AB403-ASA1,4,66 subchapter xii
AB403-ASA1,4,77 Uniform athlete agents act
AB403-ASA1,4,8 8440.99 Definitions. In this subchapter:
AB403-ASA1,4,119 (1) "Agency contract" means an agreement in which a student athlete
10authorizes a person to negotiate or solicit on behalf of the student athlete a
11professional-sports-services contract or an endorsement contract.
AB403-ASA1,4,2012 (2) "Athlete agent" means an individual who enters into an agency contract
13with a student athlete or recruits or solicits a student athlete to enter into an agency
14contract. "Athlete agent" includes an individual who represents to the public that
15the individual is an athlete agent. "Athlete agent" does not include a spouse, parent,
16sibling, grandparent, or guardian of the student athlete or an individual acting solely
17on behalf of a professional sports team or professional sports organization. "Athlete
18agent" also does not include an individual who provides information to a student
19athlete, but who does not recruit or solicit the student athlete to enter into an agency
20contract.
AB403-ASA1,4,2521 (3) "Athletic director" means an individual responsible for administering the
22overall athletic program of an educational institution or, if an educational institution
23has separately administered athletic programs for male students and female
24students, the athletic program for males or the athletic program for females, as
25appropriate.
AB403-ASA1,5,3
1(4) "Contact" means a communication, direct or indirect, between an athlete
2agent and a student athlete, to recruit or solicit the student athlete to enter into an
3agency contract.
AB403-ASA1,5,74 (5) "Endorsement contract" means an agreement under which a student
5athlete is employed or receives consideration to use on behalf of the other party any
6value that the student athlete may have because of publicity, reputation, following,
7or fame obtained because of athletic ability or performance.
AB403-ASA1,5,108 (6) "Intercollegiate sport" means a sport played at the collegiate level for which
9eligibility requirements for participation by a student athlete are established by a
10national association for the promotion or regulation of collegiate athletics.
AB403-ASA1,5,1311 (7) "Professional-sports-services contract" means an agreement under which
12an individual is employed, or agrees to render services, as a player on a professional
13sports team, with a professional sports organization, or as a professional athlete.
AB403-ASA1,5,1514 (8) "Record" means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that
15is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form.
AB403-ASA1,5,1716 (9) "Registration" means registration as an athlete agent under this
17subchapter.
AB403-ASA1,5,2018 (10) "State" means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto
19Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject
20to the jurisdiction of the United States.
AB403-ASA1,5,2421 (11) "Student athlete" means an individual who engages in, is eligible to engage
22in, or may be eligible in the future to engage in, any intercollegiate sport. If an
23individual is permanently ineligible to participate in a particular intercollegiate
24sport, the individual is not a student athlete for purposes of that sport.
AB403-ASA1,6,4
1440.9905 Service of process. By acting as an athlete agent in this state, a
2nonresident individual appoints the secretary of state as the individual's agent for
3service of process in any civil action in this state related to the individual's acting as
4an athlete agent in this state.
AB403-ASA1,6,8 5440.991 Athlete agents: registration required; void contracts. (1)
6Except as otherwise provided in sub. (2), an individual may not act as an athlete
7agent in this state without holding a certificate of registration under s. 440.992 or
8440.993.
AB403-ASA1,6,11 9(2) Before being issued a certificate of registration, an individual may act as
10an athlete agent in this state for all purposes except signing an agency contract, if
11all of the following are satisfied:
AB403-ASA1,6,1312 (a) A student athlete or another person acting on behalf of the student athlete
13initiates communication with the individual.
AB403-ASA1,6,1614 (b) Within 7 days after an initial act as an athlete agent, such as an effort to
15recruit or solicit a student athlete to enter into an agency contract, the individual
16submits an application for registration as an athlete agent in this state.
AB403-ASA1,6,18 17(3) An agency contract resulting from conduct in violation of this section is void
18and the athlete agent shall return any consideration received under the contract.
AB403-ASA1,6,24 19440.9915 Registration as athlete agent; form; requirements. (1) An
20applicant for registration as an athlete agent shall submit an application for
21registration to the department in a form prescribed by the department. The
22application must be in the name of an individual and, except as otherwise provided
23in sub. (2), signed or otherwise authenticated by the applicant under penalty of
24perjury and state or contain all of the following:
AB403-ASA1,7,2
1(a) The name of the applicant and the address of the applicant's principal place
2of business.
AB403-ASA1,7,33 (b) The name of the applicant's business or employer, if applicable.
AB403-ASA1,7,54 (c) Any business or occupation engaged in by the applicant for the 5 years next
5preceding the date of submission of the application.
AB403-ASA1,7,66 (d) A description of all of the following:
AB403-ASA1,7,77 1. The applicant's formal training as an athlete agent.
AB403-ASA1,7,88 2. The applicant's practical experience as an athlete agent.
AB403-ASA1,7,109 3. The applicant's educational background relating to his or her activities as
10an athlete agent.
AB403-ASA1,7,1311 (e) The name, sport, and last-known team for each individual for whom the
12applicant acted as an athlete agent during the 5 years next preceding the date of
13submission of the application.
AB403-ASA1,7,1614 (f) If the athlete agent's business is not a corporation, the names and addresses
15of the partners, members, officers, managers, associates, or profit sharers of the
16business.
AB403-ASA1,7,1917 (g) If the athlete agent is employed by a corporation, the names and addresses
18of the officers and directors of the corporation and any shareholder of the corporation
19having an interest of 5 percent or more.
AB403-ASA1,7,2220 (h) Whether the applicant or any person named pursuant to par. (f) or (g) has
21been convicted of a crime that, if committed in this state, would be a felony, and a
22description of the crime.
AB403-ASA1,7,2523 (i) Whether there has been any administrative or judicial determination that
24the applicant or any person named pursuant to par. (f) or (g) has made a false,
25misleading, deceptive, or fraudulent representation.
AB403-ASA1,8,4
1(j) Any instance in which the conduct of the applicant or any person named
2pursuant to par. (f) or (g) resulted in the imposition of a sanction, suspension, or
3declaration of ineligibility to participate in an interscholastic or intercollegiate
4athletic event on a student athlete or educational institution.
AB403-ASA1,8,75 (k) Any sanction, suspension, or disciplinary action taken against the applicant
6or any person named pursuant to par. (f) or (g) arising out of occupational or
7professional conduct.
AB403-ASA1,8,108 (L) Whether there has been any denial of an application for, suspension or
9revocation of, or refusal to renew, the registration or licensure of the applicant or any
10person named pursuant to par. (f) or (g) as an athlete agent in any state.
AB403-ASA1,8,16 11(2) An individual who has submitted an application for, and holds a certificate
12of, registration or licensure as an athlete agent in another state may submit a copy
13of the application and certificate in lieu of submitting an application in the form
14prescribed pursuant to sub. (1). The department shall accept the application and the
15certificate from the other state as an application for registration in this state if all
16of the following are satisfied:
AB403-ASA1,8,2017 (a) The application to the other state was submitted in the other state within
18the 6 months next preceding the submission of the application in this state and the
19applicant certifies that the information contained in the application to the other
20state is current.
AB403-ASA1,8,2321 (b) The application to the other state contains information substantially
22similar to or more comprehensive than that required in an application submitted in
23this state.
AB403-ASA1,8,2524 (c) The application to the other state was signed by the applicant under penalty
25of perjury.
AB403-ASA1,9,5
1440.992 Certificate of registration; issuance or denial; renewal. (1)
2Except as otherwise provided in sub. (2), the department shall issue a certificate of
3registration to an individual who complies with s. 440.9915 (1) or whose application
4has been accepted under s. 440.9915 (2), if the individual has paid the fees specified
5in s. 440.9935.
AB403-ASA1,9,10 6(2) The department may refuse to issue a certificate of registration if the
7department determines that the applicant has engaged in conduct that has a
8significant adverse effect on the applicant's fitness to act as an athlete agent. In
9making the determination, the department may consider whether the applicant has
10done any of the following:
AB403-ASA1,9,1211 (a) Subject to ss. 111.321, 111.322, and 111.335, been convicted of a crime that,
12if committed in this state, would be a felony.
AB403-ASA1,9,1413 (b) Made a materially false, misleading, deceptive, or fraudulent
14representation in the application or as an athlete agent.
AB403-ASA1,9,1615 (c) Engaged in unprofessional conduct or conduct that would disqualify the
16applicant from serving in a fiduciary capacity.
AB403-ASA1,9,1717 (d) Engaged in conduct prohibited by s. 440.996.
AB403-ASA1,9,2018 (e) Had a registration or licensure as an athlete agent suspended, revoked, or
19denied or been refused renewal of registration or licensure as an athlete agent in any
20state.
AB403-ASA1,9,2421 (f) Engaged in conduct the consequence of which was that a sanction,
22suspension, or declaration of ineligibility to participate in an interscholastic or
23intercollegiate athletic event was imposed on a student athlete or educational
24institution.
AB403-ASA1,10,2
1(g) Engaged in conduct that significantly adversely reflects on the applicant's
2credibility, honesty, or integrity.
AB403-ASA1,10,4 3(3) In making a determination under sub. (2), the department shall consider
4each of the following:
AB403-ASA1,10,55 (a) How recently the conduct occurred.
AB403-ASA1,10,66 (b) The nature of the conduct and the context in which it occurred.
AB403-ASA1,10,77 (c) Any other relevant conduct of the applicant.
AB403-ASA1,10,13 8(4) An athlete agent may apply to renew a registration by submitting an
9application for renewal in a form prescribed by the department. The application for
10renewal must be signed by the applicant under penalty of perjury and must contain
11current information on all matters required in an original registration. Applications
12submitted under this subsection shall be open to inspection at all reasonable hours
13authorized by representatives of the department.
AB403-ASA1,10,19 14(5) An individual who has submitted an application for renewal of registration
15or licensure in another state, in lieu of submitting an application for renewal in the
16form prescribed under sub. (4), may file a copy of the application for renewal and a
17valid certificate of registration or licensure from the other state. The department
18shall accept the application for renewal from the other state as an application for
19renewal in this state if the application to the other state satisfies all of the following:
AB403-ASA1,10,2220 (a) The application was submitted in the other state within the 6 months next
21preceding the filing in this state and the applicant certifies that the information
22contained in the application for renewal is current.
AB403-ASA1,10,2523 (b) The application contains information substantially similar to or more
24comprehensive than that required in an application for renewal submitted in this
25state.
AB403-ASA1,11,1
1(c) The application was signed by the applicant under penalty of perjury.
AB403-ASA1,11,2 2(6) A certificate of registration or a renewal of a registration is valid for 2 years.
AB403-ASA1,11,5 3440.9925 Suspension, revocation, or refusal to renew registration. (1)
4The department may suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew a registration for conduct
5that would have justified denial of registration under s. 440.992 (2).
AB403-ASA1,11,7 6(2) The department may deny, suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew a certificate
7of registration or licensure only after proper notice and an opportunity for a hearing.
AB403-ASA1,11,12 8440.993 Temporary registration. The department may issue a temporary
9certificate of registration while an application for registration or renewal of
10registration is pending. The department shall promulgate rules establishing
11requirements and procedures for applying for and issuing temporary certificates of
12registration.
AB403-ASA1,12,2 13440.9935 Registration and renewal fees. An application for registration
14must be accompanied by a processing fee in an amount established in rules
15promulgated by the department. If the department determines to issue a certificate
16of registration to an applicant, the department shall require the applicant to pay a
17fee for issuing the certificate in an amount established in rules promulgated by the
18department. The renewal dates for certificates of registration issued under this
19subchapter are specified in s. 440.08 (2) (a). Renewal applications shall be submitted
20to the department on a form provided by the department and shall include a fee in
21an amount established in rules promulgated by the department, except that for the
22first renewal after a certificate of registration is issued, the department shall prorate
23the fee based on the length of time between between issuance and renewal. The
24amounts established in the rules promulgated under this section shall be based on

1the department's administrative and enforcement costs attributable to processing
2applications and regulating athlete agents.
AB403-ASA1,12,4 3440.994 Required form of contract. (1) An agency contract must be in a
4record, signed or otherwise authenticated by the parties.
AB403-ASA1,12,5 5(2) An agency contract must state or contain all of the following:
AB403-ASA1,12,96 (a) The amount and method of calculating the consideration to be paid by the
7student athlete for services to be provided by the athlete agent under the contract
8and any other consideration that the athlete agent has received or will receive from
9any other source for entering into the contract or for providing the services.
AB403-ASA1,12,1210 (b) The name of any person not listed in the application for registration or
11renewal of registration who will be compensated because the student athlete signed
12the agency contract.
AB403-ASA1,12,1313 (c) A description of any expenses that the student athlete agrees to reimburse.
AB403-ASA1,12,1414 (d) A description of the services to be provided to the student athlete.
AB403-ASA1,12,1515 (e) The duration of the contract.
AB403-ASA1,12,1616 (f) The date of execution.
AB403-ASA1,12,19 17(3) An agency contract must contain, in close proximity to the signature of the
18student athlete, a conspicuous notice in boldface type and capital letters stating the
19following:
AB403-ASA1,12,2020 WARNING TO STUDENT ATHLETE
AB403-ASA1,12,2121 IF YOU SIGN THIS CONTRACT:
AB403-ASA1,12,2322 1) YOU MAY LOSE YOUR ELIGIBILITY TO COMPETE AS A STUDENT
23ATHLETE IN YOUR SPORT;
AB403-ASA1,13,324 2) IF YOU HAVE AN ATHLETIC DIRECTOR, WITHIN 72 HOURS AFTER
25ENTERING INTO THIS CONTRACTOR OR BEFORE THE NEXT SCHEDULED

1ATHLETIC EVENT IN WHICH YOU MAY PARTICIPATE, WHICHEVER OCCURS
2FIRST, BOTH YOU AND YOUR ATHLETE AGENT MUST NOTIFY YOUR
3ATHLETIC DIRECTOR; AND
AB403-ASA1,13,64 3) YOU MAY CANCEL THIS CONTRACT WITHIN 14 DAYS AFTER
5SIGNING IT. CANCELLATION OF THIS CONTRACT MAY NOT REINSTATE
6YOUR ELIGIBILITY.
AB403-ASA1,13,11 7(4) An agency contract that does not conform to this section is voidable by the
8student athlete. If a student athlete voids an agency contract, the student athlete
9is not required to pay any consideration under the contract or to return any
10consideration received from the athlete agent to induce the student athlete to enter
11into the contract.
AB403-ASA1,13,13 12(5) The athlete agent shall give a record of the signed or otherwise
13authenticated agency contract to the student athlete at the time of execution.
AB403-ASA1,13,19 14440.9945 Notice to educational institution. (1) Within 72 hours after
15entering into an agency contract or before the next scheduled athletic event in which
16the student athlete may participate, whichever occurs first, the athlete agent shall
17give notice in a record of the existence of the contract to the athletic director of the
18educational institution at which the student athlete is enrolled or the athlete agent
19has reasonable grounds to believe the student athlete intends to enroll.
AB403-ASA1,13,24 20(2) Within 72 hours after entering into an agency contract or before the next
21athletic event in which the student athlete may participate, whichever occurs first,
22the student athlete shall inform the athletic director of the educational institution
23at which the student athlete is enrolled that he or she has entered into an agency
24contract.
AB403-ASA1,14,3
1440.995 Student athlete's right to cancel. (1) A student athlete may cancel
2an agency contract by giving notice of the cancellation to the athlete agent in a record
3within 14 days after the contract is signed.
AB403-ASA1,14,4 4(2) A student athlete may not waive the right to cancel an agency contract.
AB403-ASA1,14,8 5(3) If a student athlete cancels an agency contract, the student athlete is not
6required to pay any consideration under the contract or to return any consideration
7received from the athlete agent to induce the student athlete to enter into the
8contract.
AB403-ASA1,14,10 9440.9955 Required records. (1) An athlete agent shall retain all of the
10following records for a period of 5 years:
AB403-ASA1,14,1111 (a) The name and address of each individual represented by the athlete agent.
AB403-ASA1,14,1212 (b) Any agency contract entered into by the athlete agent.
AB403-ASA1,14,1413 (c) Any direct costs incurred by the athlete agent in the recruitment or
14solicitation of a student athlete to enter into an agency contract.
AB403-ASA1,14,17 15(2) Records required by sub. (1) to be retained are open to inspection by the
16department during normal business hours. Upon demand, an athlete agent shall
17provide a copy of such a record to the department.
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