N.Y. GBS Law § 899-L
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Prohibited conduct
Official statutory text
§ 899-l. Prohibited conduct. 1. An athlete agent, with the intent to\ninduce a student-athlete to enter into an agency contract, shall not:\n (a) give any materially false or misleading information or make a\nmaterially false promise or representation;\n (b) furnish anything of value to a student-athlete before the\nstudent-athlete enters into the agency contract;\n (c) furnish anything of value to any other individual or another\nregistered athlete agent before the student-athlete enters into the\nagency contract; or\n (d) fail to notify the student-athlete before he or she signs or\notherwise authenticates an agency contract for a particular sport that\nthe signing or authentication may make the student-athlete ineligible to\nparticipate in that sport.\n The prohibitions contained within this subdivision shall not prohibit\nan athlete agent from sponsoring or furnishing equipment to an amateur\nathletic team through a government or not-for-profit entity registered\nwith the secretary of state pursuant to section one hundred seventy-two\nof the executive law or entities exempt from article seven-A of the\nexecutive law pursuant to section one hundred seventy-two-a of the\nexecutive law, provided that sponsorship or equipment will not result in\na student-athlete being rendered ineligible to participate in\nintercollegiate athletics.\n 2. An athlete agent shall not willfully:\n (a) initiate contact with a student-athlete unless registered pursuant\nto this article;\n (b) refuse or fail to retain or permit inspection of the records\nrequired to be retained by section eight hundred ninety-nine-k of this\narticle;\n (c) fail to register when required by section eight hundred\nninety-nine-c of this article;\n (d) provide materially false or misleading information in an\napplication for registration or renewal of registration; or\n (e) predate or postdate an agency contract.\n
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