The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
RMCS: Agents/Advisors
NCAA Rules
Who is considered an agent?
An agent is any individual who, directly or indirectly:
(a) Represents or attempts to represent an individual for the purpose of marketing his or her athletics ability or reputation for financial gain; or
(b) Seeks to obtain any type of financial gain or benefit from securing a prospective student-athlete's enrollment at an educational institution or from a student-athlete's potential earnings as a professional athlete.
Agents are defined by what they do and not what they call themselves. Advisors, financial advisors, marketing representatives and brand managers are all examples of individuals who could be considered agent under NCAA rules.
Two basic NCAA rules governing agents:
- Student-athletes (and their family members and associates) may not have a written or verbal agreement with an agent or anyone who will market the student-athlete’s athletics ability or reputation. This extends to an agreement to have the agent represent them in the future; and
- Student-athletes (and their family members and associates) may not accept anything of value from an agent.
Agents
The goal of The University of Texas at Austin is to protect our student-athletes' eligibility for as long as they wish to pursue collegiate athletics and then ensure that they can make informed decisions about those who will represent them when they are ready to pursue their professional careers.
The University of Texas at Austin's agent policies are guided by three things: NCAA rules, state law and professional league rules, where applicable.
Texas State Law
Texas law requires, among other things, that any athlete-agent wishing to contact a student-athlete at a college or university in the state of Texas be registered with the Texas Secretary of State's office. For comprehensive details about applicable state law requirements and penalties associated with the Athlete Agents Act, visit http://www.sos.state.tx.us/statdoc/athlete-agents.shtml or contact the Secretary of State’s office.
UT Athlete Agent Policy
The goal of The University of Texas at Austin is to protect our student-athletes' eligibility for as long as they wish to pursue collegiate athletics and then ensure that they can make informed decisions about those who will represent them when they are ready to pursue their professional careers.
The University of Texas at Austin's agent policies are guided by three things: NCAA rules, state law and professional league rules, where applicable.
The University of Texas at Austin requires that agents wishing to contact UT student-athletes be registered with the state of Texas's Secretary of State's office as required by state law. UT does not require agents to register separately with the University of Texas.
Agents wishing to contact student-athletes at UT may forward correspondence care of:
Blake Barlow
Assistant Athletic Director, Athletics Risk Management and Compliance Services
The University of Texas at Austin
P.O. Box 7399
Austin, Texas 78713-7399
In accordance with state law, UT holds agent interview weeks twice each year, one in fall and one in the spring. The fall agent week is for student-athletes in spring sports and the spring agent week is for student-athletes in fall sports. UT Compliance mails information about these events to all agents registered with the state of Texas.
University of Texas Athlete Agent Policy
Agent Week
Texas state law requires that each institution designate a period not to exceed 30 consecutive business days to schedule student-athlete/agent interviews. The interviews must be held during the off-season training period prior to the student-athlete’s final season of eligibility. Registered agents can request to meet with those student-athletes outside of their final year of eligibility.
UT – Austin will designate a five-day period in both the fall term and in the spring/summer term for student-athlete/agent interviews. Compliance Services will notify each certified agent registered with the State of Texas of the scheduled interviews at least thirty days in advance. All agents must have an active registration with the State of Texas at the time of the interview in order to participate. Nonregistered parties will be not permitted to participate in any interviews.