                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

NOTICE TO EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION (§ 54.1-535)

A. For purposes of this section, &#8220;communication or attempt to
communicate&#8221; or any variation thereof means contacting or attempting to
contact by an in-person meeting, a record, or any other method that conveys or
attempts to convey a message.

B. Not later than 72 hours after entering into an agency contract or before the
next scheduled athletic event in which the student-athlete may participate,
whichever occurs first, the athlete agent shall give notice in a record of the
existence of the contract to the athletic director of the educational
institution at which the student-athlete is enrolled or at which the agent has
reasonable grounds to believe the student-athlete intends to enroll.

C. Not later than 72 hours after entering into an agency contract or before the
next scheduled athletic event in which the student-athlete may participate,
whichever occurs first, the student-athlete shall inform the athletic director
of the educational institution at which the student-athlete is enrolled that the
student-athlete has entered into an agency contract and the name and contact
information of the athlete agent.

D. If an athlete agent enters into an agency contract with a student-athlete and
the student-athlete subsequently enrolls at an educational institution, the
agent shall notify the athletic director of the institution of the existence of
the contract not later than 72 hours after the agent knew or should have known
the student-athlete enrolled.

E. If an athlete agent has a relationship with a student-athlete before the
student-athlete enrolls in an educational institution and receives an athletic
scholarship from the institution, the agent shall notify the institution of the
relationship not later than 10 days after the enrollment if the agent knows or
should have known of the enrollment and (i) the relationship was motivated in
whole or in part by the intention of the agent to recruit or solicit the
student-athlete to enter an agency contract in the future or (ii) the agent
directly or indirectly recruited or solicited the student-athlete to enter an
agency contract before the enrollment.

F. An athlete agent shall give notice in a record to the athletic director of
any educational institution at which a student-athlete is enrolled before the
agent communicates or attempts to communicate with (i) the student-athlete or,
if the student-athlete is a minor, a parent or guardian of the student-athlete
to influence the student-athlete or parent or guardian to enter into an agency
contract or (ii) another individual to have that individual influence the
student-athlete or, if the student-athlete is a minor, the parent or guardian of
the student-athlete to enter into an agency contract.

G. If a communication or attempt to communicate with an athlete agent is
initiated by a student-athlete or another individual on behalf of the
student-athlete, the agent shall notify in a record the athletic director of any
educational institution at which the student-athlete is enrolled. The
notification shall be made not later than 10 days after the communication or
attempt to communicate.

H. An educational institution that becomes aware of a violation of this chapter
by an athlete agent shall notify the Director and any professional league or
players association with which the institution is aware the agent is licensed or
registered of the violation.

HISTORY: 2020, c. 481, § 54.1-528.