KRS § 164.6903 — KY Code / Title XIII / Chapter 164 / Section 164.6903
164.6903 Definitions for KRS 164.6901 to 164.6935
Status: in_force

164.6903 Definitions for KRS 164.6901 to 164.6935.

As used in KRS 164.6901 to 164.6935, unless the context requires otherwise:

(1) "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; a name, image, and likeness agreement

as defined in KRS 164.6941; or an endorsement contract;

(2) "Athlete agent":

(a) Means an individual, whether registered under KRS 164.6901 to

164.6935 or not, who:

1. 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;

2. For compensation or in anticipation of compensation related to a

student-athlete's participation in athletics:

a. Serves the student-athlete in an advisor 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 student-athlete by

providing assistance with bills, payments, contracts or taxes; or

3. In anticipation of representing a student-athlete for a purpose

related to the student-athlete's participation in athletics:

a. Gives consideration to the student-athlete or another person;

b. Serves the student-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 student-athlete by

providing assistance with bills, payments, contracts, or taxes;

and

(b) Does not include an individual who:

1. Acts solely on behalf of a professional sports team or organization;

or

2. Is a licensed, registered, or certified professional and offers or

provides services to a student-athlete customarily provided by

members of the profession, unless the individual:

a. Also recruits or solicits the student-athlete to enter into an

agency contract;

b. For compensation, procures employment or offers, promises,

attempts, or negotiates to obtain employment for the

student-athlete as a professional athlete or member of a

professional sports team or organization; or

c. Receives consideration for providing the services calculated

using a different method than for an individual who is not a

student-athlete; or

3. Is a parent or guardian of a student-athlete, unless the parent or

guardian for compensation, or any form of valuable consideration or

reasonable expectation thereof, influences or attempts to influence

the student-athlete to enter into an agency contract, or procures

employment or offers, promises, attempts, or negotiates to obtain

employment for the student-athlete as a professional athlete or

member of a professional sports team or organization;

(3) "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 and female students, the

athletic program for males or the athletic program for females, as appropriate;

(4) "Contact" means a communication, direct or indirect, between an athlete agent

and a student-athlete, to recruit or solicit the student-athlete to enter into an

agency contract;

(5) "Department" means the Department of Professional Licensing in the Public

Protection Cabinet;

(6) "Educational institution" includes a public or private elementary school,

secondary school, technical or vocational school, community college, college,

and university;

(7) "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;

(8) "Enrolled" means registered for courses and attending athletic practice or

class;

(9) "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;

(10) "Interscholastic sport" means a sport played between educational institutions

that are not community colleges, colleges, or universities;

(11) "Licensed, registered, or certified professional" means an individual licensed,

registered, or certified as an attorney, dealer in securities, financial planner,

insurance agent, real estate broker or sales agent, tax consultant, accountant,

or member of a profession other than that of an athlete agent who is licensed,

registered, or certified by the state or a nationally recognized organization that

licenses, registers, or certifies members of the profession on the basis of

experience, education, or testing;

(12) "Person" means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust,

partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, or government;

governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality; public corporation, or any

other legal or commercial entity;

(13) "Professional-sports-services contract" means an agreement under which an

individual is employed, or agrees to render services, as a player on a

professional sports team, with a professional sports organization, or as a

professional athlete;

(14) "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;

(15) "Recruit or solicit" means to attempt to influence the choice of an athlete agent

by a student-athlete or, if the student-athlete is a minor, a parent or guardian of

the student-athlete. The term does not include giving advice on the selection of

a particular agent in a family, coaching, or social situation unless the individual

giving the advice does so because of the receipt or anticipated receipt of an

economic benefit, directly or indirectly, from the agent;

(16) "Registration" means registration as an athlete agent pursuant to KRS

164.6901 to 164.6935;

(17) "Sign" means with present intent to authenticate or adopt a record:

(a) To execute or adopt a tangible symbol; or

(b) To attach to or logically associate with the record an electronic symbol,

sound, or process;

(18) "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; and

(19) "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.

"Student-athlete" does not include an individual permanently ineligible to

participate in a particular interscholastic or intercollegiate sport for that sport.