Section 899-A. Definitions  


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  • As  used  in this article the following terms
      shall have the following meanings:
        1. "Agency contract" means an agreement  in  which  a  student-athlete
      authorizes   a   person  to  negotiate  or  solicit  on  behalf  of  the
      student-athlete  a   professional   sports-services   contract   or   an
      endorsement contract.
        2.  "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. Such term
      includes an individual who represents to the public that the  individual
      is  an  athlete  agent.  This  term  shall not include a spouse, parent,
      sibling,  grandparent  or  guardian  of  the  student-athlete,   or   an
      individual  acting  solely  on  behalf  of a professional sports team or
      professional sports organization.
        3.  "Athletic  director"   means   an   individual   responsible   for
      administering the overall athletic program of an educational institution
      or,  if  an educational institution has separately administered athletic
      programs for male students and female students, the athletic program for
      males or the athletic program for females, as appropriate.
        4. "Contact" means a communication, direct  or  indirect,  between  an
      athlete   agent  and  a  student-athlete,  to  recruit  or  solicit  the
      student-athlete to enter into an agency contract.
        5.  "Endorsement  contract"  means  an   agreement   under   which   a
      student-athlete  is  employed or receives consideration to use on behalf
      of the other party any value that the student-athlete may  have  because
      of publicity, reputation, following or fame obtained because of athletic
      ability or performance.
        6.  "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 which promotes
      or regulates such sport and is recognized by the educational institution
      that said student-athlete attends.
        7.  "Person" means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate,
      trust,  partnership,  limited  liability  company,  association,   joint
      venture,  government, governmental subdivision, agency, instrumentality,
      public corporation, or any other legal or commercial entity.
        8. "Professional sports-services 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.
        9.  "Record"  means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium
      or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in
      perceivable form.
        10. "Registration" means registration as an athlete agent pursuant  to
      this article.
        11.  "State"  means  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.
        12. "Student-athlete" means an individual who engages in, is  eligible
      to engage in, may be eligible in the future to engage in or was eligible
      in   the   past   thirty  days  to  engage  in  any  intercollegiate  or
      interscholastic sport. If an individual  is  permanently  ineligible  to
      participate in a particular intercollegiate sport, such individual shall
      not  be considered a student-athlete thirty days after losing his or her
      eligibility for purposes of that sport.