Oklahoma § 70-822.2 - Prohibited transactions involving student athletes

§ 70-822.2. 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:

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 70. Schools

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.

Added by Laws 2016, c. 13, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2016. Amended by Laws

2017, c. 137, § 1, eff. July 1, 2017; Laws 2024, c. 85, § 4, emerg.

eff. April 22, 2024.