Tex. Labor Code § 207.042: ATHLETES.

Benefits are not payable to an individual based on services substantially all of which consist of participating in a sport or athletic event or training or preparing to participate in a sport or athletic event for a week that begins during the period between two successive sport seasons or similar periods if:

(1) the individual performed the services in the first of the seasons or periods; and

(2) there is a reasonable assurance that the individual will perform the services in the later of the seasons or periods.

Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.