Do not make agreements with or accept benefits from agents, advisors, financial professionals, sports marketers or other individuals who are seeking to represent you in any way as a professional athlete. These prohibitions apply not only to you as an athlete but your relatives and friends as well (e.g., if your parent accepts benefits from a sports agent, you/the athlete may be held accountable by the NCAA and rendered permanently ineligible).
For baseball prospective student-athletes and student-athletes, do not tell Major League Baseball, its clubs, or its scouting bureaus the name of the advisor with whom you have worked. If you already have, contact every organization and that advisor and inform them in writing that all communication regarding you as a potential professional athlete is to go through you or your parents or Texas A&M's professional sports counseling panel (if you are a current student-athlete). The reason is that if your advisor acts as an intermediary between you and professional baseball organizations, then, in the NCAA's judgment, you are represented by an agent and are, therefore, ineligible for NCAA competition in the sport of baseball.
For more information about the intersection of NCAA rules, Texas law and agents, click here.
