9A.116 - CIVIL REMEDIES.
9A.116 CIVIL REMEDIES.
1. An educational institution has a right of action against an
athlete agent or a former student athlete for damages caused by a
violation of this chapter. In an action under this section, the
court may award costs and reasonable attorney fees to the prevailing
party.
2. Damages to an educational institution under subsection 1
include losses and expenses incurred because, as a result of the
conduct of an athlete agent or former student athlete, the
educational institution was injured by a violation of this chapter or
was sanctioned, declared ineligible, or suspended from participation
in athletics by a national association for the promotion and
regulation of athletics, by an athletic conference, or by reasonable
self-imposed disciplinary action taken to mitigate sanctions likely
to be imposed by such an association.
3. A right of action under this section does not accrue until the
educational institution discovers or by the exercise of reasonable
diligence should have discovered the violation by the athlete agent
or former student athlete.
4. Any liability of the athlete agent or the former student
athlete under this section is several and not joint.
5. This chapter does not restrict rights, remedies, or defenses
of any person under law or equity. Section History: Recent Form
2009 Acts, ch 33, §16