Effective 28 Aug 2005

436.218. Definitions. — As used in sections 436.215 to 436.272, the following terms mean:

(1) "Agency contract", 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", 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. The term does 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. The term includes an individual who represents to the public that the individual is an athlete agent;

(3) "Athletic director", 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", a direct or indirect communication between an athlete agent and a student athlete to recruit or solicit the student athlete to enter into an agency contract;

(5) "Director", the director of the division of professional registration;

(6) "Division", the division of professional registration;

(7) "Endorsement contract", 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;

(8) "Intercollegiate sport", 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 collegiate athletics;

(9) "Person", an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, government, governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, public corporation, or any other legal or commercial entity;

(10) "Professional sports services contract", 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;

(11) "Record", information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form;

(12) "Registration", registration as an athlete agent under sections 436.215 to 436.272;

(13) "State", 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;

(14) "Student athlete", a current student who engages in, has engaged in, is eligible to engage in, or may be eligible in the future to engage in, any intercollegiate sport.

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(L. 2004 S.B. 1122, A.L. 2005 S.B. 177)