Requirements for Agency Contract; Notice to Student Athlete; Penalty for Noncompliance; Record for Student Athlete

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  1. An agency contract shall be in a record that is signed or otherwise authenticated by the parties.
  2. An agency contract shall state or contain:
    1. The amount and method of calculating the consideration to be paid by the student athlete for services to be provided by the athlete agent under the contract and any other consideration the athlete agent has received or will receive from any other source for entering into the contract or for providing the services;
    2. The name of any person not listed in the application for registration or renewal of registration who will be compensated because the student athlete signed the agency contract;
    3. A description of any expenses that the student athlete agrees to reimburse;
    4. A description of the services to be provided to the student athlete;
    5. The duration of the contract; and
    6. The date of execution.
  3. An agency contract shall contain, in close proximity to the signature of the student athlete, a conspicuous notice in boldface type in capital letters stating:

    "WARNING TO STUDENT ATHLETE IF YOU SIGN THIS CONTRACT:

    1. YOU MAY LOSE YOUR ELIGIBILITY TO COMPETE AS A STUDENT ATHLETE IN YOUR SPORT;
    2. IF YOU HAVE AN ATHLETIC DIRECTOR, WITHIN 72 HOURS AFTER ENTERING INTO THIS CONTRACT, BOTH YOU AND YOUR ATHLETE AGENT MUST NOTIFY YOUR ATHLETIC DIRECTOR; AND
    3. YOU MAY CANCEL THIS CONTRACT WITHIN 14 DAYS AFTER SIGNING IT. CANCELLATION OF THIS CONTRACT MAY NOT REINSTATE YOUR ELIGIBILITY."
  4. An agency contract that does not conform to this Code section shall be voidable by the student athlete. If a student athlete voids an agency contract, the student athlete shall not be required to pay any consideration under the contract or to return any consideration received from the athlete agent to induce the student athlete to enter into the contract.
  5. The athlete agent shall give a record of the signed or otherwise authenticated agency contract to the student athlete at the time of execution.

(Code 1981, §43-4A-16.1, enacted by Ga. L. 2000, p. 1396, § 4; Ga. L. 2003, p. 774, § 18; Code 1981, §43-4A-15, as redesignated by Ga. L. 2010, p. 376, § 2/SB 149.)

Editor's notes.

- Ga. L. 2000, p. 1396, § 6, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that the amendment to this Code section is applicable with respect to acts occurring on or after July 1, 2000.

Ga. L. 2010, p. 376, § 2, effective July 1, 2010, redesignated former Code Section 43-4A-15 as present Code Section 43-4A-17.


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