Prohibited Activities of Athlete Agent

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2. Georgia Code
3. Professions and Businesses
4. Athlete Agents
5. Prohibited Activities of Athlete Agent

1. An athlete agent shall not, with the intent to induce a student athlete to enter into an agency contract:
   1. Give any materially false or misleading information or make a materially false promise or representation;
   2. Furnish anything of value to a student athlete before the student athlete enters into the agency contract; or
   3. Furnish anything of value to an individual other than the student athlete or another registered athlete agent.
2. An athlete agent shall not intentionally:
   1. Initiate contact with a student athlete unless registered under this chapter;
   2. Refuse or fail to retain or permit inspection of the records required to be retained by this chapter;
   3. Fail to register when required by this chapter;
   4. Provide materially false or misleading information in an application for registration or renewal of registration;
   5. Predate or postdate an agency contract; or
   6. Fail to notify a student athlete before the student athlete signs or otherwise authenticates an agency contract for a particular sport that such signing or authentication may make the student athlete ineligible to participate as a student athlete in that sport.

(Code 1981, §43-4A-14, enacted by Ga. L. 1988, p. 651, § 1; Ga. L. 2003, p. 774, § 15; Code 1981, §43-4A-13, as redesignated by Ga. L. 2010, p. 376, § 2/SB 149.)

Editor's notes.

- Ga. L. 2010, p. 376, § 2, effective July 1, 2010, redesignated former Code Section 43-4A-13 as present Code Section 43-4A-12.

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