FIFTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC 
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OF THE PHILIPPINES 
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First Regular Session 
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SENATE 
S.No. 1575 
Introduced by Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
The Constitution, Article II, Section 13 provides that: 
SEC. 13. The State recognizes the vital role of the youth in nation-
building and shall promote and protect their physical, moral, spIritual, 
intellectual and social well-being. 
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We derive many of our country's pride from world class performance of our athletes. To 
be competitive, we train our children young and build on their potentials in the course of their 
development. ,Our educational institutions have played a significant role in nurturing our young 
talents while 'also providing them good education that they may have other options in life outside 
of sports. However, sports is also a business from where athletes and their families pin their 
hopes on striking a fortune. Poverty and ignorance, in many instances, have made these athletes 
and families easy prey for unscrupulous sports agents who promise them the world without fully 
informing them of the consequences of engaging their services. 
We provide a legislation which will curb the deceptive practice of the sports agents in 
signing student athletes and allow the educational institutions to be informed of such contracts 
and be protected from its effects. 
This bill seeks to regulate the conduct of athlete agents and require disclosure of agency 
contracts to the educational institutions. 1 
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FIFTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC 
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OF THE PHILIPPINES 
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First Regular Session 
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SEN~1J; 
S.No. 1075 
Introduced by Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago 
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AN ACT 
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TO REGULATE CERTAIN CONDUCT BY SPORTS AGENTS RELATING TO THE 
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SIGNING OF CONTRACTS WITH STUDENT 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of representatives of the Philippines 1I1 
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Congress assembled: 
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SECTION 1. Short Title. - This Act shall be known as the "Sports Agent Responsibility 
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and Trust Act." 
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SECTION 2. Definition. - As used in this Act, the term-
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A. AGENCY CONTRACT- means an oral or written agreement in which a student athlete 
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authorizes a person to negotiate or solicit on behalf of the student athlete a professional 
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sports contract or an endorsement contract. 
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B. ATHLETE AGENT- means an individual who enters into an agency contract with a 
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student athlete, or directly or indirectly recruits or solicits a student athlete to enter into 
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an agency contract, and does not include a spouse, parent, sibling, grandparent, or 
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guardian of such student athlete, or an individual acting solely on behalf of a professional 
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sports team or professional sports organization. 
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C. ATHLETIC DIRECTOR- means an individual responsible for administering the athletic 
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program of an educational institution or, in the case that such program is administered 
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separately, the athletic program for male students or the athletic program for female 
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students, as appropriate. 
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D. ENDORSEMENT CONTRACT- means an agreement under which a student athlete is 
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employed or receives consideration for the use by the other party of that indiyidual's 
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person, name, image, or likeness in the promotion of any product, service, or event. 
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E. INTERCOLLEGIATE SPORT- means a sport played at the collegiate level for which 
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eligibility requirements for participation by a student athlete are established by a national 
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association for the promotion or regulation of college athletics. 
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F. PROFESSIONAL SPORTS CONTRACT-
means an agreement under which an 
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individual is employed, or agrees to render services, as a player on a professional sports 
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team, with a professional sports organization, or as a professional athlete. 
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G. STUDENT ATHLETE- means an individual who engages in, is eligible to engage in, or 
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may be eligihle in the future to engage in, any intercollegiate sport. An individual who is 
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permanently ineligible to participate in a particular intercollegiate sport is not a student 
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athlete for purposes oflhat sport. 
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SECTION 3. Prohibited Conduct - It is unlawful for an athlete agent to-
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A. directly or indirectly recruit or solicit a student athlete to enter into all agency contract, 
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I. glvmg any false or misleading information or making a false promIse or 
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representation; or 
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2. providing anything of value to a student athlete or anyone associated with the 
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student athlete before the student athlete enters into an agency contract; 
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B. enter into an agency contract with a student athlete without providing the student 
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athlete with the disclosure document described in Section 4; or 
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C. or postdate an agency contract. 
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SECTION 4 Disclosure By Athlete Agents To Student Athletes. - In conjunction with the 
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entering into of an agency contract, an athlete agent shall provide to the student athlete, or, if the 
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student athlete is under the age of 18 to such student athlete's parent or legal guardian, a 
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disclosure document that meets the requirements of this Act. Such disclosure document is 
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separate fr0111 and in addition to any other disclosure as may be required by law. 
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SECTION 5. Signature of Student Athlete. - The disclosure document must be signed by 
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the student athlete, or, if the student athlete is under the age of 18 by such student athlete's parent 
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or legal guardian, prior to entering into the agency contract. 
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SECTION 6. Required Language. - The disclosure document must contain, in close 
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proximity to the signature of the student athlete, or, ir'the student athlete is ~nder the age of 18, 
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the signature of such student athlete's parent or legal guardian, a conspicuous notice in boldface 
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type stating: 'Warning to Student Athlete: If you agree orally or in writing to be 
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represented by an agent now or in the future you may lose your eligibility to compete as a 
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student athlete in your sport. Within 72 hours after entering into this contract or before the 
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next athletic event in which yon are eligible to participate, whichever occnrs first, both you 
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and the agent by whom yon are agreeing to be represented must notify the athletic director 
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of the educational institution at which you are enrolled, or other individual responsible for 
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athletic programs at such educational institution, that you have entered into an agency 
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contract.'. 
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SECTION 7. Notice to Educational Institutions. - Within 72 hours after entering into an 
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agency contract or before the next athletic event in which the student athlete may participate, 
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whichever occurs first, the athlete agent and the student athlete shall each inform the athletic 
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director of the educational institution at which the student athlete is enrolled, or other individual 
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responsible for athletic programs at such educational institution, that the student athlete has 
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entered into an agency contract, and the athlete agent shall provide the athletic director with 
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notice in writing of such a contract. Such notice shall contain a waiver that protects the 
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educational institutions from any action that may arise as a result of entering into such contract. 
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SECTION 8. Penalty. - Any person who shall violate the provisions of this Act shall 
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upon conviction, be subject to a fine of not less than One thousand pesos (PI,OOO.OO) but not 
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more than fifty thousand pesos (P50,OOO.OO) or imprisonment of not less than two (2) months but 
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not more than one (1) year, or both upon the discretion of the court. 
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SECTION 9. Rules. -
The Department of Education shall promulgate rules upon 
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consultation with the Philippine Sports Commission to ensure compliance with this Act. 
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SECTION 10. Separability Clause. - If any provision or part hereof, is held invalid or 
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unconstitutional, the remainder of the law or the provision not otherwise affected shall remain 
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valid and subsisting. 
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SECTION 11. Repealing Clause. - Any law, presidential decree or issuance, executive 
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order, letter of instruction, administrative order, rule or regulation contrary to or is inconsistent 
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with the provision of this Act is hereby repealed, modified, or amended accordingly. 
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SECTION 12. Effectivity Clause. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its 
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publication in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation. 
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Approved, 
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