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LegalText 15 U.S.C. § 7801 Definitions us united_states_code code_section 15 COMMERCE AND TRADE 104 SPORTS AGENT RESPONSIBILITY AND TRUST 7801 15 U.S.C. § 7801 current 119-100 2026-06-26 official https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc15@119-100.zip /us/usc/t15/s7801 data/legal/raw/us/code/title-15/usc15.xml 87eed0f85b39777ecea4eef9f436ab7ddb38e07df66e2cb6fd0f4bd21a2639b0 6982338d990ef19d6b52bff6825089bdd6d0ee1233d9382673faf533decd5059 f2b6a24417a455d477747ff140220ba59770926e6477def5587362813dc80327 2026-07-04 official
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15 U.S.C. § 7801 - Definitions

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As used in this chapter, the following definitions apply:

(1) Agency contract The term “agency contract” means an oral or written agreement in which a student athlete authorizes a person to negotiate or solicit on behalf of the student athlete a professional sports contract or an endorsement contract.

(2) Athlete agent The term “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, and does not include a spouse, parent, sibling, grandparent, or guardian of such student athlete, any legal counsel for purposes other than that of representative agency, or an individual acting solely on behalf of a professional sports team or professional sports organization.

(3) Athletic director The term “athletic director” means an individual responsible for administering the athletic program of an educational institution or, in the case that such program is administered separately, the athletic program for male students or the athletic program for female students, as appropriate.

(4) Commission The term “Commission” means the Federal Trade Commission.

(5) Endorsement contract The term “endorsement contract” means an agreement under which a student athlete is employed or receives consideration for the use by the other party of that individuals person, name, image, or likeness in the promotion of any product, service, or event.

(6) Intercollegiate sport The term “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.

(7) Professional sports contract The term “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.

(8) State The term “State” includes 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.

(9) Student athlete The term “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 for purposes of that sport.

(Pub. L. 108304, § 2, Sept. 24, 2004, 118 Stat. 1125.)

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Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Short TitlePub. L. 108304, § 1, Sept. 24, 2004, 118 Stat. 1125, provided that: “This Act [enacting this chapter] may be cited as the Sports Agent Responsibility and Trust Act.”