level for which eligibility requirements for participation by a student athlete are established by a national association for the promotion or regulation of college athletics.

(7)The term “professional sports contract” means an agreement under which an individual is employed, or agrees to render services, as a player on a professional sports team, with a professional sports organization, or as a professional athlete.

(8)The term “State” includes 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.

(9)The term “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. An individual who is permanently ineligible to participate in a particular intercollegiate sport is not a student athlete for purposes of that sport.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

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Pub. L. 108–304, § 1, Sept. 24, 2004, 118 Stat. 1125, provided that: “This Act [enacting this chapter] may be cited as the ‘Sports Agent Responsibility and Trust Act’.”

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