Okla. Stat. tit. 70 § 822.2

Current through Laws 2024, c. 453.

Section 822.2 - Prohibited transactions involving student-athletes

A. Except as provided for in subsection C of this section, no person shall give, offer, promise or attempt to give any money or other thing of value to a student athlete or member of the immediate family of a student athlete:

1. To induce, encourage or reward the application, enrollment or attendance of the student athlete at a public or private institution of postsecondary education in order to have the student athlete participate in intercollegiate sporting events, contests, exhibitions or programs at that institution; or

2. To induce, encourage or reward the participation in an intercollegiate sporting event, contest, exhibition or program by the student athlete.

B. No person shall enter into or solicit directly or through an agent a transaction with a student athlete if the person has, or could be reasonably expected to have, knowledge that the transaction would likely cause the student athlete to permanently or temporarily lose athletic scholarship eligibility, the ability to participate on an intercollegiate athletic team or the ability to participate in one or more intercollegiate sporting competitions as sanctioned by:

1. A collegiate athletic association as defined in the Student Athlete Name, Image and Likeness Act;

2. Any other sanctioning body; or

3. The institution of postsecondary education itself as a reasonable self-imposed disciplinary action taken by the institution to mitigate sanctions likely to be imposed by an organization as a result of the transaction or as a violation of the rules of the institution.

C. This section shall not apply to:

1. Any public or private institution of postsecondary education or to any officer or employee of the institution when the institution or the officer or employee of the institution is acting in accordance with an official written policy of the postsecondary institution ;

2. Any intercollegiate athletic award approved or administered by the public or private institution of postsecondary education;

3. Grants-in-aid or other full or partial scholarships awarded to a student athlete or administered by a public or private institution of postsecondary education;

4. Members of the immediate family of the student athlete;

5. Money or things of value given by a person to a student athlete or the immediate family of a student athlete that do not exceed One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) in value in the aggregate on an annual basis; and

6. A gift, offer, promise, or attempt to give money or other thing of value given by a person to a student athlete or member of the immediate family of a student athlete if such gift, offer, promise, or attempt conforms with the rules of any collegiate athletic association of which the postsecondary institution is a member.

D. Any person who violates the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be subject to a fine not less than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) and not more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or by imprisonment not to exceed one (1) year, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 822.2

Amended by Laws 2024, c. 85,s. 4, eff. 4/22/2024.

Amended by Laws 2017 , c. 137, s. 1, eff. 7/1/2017.

Added by Laws 2016 , c. 13, s. 2, eff. 11/1/2016.