As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. "Athlete agent" means a person representing a student athlete for compensation or any person who, directly or indirectly, recruits or solicits a student athlete to enter into an agent contract or professional sports services contract with the person, or who for a fee procures, offers, promises, or attempts to obtain employment for a student athlete with a professional sports team. "Athlete agent" does not include an individual licensed to practice as an attorney in this state when the individual is acting as a representative for a student athlete, unless the attorney also represents the student athlete in negotiations for an agent contract.
2. "Institution of higher education" means a public or private college or university in this state.
3. "Student athlete" means an individual enrolled at an institution of higher education who is eligible to participate in intercollegiate sports contests as a member of a sports team of an institution of higher education, or who is receiving partial or full financial assistance by way of an athletic scholarship and may in the future be eligible to participate in intercollegiate sports contests as a member of a sports team of an institution of higher education.
88 Acts, ch 1248, §2
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