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SIXTEENTH 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. 
]252_ 
Introduced by Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
The Constitution, Article 2, Section 13 provides: 
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. 
The world class performance of our athletes is a source of national pride. To be 
competitive, we train our children young and build on their potentials in the course of their 
development. Our educational institntions 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. 
This bill seeks to regulate the conduct of athlete agents and require disclosure of agency 
contracts to the educational institutions.' 
" This bill was originally filed in the FOUlteenth Congress, Second Regular Session. 
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SIXTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC 
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OF THE PHILIPPINES 
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First Regular Session 
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AUG -8 P 2 :47 
SENATE 
S. No. 
1252 
Introduced by Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago 
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AN ACT 
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REGULATING CERTAIN CONDUCT BY SPORTS AGENTS RELATING TO THE 
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SIGNING OF CONTRACTS WITH STUDENT ATHLETES 
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of representatives of the Philippines in 
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 TIUSt Act." 
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SECTION 2. Definition of Terms. - As used in this Act, the term: 
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(A) 
AGENCY CONTRACT means an oral or written agreement in which a student 
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athlete 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 
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a student athlete, or directly or indirectly reclUits or solicits a student athlete to enter into an 
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agency contract, and does not include a spouse, parent, sibling, grandparent, or guardian of such 
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student athlete, or an individual acting solely on behalf of a professional sports team or 
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professional spOlis organization. 
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(C) 
ATHLETIC DIRECTOR means an individual responsible for administering the 
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athletic 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 students, as 
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appropriate. 
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(D) 
ENDORSEMENT CONTRACT means an agreement under which a student 
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athlete is employed or receives consideration for the use by the other party of that individual'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 eligibility requirements for participation by a student athlete are established by a national 
association for the promotion or regulation of college athletics. 
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PROFESSIONAL SPORTS 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. 
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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. An individual who is 
permanently ineligible to participate in a particular intercollegiate sport is not a student athlete 
fpr purposes of that sport. 
SECTION 3. Prohibited Conduct. - It is unlawful for an athlete agent to-
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directly or indirectly recruit or solicit a student athlete to enter into an agency 
contract, by-
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I. giving any false or misleading information or making a false promise or 
representation; or 
2. providing anything of value to a student athlete or anyone associated with the 
student athlete before the student athlete enters into an agency contract; 
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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or postdate an agency contract. 
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SECTION 4. Disclosure By Athlete Agents To Student Athletes. - In conjunction with an 
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agency contract, an athlete agent shall provide to the student athlete, or, if the student athlete is 
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under the age of eighteen (18), to such student athlete's parent or legal guardian, a disclosure 
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document that meets the requirements of this Act. Such disclosure document is separate from 
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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 eighteen (18) by such student 
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athlete's parent 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, if the student athlete is under the age of 
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eighteen (18), the signature of such student athlete's parent or legal guardian, a conspicuous 
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notice in boldface type stating: "Warning to Student Athlete: If you agree orally or in writing 
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to be represented by an agent now or in the future you may lose your eligibility to compete 
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as a student athlete in your sport. Within 72 hours after entering into this contract or 
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before the next athletic event in which you are eligible to participate, whichever occurs 
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first, both you and the agent by whom you are agreeing to be represented must notify the 
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athletic director of the educational institution at which you are enrolled, or other individual 
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responsible for athletic programs at such educational institution, that you have entered into 
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an agency contract." 
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SECTION 7. Notice to Educational Institutions. - Within seventy-two (72) hours after 
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entering into an agency contract or before the next athletic event in which the student athlete may 
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participate, whichever occurs first, the athlete agent and the student athlete shall each inform the 
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athletic director of the educational institution at which the student athlete is enrolled, or other 
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individual re~ponsible, for athletic ,programs at, such educational institution, that the student 
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athlete has entered into an agency contract, and the athlete agent shall provide the athletic 
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director with notice in writing of such a contract. Such notice shall contain a waiver that protects 
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the educational institutions from any action that may arise as a result of entering into such 
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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 (I!1,000.00) but not 
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more than Fifty Thousand Pesos (P50,000.00) or imprisonment of not less than two (2) months 
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but not more than one (I) year, or both upon the discretion of the court. 
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SECTION 9. Rules. -
The Department of Education, after consultation with the 
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Philippine Sports Commission, shall promulgate the rules 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 II. 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 (IS) days after its 
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publication in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation. 
Approved, 
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