(a) An athlete agent, with the intent to induce a student-athlete to enter into an agency contract, may not:
(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 article;
(2) Refuse or fail to retain or permit inspection of the records required to be retained by section thirteen of this article;
(3) Fail to register when required by section four of this article;
(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 before the student-athlete signs or otherwise authenticates an agency contract for a particular sport that the signing or authentication may make the student-athlete ineligible to participate as a student-athlete in that sport.
Structure West Virginia Code
Chapter 30. Professions and Occupations
Article 39. Uniform Athlete Agents Act
§30-39-3. Service of Process; Subpoenas
§30-39-4. Athlete Agents: Registration Required; Void Contracts
§30-39-5. Registration as Athlete Agent; Form; Requirements
§30-39-6. Certificate of Registration; Issuance or Denial; Renewal
§30-39-7. Suspension, Revocation, or Refusal to Renew Registration
§30-39-8. Temporary Registration
§30-39-9. Registration and Renewal Fees
§30-39-10. Required Form of Contract
§30-39-11. Notice to Educational Institution
§30-39-12. Student-Athlete's Right to Cancel
§30-39-17. Administrative Penalty
§30-39-18. Uniformity of Application and Construction
§30-39-19. Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act