Tennessee § 39-17-1102 - Definitions for sports bribery.
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§ 39-17-1102. Definitions for sports bribery.
As used in § 39-17-1103 , unless the context otherwise requires: “Sports contest” means any professional or amateur sport, athletic game, contest, or race involving machines, persons or animals, viewed by the public, or for which admission is charged; “Sports official” means any person who acts or expects to act in a sports contest as an umpire, referee or judge, or otherwise to officiate at a sports contest; and “Sports participant” means any person who participates or expects to participate in a sports contest as a player, contestant or member of a team, or as a coach, manager, trainer or other person directly associated with a player, contest or team. Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 1; T.C.A. § 39-17-1103 .
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