§7801 Definitions

Summary

Defines key words used in the chapter. An agency contract is an oral or written deal where a student athlete lets someone negotiate or seek a pro sports or endorsement deal for them. An athlete agent is a person who makes such a deal or tries to recruit a student athlete, but not a spouse, parent, sibling, grandparent, guardian, a lawyer acting only as a lawyer, or someone working only for a pro team. An athletic director is the person who runs a school’s athletic program or, if split, the men’s or women’s program. Commission means the Federal Trade Commission. An endorsement contract is a paid deal for using a student athlete’s name, image, likeness, or person to promote something. Intercollegiate sport is a college-level sport with eligibility rules set by a national college athletics group. A professional sports contract is a deal to hire someone as a player or pro athlete for a team or organization. State includes any U.S. state, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, or any U.S. territory or possession. A student athlete is someone who plays, is eligible to play, or may become eligible to play an intercollegiate sport; if a person is permanently ineligible for a sport, they are not a student athlete for that sport.