N.Y. General Business Law § 899-l: Prohibited conduct

§ 899-l. Prohibited conduct. 1. An athlete agent, with the intent to

induce a student-athlete to enter into an agency contract, shall not:

(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;

(c) furnish anything of value to any other individual or another

registered athlete agent before the student-athlete enters into the

agency contract; or

(d) fail to notify the student-athlete before he or she signs or

otherwise authenticates an agency contract for a particular sport that

the signing or authentication may make the student-athlete ineligible to

participate in that sport.

The prohibitions contained within this subdivision shall not prohibit

an athlete agent from sponsoring or furnishing equipment to an amateur

athletic team through a government or not-for-profit entity registered

with the secretary of state pursuant to section one hundred seventy-two

of the executive law or entities exempt from article seven-A of the

executive law pursuant to section one hundred seventy-two-a of the

executive law, provided that sponsorship or equipment will not result in

a student-athlete being rendered ineligible to participate in

intercollegiate athletics.

2. An athlete agent shall not willfully:

(a) initiate contact with a student-athlete unless registered pursuant

to this article;

(b) refuse or fail to retain or permit inspection of the records

required to be retained by section eight hundred ninety-nine-k of this

article;

(c) fail to register when required by section eight hundred

ninety-nine-c of this article;

(d) provide materially false or misleading information in an

application for registration or renewal of registration; or

(e) predate or postdate an agency contract.