{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-164.6929","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 164.6929","heading":"Right of action of educational institution or student -athlete for damages","body":"caused by violation of KRS 164.6901 to 164.6935.\n(1) An educational institution or student -athlete may bring an action for damages\nagainst an athlete agent if the instit ution or student -athlete is adversely affected by\nan act or omission of the athlete agent in violation of KRS 164.6901 to 164.6935.\nAn education institution or student -athlete is adversely affected by an act or\nomission of the athlete agent only if, becaus e of the act or omission, the institution\nor an individual who was a student -athlete at the time of the act or omission and\nenrolled in the institution:\n(a) Is suspended or disqualified from participation in an interscholastic or\nintercollegiate sports eve nt by or under the rules of a state or national\nfederation or association that promotes or regulates interscholastic or\nintercollegiate sports; or\n(b) Suffers financial damage.\n(2) Damages under subsection (1) of this section include losses and expenses in curred\nbecause, as a result of the conduct of an athlete agent or former student -athlete, the\neducational institution was injured by a violation of KRS 164.6901 to 164.6935 or\nwas penalized, disqualified, or suspended from participation in athletics by a\nnational association for the promotion and regulation of athletics, by an athletic\nconference, or by reasonable self -imposed disciplinary action taken to mitigate\nsanctions likely to be imposed by such an organization.\n(3) A plaintiff that prevails in an ac tion under this section may recover actual damages,\ncosts, and reasonable attorney's fees. An athlete agent found liable under this\nsection forfeits any right of payment for anything of benefit or value provided to the\nstudent-athlete and shall refund any consideration paid to the agent by or on behalf\nof the student-athlete.\n(4) A right of action under this section does not accrue until the educational institution\ndiscovers or by the exercise of reasonable diligence would have discovered the\nviolation by the athlete agent or former student-athlete.\n(5) Any liability of the athlete agent or the former student -athlete under this section is\nseveral and not joint.\n(6) The department may assess a civil penalty against an athlete agent not to exceed\nfifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for a violation of KRS 164.6901 to 164.6935.\n(7) KRS 164.6901 to 164.6935 does not restrict rights, remedies, or defenses of any\nperson under law or equity.","path":["KRS Chapter 164"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=48388","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:51:17Z","sha256":"27f7274bae695b66652d7ad214e493032280c91a2f923c1e298fc80ac8974583","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-164.6927","next":"us-ky/krs-164.6931"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}