(A) An educational institution or student athlete may bring an action for damages against an athlete agent if the institution or athlete is adversely affected by an act or omission of the agent in violation of this chapter. An educational institution or student athlete is adversely affected by an act or omission of the agent only if, because of the act or omission, the institution or a person who was a student athlete at the time of the act or omission and enrolled in the institution:
(1) is suspended or disqualified from participation in an interscholastic or intercollegiate athletic event by or under the rules of a state or national federation or association that promotes or regulates interscholastic or intercollegiate sports; or
(2) suffers financial damage.
(B) A plaintiff that prevails in an action under this section may recover actual damages, punitive damages, costs, and reasonable attorney's fees. An athlete agent found liable under this section forfeits any right of payment for anything of benefit or value provided to the student athlete and shall refund any consideration paid to the agent by or on behalf of the athlete.
(C) A violation of this chapter is an unfair trade practice for purposes of the South Carolina Unfair Trade Practices Act.
HISTORY: 2004 Act No. 300, Section 1, eff September 8, 2004; 2018 Act No. 235 (H.3068), Section 1, eff May 17, 2018.
Comment
Effect of Amendment
2018 Act No. 235, Section 1, rewrote the section.