{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-general-business-law-899-l","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. General Business Law § 899-l","heading":"Prohibited conduct","body":"§ 899-l. Prohibited conduct. 1. An athlete agent, with the intent to\ninduce a student-athlete to enter into an agency contract, shall not:\n  (a) give any materially false or misleading information or make a\nmaterially false promise or representation;\n  (b) furnish anything of value to a student-athlete before the\nstudent-athlete enters into the agency contract;\n  (c) furnish anything of value to any other individual or another\nregistered athlete agent before the student-athlete enters into the\nagency contract; or\n  (d) fail to notify the student-athlete before he or she signs or\notherwise authenticates an agency contract for a particular sport that\nthe signing or authentication may make the student-athlete ineligible to\nparticipate in that sport.\n  The prohibitions contained within this subdivision shall not prohibit\nan athlete agent from sponsoring or furnishing equipment to an amateur\nathletic team through a government or not-for-profit entity registered\nwith the secretary of state pursuant to section one hundred seventy-two\nof the executive law or entities exempt from article seven-A of the\nexecutive law pursuant to section one hundred seventy-two-a of the\nexecutive law, provided that sponsorship or equipment will not result in\na student-athlete being rendered ineligible to participate in\nintercollegiate athletics.\n  2. An athlete agent shall not willfully:\n  (a) initiate contact with a student-athlete unless registered pursuant\nto this article;\n  (b) refuse or fail to retain or permit inspection of the records\nrequired to be retained by section eight hundred ninety-nine-k of this\narticle;\n  (c) fail to register when required by section eight hundred\nninety-nine-c of this article;\n  (d) provide materially false or misleading information in an\napplication for registration or renewal of registration; or\n  (e) predate or postdate an agency contract.","path":["General Business Law","Article 39-E. Uniform Athlete Agents Act"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/GBS/899-L","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:44Z","sha256":"88d25b3412a7dbeec0bc802c7eeaaf14b7910da4df81e9fb27520bb3e792c557","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-general-business-law-899-k","next":"us-ny/n.y.-general-business-law-899-m"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}