Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-820.2

DEFINITIONS. As used in the Revised Uniform Athlete Agents Act:

1. "Agency contract" means an agreement in which a student

athlete authorizes a person to negotiate or solicit on behalf of the

athlete a professional-sports-services contract or endorsement

contract;

2. "Athlete agent":

a. means an individual, whether or not registered under

the Revised Uniform Athlete Agents Act, who:

(1) directly or indirectly recruits or solicits a

student athlete to enter into an agency contract

or, for compensation, procures employment or

offers, promises, attempts or negotiates to

obtain employment for a student athlete as a

professional athlete or member of a professional

sports team or organization,

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(2) for compensation or in anticipation of

compensation related to a student athlete's

participation in athletics:

(a) serves the athlete in an advisory capacity

on a matter related to finances, business

pursuits or career management decisions,

unless the individual is an employee of an

educational institution acting exclusively

as an employee of the institution for the

benefit of the institution, or

(b) manages the business affairs of the athlete

by providing assistance with bills,

payments, contracts, or taxes, or

(3) in anticipation of representing a student athlete

for a purpose related to the athlete's

participation in athletics:

(a) gives consideration to the student athlete

or another person,

(b) serves the athlete in an advisory capacity

on a matter related to finances, business

pursuits or career management decisions, or

(c) manages the business affairs of the athlete

by providing assistance with bills,

payments, contracts or taxes, but

b. does not include an individual who:

(1) acts solely on behalf of a professional sports

team or organization, or

(2) is a licensed, registered or certified

professional and offers or provides services to a

student athlete customarily provided by members

of the profession, unless the individual:

(a) also recruits or solicits the athlete to

enter into an agency contract,

(b) also, for compensation, procures employment

or offers, promises, attempts or negotiates

to obtain employment for the athlete as a

professional athlete or member of a

professional sports team or organization, or

(c) receives consideration for providing the

services calculated using a different method

than for an individual who is not a student

athlete;

3. "Athletic director" means the individual responsible for

administering the overall athletic program of an educational

institution or, if an educational institution has separately

administered athletic programs for male students and female

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students, the athletic program for males or the athletic program for

females, as appropriate;

4. "Educational institution" includes a public or private

elementary school, secondary school, technical or vocational school,

community college, college or university;

5. "Endorsement contract" means an agreement under which a

student athlete is employed or receives consideration to use on

behalf of the other party any value that the athlete may have

because of publicity, reputation, following or fame obtained because

of athletic ability or performance;

6. "Enrolled" means registered for courses and attending

athletic practice or class. "Enrolls" has a corresponding meaning;

7. "Intercollegiate sport" means a sport played at the

collegiate level for which eligibility requirements for

participation by a student athlete are established by a national

association that promotes or regulates collegiate athletics;

8. "Interscholastic sport" means a sport played between

educational institutions that are not community colleges, colleges

or universities;

9. "Licensed, registered or certified professional" means an

individual licensed, registered or certified as an attorney, dealer
participation by a student athlete are established by a national

association that promotes or regulates collegiate athletics;

8. "Interscholastic sport" means a sport played between

educational institutions that are not community colleges, colleges

or universities;

9. "Licensed, registered or certified professional" means an

individual licensed, registered or certified as an attorney, dealer

in securities, financial planner, insurance agent, real estate

broker or sales agent, tax consultant, accountant, or member of a

profession other than that of athlete agent who is licensed,

registered or certified by the state or a nationally recognized

organization that licenses, registers or certifies members of the

profession on the basis of experience, education or testing;

10. "Person" means an individual, estate, business or nonprofit

entity, public corporation, government or governmental subdivision,

agency, or instrumentality or other legal entity;

11. "Professional-sports-services contract" means an agreement

under which an individual is employed as a professional athlete or

agrees to render services as a player on a professional sports team

or with a professional sports organization;

12. "Record" means information that is inscribed on a tangible

medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is

retrievable in perceivable form;

13. "Recruit or solicit" means attempt to influence the choice

of an athlete agent by a student athlete or, if the athlete is a

minor, a parent or guardian of the athlete. The term does not

include giving advice on the selection of a particular agent in a

family, coaching or social situation unless the individual giving

the advice does so because of the receipt or anticipated receipt of

an economic benefit, directly or indirectly, from the agent;

14. "Registration" means registration as an athlete agent under

the Revised Uniform Athlete Agents Act;

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15. "Sign" means, with present intent to authenticate or adopt

a record:

a. to execute or adopt a tangible symbol, or

b. to attach to or logically associate with the record an

electronic symbol, sound or process;

16. "State" means a state of the United States, the District of

Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any

territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the

United States; and

17. "Student athlete" means an individual who is eligible to

attend an educational institution and engages in, is eligible to

engage in, or may be eligible in the future to engage in any

interscholastic or intercollegiate sport. The term does not include

an individual permanently ineligible to participate in a particular

interscholastic or intercollegiate sport for that sport.