Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 58 > Chapter 87 > Part 1 - General Provisions

• Agency contract: means an agreement in which a student athlete authorizes a person to negotiate or solicit on behalf of the athlete a professional-sports-services contract or an endorsement contract. See Utah Code 58-87-102
• Athlete agent: means an individual, whether or not registered under this chapter, who:

  (i)

  directly or indirectly recruits or solicits a student athlete to enter into an agency contract or, for compensation, procures employment or offers, promises, attempts, or negotiates to obtain employment for a student athlete as a professional athlete or member of a professional sports team or organization;

  (ii)

  for compensation or in anticipation of compensation related to a student athlete's participation in athletics: (A)  serves the athlete in an advisory capacity on a matter related to finances, business pursuits, or career management decisions, unless the individual is an employee of an educational institution acting exclusively as an employee of the institution for the benefit of the institution; or (B)  manages the business affairs of the athlete by providing assistance with bills, payments, contracts, or taxes; or

  (iii)

  in anticipation of representing a student athlete for a purpose related to the athlete's participation in athletics: (A)  gives consideration to the student athlete or another person; (B)  serves the athlete in an advisory capacity on a matter related to finances, business pursuits, or career management decisions; or (C)  manages the business affairs of the athlete by providing assistance with bills, payments, contracts, or taxes. See Utah Code 58-87-102 Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed. Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name. Educational institution: includes a public or private elementary school, secondary school, technical or vocational school, community college, college, and university. See Utah Code 58-87-102 Endorsement contract: means an agreement under which a student athlete is employed or receives consideration to use on behalf of the other party any value that the student athlete may have because of publicity, reputation, following, or fame obtained because of athletic ability or performance. See Utah Code 58-87-102 Intercollegiate sport: means a sport played at the collegiate level for which eligibility requirements for participation by a student athlete are established by a national association that promotes or regulates collegiate athletics. See Utah Code 58-87-102 Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases. Person: means an individual, estate, business or nonprofit entity, public corporation, government or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, or other legal entity. See Utah Code 58-87-102 Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of a judicial proceeding. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 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 Utah Code 58-87-102 Registration: means registration as an athlete agent under this chapter. See Utah Code 58-87-102 Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party. 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 Utah Code 58-87-102 Student athlete: means an individual who is eligible to attend an educational institution and engages in, is eligible to engage in, or may be eligible in the future to engage in, any interscholastic or intercollegiate sport. See Utah Code 58-87-102 United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5