Application For Certificate Of Registration/renewal As An Athlete Agent Form (Page 9 of 9) in pdf

secretary of state of the specific terms and conditions of this contract or competence of the athlete agent. You have

the right to terminate this contract within five calendar days after it is signed. You may jeopardize your standing as a

student athlete by entering into this contract under the rules for eligibility established by or adhered to by your

institution of higher education."

3. A registered athlete agent shall file with the secretary of state a schedule of fees chargeable and

collectible from a student athlete who has not previously signed a contract of employment with a professional sports

team and shall file a description of the various professional sevices to be rendered in return for each fee. The athlete

agent may impose charges only in accordance with the fee schedule. Changes in the fee schedule may be made

from time to time, except that a change shall not become effective until the seventh day after the date the change is

filed with the secretary of state.

9A.8

PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES.

A person shall not do any of the following:

1. Act or offer to act as an athlete agent unless registered pursuant to this chapter.

2. Engage in conduct which violates, or causes or contributes to causing a student or institution of

higher education to violate, any rule or regulation adopted by the national collegiate athletic association governing

student athletes and their relationship with athlete agents and institutions of higher education.

3. Except as provided in subsection 5, enter into a written or oral agreement by which the athlete agent

will represent a student athlete, or give anything of value to a student athlete, until after completion of the student

athletes last intercollegiate athletic contest including any postseason contest.

4. Enter into an agreement before the student athlete's last intercollegiate contest that purports to take

effect at a time after that contest is completed.

5. Enter into an agreement where the athlete agent gives, offers, or promises anything of value to an

employee or student of an institution of higher education in return for the referral of a student athlete by the employee

or student.

6. Interfere with, impede, or obstruct the administration and enforcement of this chapter.

9A.9

ON-CAMPUS ATHLETE AGENT INTERVIEWS.

If an institution of higher education located in this state elects to permit athlete agent interviews on its

campus during a student athlete's final year as a student athlete, a registered athlete agent may interview the

student athlete to discuss the registerd athlete agent's representation of the student athlete in the marketing of the

student athlete's athletic ability and reputation. The registered athlete agent shall strictly adhere to the conditions

imposed by each institution with regard to the time, place, manner, and duration of the interviews.

9A.10

CONTRACT VOID.

An agent contract negotiated by an athlete agent who has failed to comply with the provisions of this

chapter is void. If the contract is void pursuant to this section, the athlete agent does not have a right of repayment of

anything of value received by the student athlete as an inducement to enter into an agent contract or received by a

student athlete before completion of the student athlete's last intercollegiate contest, and the athlete agent shall

refund any consideration paid to the athlete agent by the student athlete or on the student athlete's behalf.

9A.11

PENALTIES-ENFORCEMENT.

1. The attorney may institute a legal proceeding against an athlete agent on behalf of the state, and

shall institute legal proceedings at the request of the secretary of state, to enforce this chapter.

2. A person who knowingly and willfully violates a provision of this chapter is subject to civil penalty in

an amount not to exceed ten thousand dollars.

3. A person who violates a provision of section 9A.8 commits a serious misdemeanor.

9A.12

COSTS.

A student athlete and an institution of higher education are entitled to recover reasonable attorney's fees and

court costs against an athlete agent found to be in violation of this chapter.

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