North Dakota Code 9-15.2-13 – Prohibited conduct
An athlete agent may not intentionally:
Terms Used In North Dakota Code 9-15.2-13
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
- Individual: means a human being. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
1. Give a student-athlete or, if the athlete is a minor, give a parent or guardian of the athlete materially false or misleading information or make a materially false promise or representation with the intent to influence the athlete, parent, or guardian to enter an agency contract; 2. Furnish anything of value to a student-athlete or another individual, if to do so may result in loss of the athlete’s eligibility to participate in the athlete’s sport, unless:
a. The agent notifies the athletic director of the educational institution at which the athlete is enrolled or at which the agent has reasonable grounds to believe the athlete intends to enroll, not later than seventy-two hours after giving the thing of value; and
b. The athlete or, if the athlete is a minor, the parent or guardian of the athlete acknowledges to the agent in a record that receipt of the thing of value may result in loss of the athlete’s eligibility to participate in the athlete’s sport; 3. Initiate contact, directly or indirectly, with a student-athlete or, if the athlete is a minor, a parent or guardian of the athlete, to recruit or solicit the athlete, parent, or guardian to enter an agency contract unless registered under this chapter; 4. Fail to create, retain, or permit inspection of the records required by section 9-15.2-12; 5. Fail to register when required by section 9-15.2-03; 6. Provide materially false or misleading information in an application for registration or renewal of registration; 7. Predate or postdate an agency contract; 8. Fail to notify a student-athlete or, if the athlete is a minor, a parent or guardian of the athlete, before the athlete, parent, or guardian signs an agency contract for a particular sport that the signing may result in loss of the athlete’s eligibility to participate in the athlete’s sport; 9. Encourage another individual to do any of the acts described in subsections 1 through 8 on behalf of the agent; or
10. Encourage another individual to assist any other individual in doing any of the acts described in subsections 1 through 8 on behalf of the agent.