(a)  An agency contract must be in a record, signed or otherwise authenticated by the parties.

Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 5-74.1-10

  • Agency contract: means an agreement in which a student athlete authorizes a person to negotiate or solicit on behalf of the student athlete a professional sports services contract or an endorsement contract. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-74.1-2
  • Athlete agent: means an individual who enters into an agency contract with a student athlete or, directly or indirectly, recruits or solicits a student athlete to enter into an agency contract. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-74.1-2
  • Athletic director: means an individual responsible for administering the overall athletic program of an educational institution or, if an educational institution has separately administered athletic programs for male students and female students, the athletic program for males or the athletic program for females, as appropriate. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-74.1-2
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Person: means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited-liability company, association, joint venture, government, governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, public corporation, or any other legal or commercial entity. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-74.1-2
  • Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-74.1-2
  • Registration: means registration as an athlete agent pursuant to this chapter. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-74.1-2
  • State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-74.1-2
  • Student athlete: means an individual who engages in, is eligible to engage in, or may be eligible in the future to engage in, any intercollegiate sport. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-74.1-2

(b)  An agency contract must 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 provided to the student athlete;

(5)  The duration of the contract; and

(6)  The date of execution.

(c)  An agency contract must 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 seventy-two (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 fourteen (14) days after signing it. Cancellation of this contract may not reinstate your eligibility.

(d)  An agency contract that does not conform to this section is voidable by the student athlete. If a student athlete voids an agency contract, the student athlete is not 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.

(e)  The athlete agent shall give a record of the signed or otherwise authenticated agency contract to the student athlete at the time of execution.

History of Section.
P.L. 2008, ch. 246, § 2.