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6.__Endorsement contract.__"Endorsement contract" means an
agreement under which a student athlete is employed or receives
consideration to use on behalf of the other party any value that
the student athlete may have because of publicity, reputation,
following or fame obtained because of athletic ability or
performance.

 
7.__Intercollegiate sport.__"Intercollegiate sport" means a
sport played at the collegiate level for which eligibility
requirements for participation by a student athlete are
established by a national association for the promotion or
regulation of collegiate athletics.

 
8.__Person.__"Person" means an individual, corporation,
business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability
company, association or joint venture; a government or a
governmental subdivision, agency or instrumentality; a public
corporation; or any other legal or commercial entity.

 
9.__Professional sports services contract.__"Professional
sports services contract" means an agreement under which an
individual is employed, or agrees to render services, as a
player on a professional sports team, with a professional
sports organization or as a professional athlete.

 
10.__Record.__"Record" means information that is inscribed
on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or
other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form.

 
11.__Registration.__"Registration" means registration as an
athlete agent pursuant to this chapter.

 
12.__State.__"State" means a state of the United States, the
District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin
Islands or any territory or insular possession subject to the
jurisdiction of the United States.

 
13.__Student athlete.__"Student athlete" means an individual
who engages in, is eligible to engage in or may be eligible in
the future to engage in any intercollegiate sport. If an
individual is permanently ineligible to participate in a
particular intercollegiate sport, the individual is not a
student athlete for purposes of that sport.

 
Comment

 
Only individuals are within the definition of "athlete agent"
and therefore required to register under Section 5 [Maine
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