Title 15, Commerce and TradeRelease 119-110

§7802 Regulation of Unfair and Deceptive Acts and Practices in Connection with the Contact Between an Athlete Agent and a Student Athlete

Title 15 › CHAPTER 104 — SPORTS AGENT RESPONSIBILITY AND TRUST › § 7802

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

An athlete agent must not try to sign a student-athlete by lying or making false promises. An agent also must not give gifts, money, loans, or act as a guarantor for the athlete or people close to the athlete before a contract is signed. Agents cannot backdate or postdate a contract. Before any contract, the agent must give a written disclosure that the athlete (or the athlete’s parent or legal guardian if the athlete is under 18) must sign. That disclosure must be separate from any state paperwork and include a clear warning near the signature that agreeing to be represented can cost the athlete’s eligibility. Both the athlete and the agent must notify the school’s athletic director within 72 hours or before the athlete’s next event, whichever is sooner.

Full Legal Text

Title 15, §7802

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(a)Conduct prohibited

It is unlawful for an athlete agent to—

(1)directly or indirectly recruit or solicit a student athlete to enter into an agency contract, by—

(A)giving any false or misleading information or making a false promise or representation; or

(B)providing anything of value to a student athlete or anyone associated with the student athlete before the student athlete enters into an agency contract, including any consideration in the form of a loan, or acting in the capacity of a guarantor or co-guarantor for any debt;

(2)enter into an agency contract with a student athlete without providing the student athlete with the disclosure document described in subsection (b); or

(3)predate or postdate an agency contract.

(b)Required disclosure by athlete agents to student athletes

(1)In general

In conjunction with the entering into of an agency contract, an athlete agent shall provide to the student athlete, or, if the student athlete is under the age of 18, to such student athlete’s parent or legal guardian, a disclosure document that meets the requirements of this subsection. Such disclosure document is separate from and in addition to any disclosure which may be required under State law.

(2)Signature of student athlete

The disclosure document must be signed by the student athlete, or, if the student athlete is under the age of 18, by such student athlete’s parent or legal guardian, prior to entering into the agency contract.

(3)Required language

The disclosure document must contain, in close proximity to the signature of the student athlete, or, if the student athlete is under the age of 18, the signature of such student athlete’s parent or legal guardian, a conspicuous notice in boldface type stating: “Warning to Student Athlete: If you agree orally or in writing to be represented by an agent now or in the future you may lose your eligibility to compete as a student athlete in your sport. Within 72 hours after entering into this contract or before the next athletic event in which you are eligible to participate, whichever occurs first, both you and the agent by whom you are agreeing to be represented must notify the athletic director of the educational institution at which you are enrolled, or other individual responsible for athletic programs at such educational institution, that you have entered into an agency contract.”

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Citation

15 U.S.C. § 7802

Title 15, Commerce and Trade

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110