N.C.G.S. § 78C-98 — revision history

Text is never overwritten. Each amendment lands as a new version row with its own effective range.

1. Version 1 — 2026-08-08 to present

   Scraped from ncleg.gov; The General Statutes include changes through S.L. 2026-7.

   (a) An athlete agent, with the intent to induce a student-athlete to enter into an agency contract, shall not: (1) Give any materially false or misleading information or make a materially false promise or representation. (2) Furnish anything of value to a student-athlete before the student-athlete enters into the agency contract. (3) Furnish anything of value to any individual other than the student-athlete or another registered athlete agent. (b) An athlete agent shall not intentionally: (1) Initiate contact with a student-athlete unless the athlete agent is registered under this Article. (2) Refuse or fail to retain or permit inspection of the records required to be retained by G.S. 78C-97. (3) Fail to register as required by G.S. 78C-88. (4) Provide materially false or misleading information in an application for registration or renewal of registration. (5) Predate or postdate an agency contract. (6) Fail to notify a student-athlete before the student-athlete signs or otherwise authenticates an agency contract for a particular sport that the signing or authentication shall make the student-athlete ineligible to participate as a student-athlete in that sport. (c) If an athlete agent is currently or was within the prior two years employed or in a contractual relationship with an educational institution, the following shall apply: (1) The athlete agent shall not enter into an NIL agency contract with a student-athlete who is enrolled in that educational institution. (2) An NIL agency contract is void if, following entry into an NIL agency contract, a student-athlete enrolls in that educational institution.  (2003-375, s. 2; 2025-46, s. 7(a).)