Compliance: Agents

UC Riverside require agents (and individuals acting as agents) to register themselves with both the Secretary of State and University prior to contacting any student-athlete. Contact is defined in broad based terms and includes Facebook friending.

Contact of any type with a student-athlete who is not eligible to enter into a professional sports contract is prohibited. For example, any contact by agents (or their associates, runners, etc.) with any UC Riverside baseball student-athlete who has not completed his junior season of baseball would be a violation of the UC Riverside Agent policy. Any conduct contrary to the parameters of state law and/or university policy may subject you to both criminal and civil penalty.

If you have any questions, please contact the Athletics Compliance Department at (951) 827-5021.

Agents seeking to represent UC Riverside student-athletes in their future professional activities and want to participate in our agent education program must agree to the conditions of this policy, apply for registration and receive approval from the UC Riverside Athletics Compliance Department.

UC Riverside Athlete Agent Policy
UC Riverisde Athlete Agent Application For Registration
State Of California Athlete Agent Application
NCAA Athlete Agent Brochure (Coming Soon)
Miller-Ayala Athlete Agent Act Business And Profession Code 18896

NCAA Bylaws*:

12.3 USE OF AGENTS

12.3.1 General Rule. An individual shall be ineligible for participation in an intercollegiate sport if he or she ever has agreed (orally or in writing) to be represented by an agent for the purpose of marketing his or her athletics ability or reputation in that sport. Further, an agency contract not specifically limited in writing to a sport or particular sports shall be deemed applicable to all sports, and the individual shall be ineligible to participate in any sport.

12.3.1.1 Representation for Future Negotiations. An individual shall be ineligible per Bylaw 12.3.1 if he or she enters into a verbal or written agreement with an agent for representation in future professional sports negotiations that are to take place after the individual has completed his or her eligibility in that sport.

12.3.1.2 Benefits from Prospective Agents. An individual shall be ineligible per Bylaw 12.3.1 if he or she (or his or her relatives or friends) accepts transportation or other benefits from:

(a) Any person who represents any individual in the marketing of his or her athletics ability. The receipt of such expenses constitutes compensation based on athletics skill and is an extra benefit not available to the student body in general; or

(b) An agent, even if the agent has indicated that he or she has no interest in representing the student-athlete in the marketing of his or her athletics ability or reputation and does not represent individuals in the student-athlete's sport.

*Not intended to be exhaustive; involved parties should familiarize themselves with relevant and applicable NCAA bylaws.