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You can access the full text of Indiana state laws concerning
sports agents via the Web:
Ind.
Code Ann. §§ 35-46-4-1 to 35-46-4-4
Enactment Date: 1988
Definitions:
Student-athlete — A person enrolled in a course of
study in a public or private college or university who is
eligible to participate in an intercollegiate sporting event,
contest, exhibition, or program for the college or university
in which the person is enrolled.
Agent Contract — A contract or agreement in which
a student-athlete authorizes a person to negotiate or solicit
on behalf of the student-athlete with a professional sports
team for employment by a professional sports team or as
a professional athlete.
Professional Sports Service Contract — A contract
or agreement in which a person is employed or agrees to
render services as a player on a professional sports team
or as a professional athlete.
Recruitment Disclosure Requirement:
An athlete agent who knowingly or intentionally enters
into an agent contract or a professional sports services
contract with a student-athlete must give written notice,
no later than 10 days before the contract is executed, to
the head of the athletic department for the college or university
in which the student-athlete is enrolled.
Penalty:
Failure to disclose recruitment is a Class D felony.
State Contact Person:
John Rowings
Director of the Office of Bill Drafting and Research
Legislative Services Agency
302 State House
Indianapolis, IN 46204
(317) 232-9856
(Indiana does not require agent registration and, as a result,
there is no state contact. However, the above office can provide
copies of the current athlete agent law.)
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