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UNIFORM ATHLETE AGENTS ACT

PURPOSE:
This act provides for the uniform registration, certification, and background check of sports agents seeking to represent student athletes who are or may be eligible to participate in intercollegiate sports. The act also imposes specified contract terms on these agreements to the benefit of student athletes, and provides educations institutions with a right to notice along with a civil cause of action for damages resulting from a breach of specified duties.

ORIGIN:
Completed by the Uniform Law Commissioners in 2000.

APPROVED BY:
American Bar Association

SUPPORTED BY:
National Collegiate Athletic Association

STATE ADOPTIONS:
Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
District of Columbia
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Indiana
Kansas
Kentucky

Louisiana
Maryland
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Nevada
New Hampshire
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Oklahoma

Oregon
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
U.S. Virgin Islands
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming

2008 INTRODUCTIONS:
Michigan
New Jersey
Rhode Island

For any further information regarding the Uniform Athlete Agents Act (2000), please contact
Kieran Marion or Katie Robinson at 312-450-6600

© 2002 National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws
111 North Wabash Ave., Suite 1010
Chicago, Illinois 60602

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