                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

PROHIBITED CONDUCT (§ 54.1-538)

An athlete agent may not intentionally:

1. Give a student-athlete or, if the student-athlete is a minor, a parent or
guardian of the student-athlete materially false or misleading information or
make a materially false promise or representation with the intent to influence
the student-athlete or, if the student-athlete is a minor, a parent or guardian
of the student-athlete to enter into an agency contract;

2. Furnish anything of value to a student-athlete or another individual, if to
do so may result in loss of the student-athlete&#8217;s eligibility to
participate in the student-athlete&#8217;s sport, unless (i) the agent notifies
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, not later than 72 hours after
giving the thing of value and (ii) the student-athlete or, if the
student-athlete is a minor, a parent or guardian of the student-athlete
acknowledges to the agent in a record that receipt of the thing of value may
result in loss of the student-athlete&#8217;s eligibility to participate in the
student-athlete&#8217;s sport;

3. Initiate contact, directly or indirectly, with a student-athlete or, if the
student-athlete is a minor, a parent or guardian of the student-athlete to
recruit or solicit the student-athlete or, if the student-athlete is a minor, a
parent or guardian of the student-athlete to enter an agency contract unless
registered under this chapter;

4. Fail to create, retain, or permit inspection of the records required by
&#xA7; 54.1-537;

5. Fail to register when required by &#xA7; 54.1-528;

6. Provide materially false or misleading information in an application for
registration or renewal of registration;

7. Predate or postdate an agency contract;

8. Fail to notify a student-athlete or, if the student-athlete is a minor, a
parent or guardian of the student-athlete before the student-athlete or, if the
student-athlete is a minor, a parent or guardian of the student-athlete signs an
agency contract for a particular sport that the signing may result in loss of
the student-athlete&#8217;s eligibility to participate in the
student-athlete&#8217;s sport;

9. Encourage another individual to do any of the acts described in subdivisions
1 through 8 on behalf of the agent; or

10. Encourage another individual to assist any other individual in doing any of
the acts described in subdivisions 1 through 8 on behalf of the agent.

HISTORY: 2020, c. 481, § 54.1-531.