The Athlete Agent & Agency Compliance Playbook
How to start and operate an athlete representation business within the law
Four layers of law apply to every engagement at the same time: federal law, state licensing law, the players' union's certification rules, and, for college and high school athletes, the governing association's eligibility rules. Satisfying one layer never excuses the others; the binding rule in any engagement is the most restrictive layer that applies to it. This playbook gives you the plain-language instruction and the citation behind it, and the regimes covering college and high school athletes changed more in the last three years than in the prior thirty.
“Satisfying one layer never excuses the others.”
Brandon Leopoldus, Esq.
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What's Inside
47 Pages. 7 Sections. Plain Language.
- 01The four layers: federal law, state licensing, union certification, and association rules
- 02Where to register, what to charge, and when to notify a school
- 03How to avoid a felony: the criminal exposure in agent statutes
- 04The post-House landscape: the College Sports Commission and the clearinghouse
- 05Compliance tools: working checklists and a notice-and-timing calendar
- 06The penalty-exposure matrix to run a file against
- 07Appendices: the full 50-state-plus-D.C. licensing table and the union comparison
This playbook is educational. It is general information, not legal, tax, or investment advice for your specific situation, and reading it does not create an attorney-client relationship with Leopoldus Law, APC.