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For the following questions, refer to the Uniform Athlete Agent
Act (UAAA). Please assume that you are a Texas resident who
has registered with the NFLPA. You are recruiting a student-
athlete at the U. of Texas who is from Texas. Assume that the
state of Texas has adopted the UAAA. (See Section 12.5.1 of
our textbook)
a. Is the UAAA a state or federal law? Explain.
b. To whom does the UAAA apply?
1. Must you register in Texas under the UAAA? Please explain.
1. Referring to the UAAA, who has the right to issue a
certification?
1. In situations where the agent has not registered, how does the
UAAA handle contracts that have been signed between the agent
and the athlete?
1. Does a student-athlete have the right to cancel this contract?
If so, how long does the right last?
1. There are several prohibited acts. Name three of them.
12.5.1. Uniform Athlete Agent Act
In 2001, the National Conference of Commissioners on
Uniform State Laws approved a draft of legislation entitled the
Uniform Athlete Agent Act (UAAA; see note 1). The power of a
uniform act is that it creates legislation that is the same across
each state in the country. The Uniform Athlete Agent Act was
proposed to each state government in the country, and it is then
up to the individual states whether the act will be considered
and adopted.
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As of March 2010, the UAAA had been passed in 38 states, the
District of Columbia, and the U.S. Virgin Islands:
• Alabama • Arizona • Arkansas • Colorado • Connecticut •
Delaware • District of Columbia • Florida • Georgia • Hawaii •
Idaho • Indiana • Iowa • Kansas • Kentucky • Louisiana •
Maryland • Minnesota • Mississippi • Missouri • Nebraska •
Nevada • New Hampshire • New York • North Carolina • North
Dakota • Oklahoma • Oregon • Pennsylvania • Rhode Island •
South Carolina • South Dakota • Tennessee • Texas • Utah •
U.S. Virgin Islands • Washington
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• West Virginia • Wisconsin • Wyoming
Three states had active UAAA legislation in their legislative
chambers:
• California • Illinois • New Jersey
Three states had existing, non-UAAA laws designed to regulate
athlete agents:
• California • Michigan • Ohio Nine states and one territory had
no existing law regulating athlete agents:
• Alaska • Illinois • Maine • Massachusetts • Montana • New
Jersey • New Mexico • Puerto Rico • Vermont • Virginia
Beginning in 1997, the NCAA, in conjunction with the National
Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, sought to

draft legislation that would make the athlete agent laws of every
state consistent. In 2001, 28 states had athlete agent laws;
however, the regulations were often vastly different, complex,
and confusing due to their lack of uniformity. The NCAA
supported the Uniform Athlete Agent Act in order to supply
athletes and agents alike with one set of rules and regulations to
follow when conducting business. The act is intended to beneﬁ
ts agents, athletes, and colleges. While agents now have clearer
rules and regulations to follow, the administrative hassles have
only increased as states have failed to adopt reciprocity
agreements regarding agent registration. The athlete will know
his or her rights regardless of the state in which he or she
attends school. Finally, colleges will be better able to police the
actions of athlete agents under this new legislation. However,
the UAAA is only as strong as its enforcement, which must
come from state administrative agencies and individual affected
parties, such as competing agents and educational institutions.
NOTES 1. The following is the legislation approved by the
NCAA and the National Conference of Commissioners for
Uniform State Laws: Uniform Athlete Agents Act (2000)*
Uniform Athlete Agents Act
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This [Act] may be cited as the
Uniform Athlete Agents Act. SECTION 2. DEFINITIONS. In
this [Act]: • ( 1) “Agency contract” means an agreement in
which a student-athlete authorizes a p erson to negotiate or
solicit on behalf of the student-athlete a professional-sports
services contract or an endorsement contract. • ( 2) “Athlete

agent” means an individual who enters into an agency contract
with a s tudent-athlete or, directly or indirectly, recruits or
solicits a student-athlete to enter into an agency contract. The
term does not include a spouse, parent, sibling, [or]
grandparent, [or guardian] of the student-athlete or an
individual acting solely on behalf of a professional sports team
or professional sports organization. The term includes an
individual who represents to the public that the individual is an
athlete agent. • ( 3) “Athlete director” means an 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 students, the athletic program for males or the athletic
program for females, as appropriate. • (4) “Contact” means a
communication, direct or indirect, between an athlete agent and
a student-athlete, to recruit or solicit the student-athlete to enter
into an agency contract. • ( 5) “Endorsement contract” means an
agreement under which a student-athlete is e mployed or
receives consideration to use on behalf of the other party any
value that the student-athlete may have because of publicity,
reputation, following, or fame obtained because of athletic
ability or performance. • ( 6) “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 for the promotion or
regulation of collegiate athletics. • (7) “Person” means an
individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership,
l imited liability company, association, joint venture,
government; governmental subdivision, agency, or
instrumentality; public corporation; or any other legal or
commercial entity. • ( 8) “Professional-sports-services contract”
means an agreement under which an individual is employed or
agrees to render services as a player on a professional sports
team, with a professional sports organization, or as a
professional athlete. • ( 9) “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. • (10)
“Registration” means registration as an athlete agent pursuant to
this [Act]. • ( 11) “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. • ( 12) “Student-athlete”
means an individual who engages in, is eligible to engage in, or
may be eligible in the future to engage in, any intercollegiate
sport. If an individual is permanently ineligible to participate in
a particular intercollegiate sport, the
individual is not a student-athlete for purposes of that sport.
SECTION 3. ADMINISTRATION; SERVICE OF PROCESS;
SUBPOENAS. • (a) The [Secretary of State] shall administer
this [Act]. • ( b) By engaging in the business of an athlete agent
in this State, a nonresident individual appoints the [Secretary of
State] as the individual’s agent to accept service of process in
any civil action related to the individual’s business as an athlete
agent in this State. • [ (c) The [Secretary of State] may issue
subpoenas for any relevant material under this [Act].]
law.
SECTION 4. ATHLETE AGENTS: REGISTRATION
REQUIRED.
• ( a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), an
individual may not act as an athlete agent in this State before
being issued a certiﬁ cate of registration under Section 6 or 8. •
( b) An individual may act as an athlete agent before being
issued a certiﬁ cate of registration for all purposes except
signing an agency contract if: • ( 1) a student-athlete or another

acting on behalf of the student-athlete initiates communication
with the individual; and • ( 2) within seven days after an initial
act as an athlete agent, the individual submits an application to
register as an athlete agent in this State. • ( c) An agency
contract resulting from conduct in violation of this section is
void. The athlete agent shall return any consideration received
under the contract.
SECTION 5. REGISTRATION AS ATHLETE AGENT; FORM;
REQUIREMENTS.
• ( a) An applicant for registration shall submit an application
for registration to the [Secretary of State] in a form prescribed
by the [Secretary of State]. [An application fi led under this
section is a public record.] Except as otherwise provided in
subsection (b), the application must be in the name of an
individual and signed by the applicant under penalty of perjury
and must state or contain: • (1) the name of the applicant and
the address of the applicant’s principal place of business; • (2)
the name of the applicant’s business or employer, if applicable;
• (3) any business or occupation engaged in by the applicant for
the fi ve years next preceding the date of submission of the
application; • (4) a description of the applicant’s: • (A) formal
training as an athlete agent; • (B) practical experience as an
athlete agent; and • (C) educational background relating to the
applicant’s activities as an athlete agent; • (5) the names and
addresses of three individuals not related to the applicant who
are willing to serve as references; • (6) the name, sport, and
last known team for each individual for whom the applicant
provided services as an athlete agent during the fi ve years next
preceding the date of submission of the application; • (7) the
names and addresses of all persons who are: • (A) with respect
to the athlete agent’s business if it is not a corporation, the
partners, offi cers, associates, or profi t-sharers; and • ( B) with
respect to a corporation employing the athlete agent, the offi
cers, directors, and any shareholder of the corporation with a
5% or greater interest; • (8) whether the applicant or any other
person named pursuant to paragraph (7) has been convicted of a

crime that, if committed in this State, would be a felony or
other crime involving moral turpitude, and identify the crime; •
(9) whether there has been any administrative or judicial
determination that the a pplicant or any other person named
pursuant to paragraph (7) has made a false, misleading,
deceptive, or fraudulent representation; • (10) any instance in
which the conduct of the applicant or any other person named
pursuant to paragraph (7) resulted in the imposition of a
sanction, suspension,
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or declaration of ineligibility to participate in an interscholastic
or intercollegiate athletic event on a student-athlete or
educational institution; • (11) any sanction, suspension, or
disciplinary action taken against the applicant or any other
person named pursuant to paragraph (7) arising out of
occupational or professional conduct; and • (12) whether there
has been any denial of an application for, suspension or
revocation of, or refusal to renew, the registration or licensure
of the applicant or any other person named pursuant to
paragraph (7) as an athlete agent in any State. • (b) An
individual who has submitted an application for, and received a
certifi cate of, registration or licensure as an athlete agent in
another State, may submit a copy of the application and a valid
certifi cate of registration or licensure from the other State in
lieu of submitting an application in the form prescribed
pursuant to subsection (a). The [Secretary of State] shall accept
the application and the certifi cate from the other State as an
application for registration in this State if the application to the

other State: • (1) was submitted in the other State within the six
months next preceding the submission of the application in this
State and the applicant certifi es the information contained in
the application is current; • (2) contains information
substantially similar to or more comprehensive than that
required in an application submitted in this State; and • (3) was
signed by the applicant under penalty of perjury.
SECTION 6. CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION; ISSUANCE
OR DENIAL; RENEWAL.
• (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c), the
[Secretary of State] shall issue a certifi cate of registration to an
individual who complies with Section 5(a). • (b) Except as
otherwise provided in subsection (c), the [Secretary of State]
shall issue a certifi cate of registration to an individual whose
application has been accepted under Section 5(b). • (c) The
[Secretary of State] may refuse to issue a certifi cate of
registration if the [ Secretary of State] determines that the
applicant has engaged in conduct that has a signifi cant a dverse
effect on the applicant’s fi tness to serve as an athlete agent. In
making the d etermination, the [Secretary of State] may
consider whether the applicant has:
• (1) been convicted of a crime that, if committed in this State,
would be a felony or other crime involving moral turpitude; •
(2) made a materially false, misleading, deceptive, or fraudulent
representation as an athlete agent or in the application; • (3)
engaged in conduct that would disqualify the applicant from
serving in a fi duciary capacity; • (4) engaged in conduct
prohibited by Section 14; • (5) had a registration or licensure as
an athlete agent suspended, revoked, or denied or been refused
renewal of registration or licensure in any State; • (6) engaged
in conduct or failed to engage in conduct the consequence of
which was that a sanction, suspension, or declaration of
ineligibility to participate in an interscholastic or intercollegiate
athletic event was imposed on a student-athlete or educational
institution; or

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• (7) engaged in conduct that signifi cantly adversely refl ects on
the applicant’s credibility, honesty, or integrity.
• (d) In making a determination under subsection (c), the
[Secretary of State] shall consider: • (1) how recently the
conduct occurred; • (2) the nature of the conduct and the
context in which it occurred; and • (3) any other relevant
conduct of the applicant. • (e) An athlete agent may apply to
renew a registration by submitting an application for renewal in
a form prescribed by the [Secretary of State]. [An application fi
led under this section is a public record.] The application for
renewal must be signed by the a pplicant under penalty of
perjury and must contain current information on all matters
required in an original registration. • (f ) An individual who has
submitted an application for renewal of registration or l
icensure in another State, in lieu of submitting an application
for renewal in the form
prescribed pursuant to subsection (e), may fi le a copy of the
application for renewal and a valid certifi cate of registration
from the other State. The [Secretary of State] shall accept the
application for renewal from the other State as an application
for
renewal in this State if the application to the other State: • (1)
was submitted in the other State within the last six months and
the applicant certifi es the information contained in the
application for renewal is current; • (2) contains information
substantially similar to or more comprehensive than that
required in an application for renewal submitted in this State;
and • (3) was signed by the applicant under penalty of perjury. •

(g) A certifi cate of registration or a renewal of a registration is
valid for [two] years.
SECTION 7. SUSPENSION, REVOCATION, OR REFUSAL TO
RENEW REGISTRATION.
[(a)] The [Secretary of State] may suspend, revoke, or refuse to
renew a registration for conduct that would have justifi ed
denial of registration under Section 6(c). [(b)] The [Secreatry of
State] may deny, suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew a
registration only after proper notice and an opportunity for a
hearing. The [Administrative Procedures Act] applies to this
[Act].
SECTION 8. TEMPORARY REGISTRATION. The [Secretary
of State] may issue a temporary certifi cate of registration while
an application for registration or renewal is pending. SECTION
9. REGISTRATION AND RENEWAL FEE. An application for
registration or renewal of registration must be accompanied by a
fee in the following amount:
• (1) [$] for an initial application for registration; • (2) [$] for
an application for registration based upon a certifi cate of
registration or licensure issued by another State; • (3) [$] for
an application for renewal of registration; or • (4) [$] for an
application for renewal of registration based upon an
application for renewal of registration or licensure submitted in
another State.
SECTION 10. FORM OF CONTRACT.
• (a) An agency contract must be in a record, signed by the
parties. • (b) An agency contract must state or contain:
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• ( 1) the amount and method of calculating the consideration to
be paid by the s tudent-athlete for services to be provided by the
athlete agent under the contract and any other consideration the
athlete agent has received or will receive from any other source
for entering into the contract or for providing the services; •
(2) the name of any person not listed in the application for
registration or renewal who will be compensated because the
student-athlete signed the agency contract; • (3) a description of
any expenses that the student-athlete agrees to reimburse; • (4)
a description of the services to be provided to the student-
athlete; • (5) the duration of the contract; and • (6) the date of
execution. • (c) An agency contract must contain, in close
proximity to the signature of the studentathlete, a conspicuous
notice in boldface type in capital letters stating:
WARNING TO STUDENT-ATHLETE IF YOU SIGN THIS
CONTRACT: • ( 1) YOU MAY LOSE YOUR ELIGIBILITY TO
COMPETE AS A STUDENT ATHLETE IN YOUR SPORT; • (
2) BOTH YOU AND YOUR ATHLETE AGENT ARE
REQUIRED TO TELL YOUR ATHLETIC DIRECTOR, IF YOU
HAVE AN ATHLETIC DIRECTOR, WITHIN 72 HOURS
AFTER ENTERING INTO AN AGENCY CONTRACT; AND •
(3) YOU MAY CANCEL THIS CONTRACT WITHIN 14 DAYS
AFTER SIGNING IT. CANCELLATION OF THE CONTRACT
MAY NOT REINSTATE YOUR ELIGIBILITY. • (d) An
agency contract that does not conform to this section is voidable
by the student-athlete. • ( e) The athlete agent shall give a copy
of the signed agency contract to the studentathlete at the time of
signing.
SECTION 11. NOTICE TO EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION.
• (a) Within 72 hours after entering into an agency contract or
before the next scheduled athletic event in which the student-
athlete may participate, whichever occurs ﬁ rst, the athlete
agent shall give notice in a record of the existence of the
contract to the athletic director of the educational institution at
which the student-athlete is enrolled or the athlete agent has
reasonable grounds to believe the student-athlete intends to

enroll. • (b) Within 72 hours after entering into an agency
contract or before the next athletic event in which the student-
athlete may participate, whichever occurs ﬁ rst, the s tudent-
athlete shall inform the athletic director of the educational
institution at which the student-athlete is enrolled that he or she
has entered into an agency contract.
SECTION 12. STUDENT-ATHLETE’S RIGHT TO CANCEL.
• ( a) A student-athlete may cancel an agency contract by giving
notice in a record to the athlete agent of the cancellation within
14 days after the contract is signed. • (b) A student-athlete may
not waive the right to cancel an agency contract. • (c) If a
student-athlete cancels an agency contract, the student-athlete is
not required to pay any consideration under the contract or to
return any consideration received from the agent to induce the
student-athlete to enter into the contract.
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SECTION 13. REQUIRED RECORDS.
• (a) An athlete agent shall retain the following records for a
period of ﬁ ve years: • (1) the name and address of each
individual represented by the athlete agent; • (2) any agency
contract entered into by the athlete agent; and • (3) any direct
costs incurred by the athlete agent in the recruitment or
solicitation of a student-athlete. • (b) Records required by
subsection (a) to be retained are open to inspection by the
[Secretary of State] during normal business hours.
SECTION 14. PROHIBITED ACTS.
• (a) An athlete agent may not do any of the following with the
intent to induce a student-athlete to enter into an agency

contract: • (1) give any materially false or misleading
information or make a materially false promise or
representation; • (2) furnish anything of value to a student-
athlete before the student-athlete enters into the agency
contract; or • (3) furnish anything of value to any individual
other than the student-athlete or another registered athlete
agent. • (b) An athlete agent may not intentionally: • (1) initiate
contact with a student-athlete unless registered under this [Act];
• ( 2) refuse or willfully fail to retain or permit inspection of the
records required by Section 13; • (3) violate Section 4 by
failing to register; • (4) provide materially false or misleading
information in an application for registration or renewal of
registration; • (5) predate or postdate an agency contract; or •
(6) fail to notify a student-athlete prior to the student-athlete’s
signing an agency c ontract for a particular sport that the
signing by the student-athlete may make the student-athlete
ineligible to participate as a student-athlete in that sport.
SECTION 15. CRIMINAL PENALTIES. The commission of any
act prohibited by Section 14 by an athlete agent is a
[misdemeanor] [felony] punishable by []. SECTION 16. CIVIL
REMEDIES.
• (a) An educational institution has a right of action against an
athlete agent or a former s tudent-athlete for damages caused by
a violation of this [Act]. In an action under this section, the
court may award to the prevailing party costs and reasonable
attorney’s fees. • (b) Damages of an educational institution
under subsection (a) include losses and expenses incurred
because, as a result of the activities of an athlete agent or
former student-athlete, the educational institution was injured
by a violation of this [Act] or was penalized, disqualiﬁ ed, or
suspended from participation in athletics by a national
association for the promotion and regulation of athletics, by an
athletic conference, or by reasonable self-imposed disciplinary
action taken to mitigate sanctions. • (c) A right of action under
this section does not accrue until the educational institution
discovers or by the exercise of reasonable diligence would have

discovered the violation by the athlete agent or former student-
athlete.
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• ( d) Any liability of the athlete agent or the former student-
athlete under this section is several and not joint. • ( e) This
[Act] does not restrict rights, remedies, or defenses of any
person under law or equity. SECTION 17. ADMINISTRATIVE
PENALTY. The [Secretary of State] may assess a civil penalty
against an athlete agent not to exceed [$25,000] for a violation
of this [Act]. SECTION 18. APPLICATION AND
CONSTRUCTION. In applying and construing this Uniform
Act, consideration must be given to the need to promote
uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter of this
[Act] among States that enact it. SECTION 19.
SEVERABILITY. If any provision of this [Act] or its
application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the
invalidity does not affect other provisions or a pplications of
this [Act] which can be given effect without the invalid
provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this
[Act] are severable. SECTION 20. REPEALS. The following
acts and parts of acts are hereby repealed: SECTION 21.
EFFECTIVE DATE. This [Act] takes effect ———. 2. The
following is a sample letter developed by the NCAA to be sent
to state legislators by NCAA institutions: Uniform Athlete
Agent Act Sample Letter to Legislator SAMPLE LETTER [to be
sent after legislation is introduced in your state] Dear [Senator]
or [Representative] [Last Name]: After three years of work, The
National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws

(NCCUSL) recently approved the Uniform Athlete Agent Act
(UAAA), a model state law governing the relationships between
student-athletes, athlete agents and academic institutions. The
National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and its
member institutions are seeking its adoption in every state, and
I am writing to urge your support and co-sponsorship of [S.
_________ or H.R. _________], recently introduced in the
[your state’s] legislature. The problems associated with illegal
athlete agent conduct are far greater than the casual observer
might believe. Far too often, the actions of athlete agents
engaged in unsavory practices result in the loss of student-
athlete eligibility, the imposition of ﬁ nancial penalties on the
student-athlete’s institution and the taint of a “scandal” on both
the institution and the larger intercollegiate sports community.
In an effort to address these problems, at least 28 states have
enacted statutes regulating athlete agents. However, e xisting
laws vary considerably from state-to-state and many statutes
contain provisions that are vague and not enforced by the state.
As a result, athlete agents largely ignore existing state
registration requirements as well as other provisions contained
in current athlete agent laws. The purpose of the UAAA is to
protect the interests of student-athletes and institutions by
providing for a uniform regulation of athlete agents. The UAAA
provides for:
• U niformity of state laws. These laws are designed to provide
a single set of regulations that will ensure greater compliance
among athlete agents. • A reciprocal registration provision and
a reasonable fee schedule making agents more likely to register
due to the efﬁ ciency of this process and the cost savings it
provides for athlete agents. • C onsumer information, both
professional and criminal in nature, to enable better evaluation
of the athlete agents to provide competent representation. •
Notice to institutions when a student-athlete signs an agency
contract. • T he Secretary of State or other appropriate agency
to issue subpoenas enabling the state to obtain relevant material
that will assist in the enforcement of the act. • Criminal, civil

and administrative penalties that will be enforced at the state
level.
law.
On behalf of [name of institution], I urge your support of [S.
_________ or H.R. _________] and thank you in advance for
your efforts to address this important issue. 3. The following is
a fact sheet distributed by the NCAA regarding the positive
features of the Uniform Athlete Agent Act: Uniform Athlete
Agent Act Fact Sheet WHAT IS THE UNIFORM ATHLETE
AGENT ACT ? After three years of work, the National
Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws recently
approved the Uniform Athlete Agent Act (UAAA). The UAAA
is designed to provide a single set of state regulations that will
govern athlete agent conduct. The UAAA ensures greater
protection for student-athletes and educational institutions
while providing a more manageable and cost-efﬁ cient
regulatory scheme for athlete agents and states. WHY DO WE
NEED TO ADOPT THE UNIFORM ATHLETE AGENT ACT ? •
Protection for student-athletes: The primary purpose of the
UAAA is to protect student-athletes and educational
institutions from athlete agents who engage in unsavory and,
oftentimes, illegal practices. • P rotection for colleges and
universities: The UAAA acts as a strong deterrent against
improper athlete agent conduct that often subjects institutions to
negative publicity and harsh sanctions, including the forfeiture
of games and substantial ﬁ nancial penalties. • U niformity of
state laws: The UAAA is designed to provide a single set of
regulations that will ensure greater compliance among athlete

agents. • R eciprocal agent registration and reasonable fees:
Reciprocal registration and a reasonable fee schedule provide a
system that allows states to honor the registration of athlete
agents from states with similar laws. Agents are more likely to
register with states due to the efﬁ ciency and cost effectiveness
of the UAAA prescribed process. • S trong penalties for
violators: The UAAA provides for criminal, civil and /or
administrative penalties to be imposed against violators. •
Additional tools for state law enforcement: The right to exercise
subpoena power enables the state to obtain relevant information
that assists in the enforcement of the act. • I mportant consumer
information: It is vital for student-athletes, parents and
institutions to have access to information contained in the agent
application, both professional and criminal in nature, to ensure
that the most informed decisions are made regarding athlete
agent representation. • W idespread support: The UAAA is
endorsed by the National Collegiate Athletic A ssociation and
its 1,000 member universities and colleges, the National
Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws and a
number of other organizations. The following law review
articles examine the Uniform Athlete Agents Act: 1. Lloyd Zane
Remick and Christopher Joseph Cabott “Keeping out the Little
Guy: An Older Contract Advisor’s Concern, A Younger
Contract Advisors Lament,” 12 Villanova Sports and
Entertainment Law Journal 1 (2005). 2. R. Michael Rogers,
“The Uniform Athlete Agents Act Fails to Fully Protect the
College Athlete Who Exhausts His Eligibility Before Turning
Professional,” 2 Virginia Sports and Entertainment Law Journal
63 (2002). 3. Diane Sudia and Rob Remis, “The History Behind
Athlete Agent Regulation and the ‘Slam Dunking of Statutory
Hurdles,’ ” 8 Villanova Sports and Entertainment Law Journal
67 (2001). 4. Diane Sudia and Rob Remis, “Athlete Agent
Legislation in the New Millennium: State Statutes and the
Uniform Athlete Agents Act,” 11 Seton Hall Journal of Sports
and Entertainment Law 263 (2001).

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Act (UAAA).
Please assume
that you are a Texas resident who has registered with the
NFLPA.
You are recruiting a
student
-
athlete at the U. of Texas who is from Texas.
Assume that the state of Texas has
adopted the UAAA. (See Section 12.5.1 of our textbook)
a.
Is the UAA
A a state or federal law? Explain.

b.
To whom does the UAAA apply?
c.
Must you register in Texas under the UAAA?
Please explain.
d.
Referring to the UAAA, who has the right to issue a
certification?
e.
In situations where the agent has not registered, how does the
UA
AA handle
contracts that have been signed between the agent and the
athlete?
f.
Does a student
-
athlete have the right to cancel this contract?
If so, how long does
the right last?
g.

There are several prohibited acts.
Name three of them.
12.5.1. Uniform Athlete Agent A
ct
In 2001, the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform
State Laws approved a draft of
legislation entitled the Uniform Athlete Agent Act (UAAA; see
note 1). The power of a uniform act is that
it creates legislation that is the same across each sta
te in the country. The Uniform Athlete Agent Act
was proposed to each state government in the country, and it is
then up to the individual states whether
the act will be considered and adopted.
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District of Columbia, and the U.S. Virgin
Islands:
• Alabama • Arizona • Arkansas • Colorado •
Connecticut • Delaware • District of Columbia • Florida •
Georgia • Hawaii • Idaho • Indiana • Iowa • Kansas • Kentucky •
Louisiana • Maryland • Minnesota •
Mississippi • Missouri • Nebraska • Nevada • New Hampshire •
New York • North Carolina • North
Act (UAAA). Please assume
that you are a Texas resident who has registered with the
NFLPA. You are recruiting a
student-athlete at the U. of Texas who is from Texas. Assume
that the state of Texas has
adopted the UAAA. (See Section 12.5.1 of our textbook)
a. Is the UAAA a state or federal law? Explain.
b. To whom does the UAAA apply?
c. Must you register in Texas under the UAAA? Please explain.
d. Referring to the UAAA, who has the right to issue a
certification?
e. In situations where the agent has not registered, how does the
UAAA handle
contracts that have been signed between the agent and the
athlete?
f. Does a student-athlete have the right to cancel this contract?
If so, how long does
the right last?
g. There are several prohibited acts. Name three of them.
12.5.1. Uniform Athlete Agent Act
In 2001, the National Conference of Commissioners on

Uniform State Laws approved a draft of
legislation entitled the Uniform Athlete Agent Act (UAAA; see
note 1). The power of a uniform act is that
it creates legislation that is the same across each state in the
country. The Uniform Athlete Agent Act
was proposed to each state government in the country, and it is
then up to the individual states whether
the act will be considered and adopted.
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District of Columbia, and the U.S. Virgin
Islands:
• Alabama • Arizona • Arkansas • Colorado • Connecticut •
Delaware • District of Columbia • Florida •
Georgia • Hawaii • Idaho • Indiana • Iowa • Kansas • Kentucky •
Louisiana • Maryland • Minnesota •
Mississippi • Missouri • Nebraska • Nevada • New Hampshire •
New York • North Carolina • North

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