2019 Mississippi Code
Title 73 - Professions and Vocations
Chapter 42 - Uniform Athlete Agents Law
§ 73-42-27. Prohibited acts
(1) An athlete agent may not engage in any of the following activities, within this state or otherwise, with the intent to induce a student-athlete to enter into an agency contract:
(a) Give any materially false or misleading information or make a materially false promise or representation;
(b) Furnish anything of value to a student-athlete before the student-athlete enters into the agency contract; or
(c) Furnish anything of value to any individual other than the student-athlete or another registered athlete agent.
(2) An athlete agent may not intentionally:
(a) Initiate contact with a student-athlete unless registered under this chapter;
(b) Refuse or willfully fail to retain or permit inspection of the records required by Section 73-42-25 or fail to provide the Secretary of State with any statements, documents, records or testimony required by the secretary under Section 73-42-5(3) and (4);
(c) Violate Section 73-42-7 by failing to register;
(d) Provide materially false or misleading information in an application for registration or renewal of registration;
(e) Predate or postdate an agency contract; or
(f) Fail to notify a student-athlete prior to the student-athlete’s signing an agency contract 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.
