The following words and phrases when used in this chapter shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Agency contract." An agreement in which a student athlete authorizes a person to negotiate or solicit on behalf of the student athlete a professional-sports-services contract or an endorsement contract.
"Athlete agent." The following apply:
"Athletic director." The individual responsible for administering:
"Commission." The State Athletic Commission.
"Communicating or attempting to communicate." Contacting or attempting to contact by an in-person meeting, a record or any other method which conveys or attempts to convey a message.
"Educational institution." Any public or private elementary school, secondary school, technical or vocational school, community college, college or university.
"Endorsement contract." An agreement under which a student athlete is employed or receives consideration to use on behalf of the other party value that the student athlete may have because of publicity, reputation, following or fame obtained because of athletic ability or performance.
"Enroll." To register for courses and attend athletic practice or class.
"Enrolled." Registered for courses and attending athletic practice or class.
"Intercollegiate sport." A sport played at the collegiate level for which eligibility requirements for participation by a student athlete are established by a national association which promotes or regulates collegiate athletics.
"Interscholastic sport." A sport played between educational institutions which are not community colleges, colleges or universities.
"Licensed, registered or certified professional." An individual licensed, registered or certified as an attorney, a dealer in securities, a financial planner, an insurance agent, a real estate broker or sales agent, a tax consultant, an accountant or a member of a profession who is licensed, registered or certified by the State or a nationally recognized organization which licenses, registers or certifies members of the profession on the basis of experience, education or testing. The term does not include an athlete agent.
"Person." Any individual, estate, business or nonprofit entity, public corporation, government or governmental subdivision, agency or instrumentality or other legal entity.
"Professional-sports-services contract." An agreement under which an individual is employed as a professional athlete or agrees to render services as a player on a professional sports team or with a professional sports organization.
"Record." Information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form.
"Recruit or solicit." An attempt to influence the choice of an athlete agent by a student athlete or, if the student athlete is a minor, a parent or guardian of the student athlete. The term does not include giving advice on the selection of a particular athlete agent in a family, coaching or social situation unless the individual giving the advice does so because of the receipt or anticipated receipt of an economic benefit, directly or indirectly, from the athlete agent.
"Registration." Registration as an athlete agent under this chapter.
"Secretary." The Secretary of the Commonwealth.
"Sign." With present intent to authenticate or adopt a record:
"State." 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.
"Student athlete." An individual who is eligible to attend an educational institution and engages in, is eligible to engage in or may be eligible in the future to engage in, any interscholastic or intercollegiate sport. The term does not include an individual permanently ineligible to participate in a particular interscholastic or intercollegiate sport for that sport.
5 Pa.C.S. § 3502