Title 15 — Commerce and TradeRelease 119-73not60

§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 Apr 3, 2026|Official source

Summary

Makes it illegal for an athlete agent to recruit or sign up a student athlete by lying, making false promises, or giving money or other benefits before a contract is signed (this includes loans or acting as a guarantor). An agent also may not sign a contract without first giving a required disclosure document, or put a wrong date on the contract. When an agent and student enter an agency contract, the agent must give a separate written disclosure to the student (or the student’s parent or guardian if under 18). The student or parent must sign that disclosure before signing the contract. The disclosure must include a clear, bold warning next to the signature saying the student may lose eligibility to compete and that both the student and the agent must notify the school’s athletic director (or other person in charge of athletics) within 72 hours or before the next athletic event, whichever comes first.

Full Legal Text

Title 15, §7802

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(a)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)(1)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)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)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

Apr 3, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60