§ 722.11

722.11 Student athlete prohibitions. 1. Definitions. As used in this section:a. 'Immediate family member' means a spouse, child, stepchild, parent, stepparent, grandparent, grandchild, brother, sister, parent-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, nephew,niece, aunt, uncle, first cousin, or guardian of a person named in this paragraph. b. 'Institution of higher education' means an institution of higher education under the control of the state board of regents, a community college, or a private college or universitylocated in this state. c. 'Student athlete' means a person who engages in, is eligible to engage in, or may be eligible to engage in any intercollegiate sporting event, contest, exhibition, or program. Theterm includes a person who has applied, is eligible to apply, or who may be eligible to applyin the future to an institution of higher education. 2. Prohibitions.a. Except as provided in paragraphs 'c' and 'd', a person shall not give, offer, promise, or attempt to give any money or other thing of value to a student athlete or immediate familymember of a student athlete for either of the following purposes: (1) To induce, encourage, or reward the student athlete’s

e any money or other thing of value to a student athlete or immediate familymember of a student athlete for either of the following purposes: (1) To induce, encourage, or reward the student athlete’s application, enrollment, or attendance at an institution of higher education in order to have the student athleteparticipate in intercollegiate sporting events, contests, exhibitions, or programs at thatinstitution. (2) To induce, encourage, or reward the student athlete’s participation in an intercollegiate sporting event, contest, exhibition, or program. b. A person shall not aid or abet an act described in paragraph 'a'.c. As used in this subsection, 'person' does not include any of the following:(1) An institution of higher education or any of its officers or employees if the institution, officer, or employee is acting in accordance with an official written policy of the institution. (2) An immediate family member of the student athlete.d. An intercollegiate athletic award approved or administered by the institution of higher education that the student athlete attends is not an inducement, encouragement or rewardunder paragraph 'a'. e.

An intercollegiate athletic award approved or administered by the institution of higher education that the student athlete attends is not an inducement, encouragement or rewardunder paragraph 'a'. e. A person who engages in conduct knowing or having reason to know that the conduct violates this subsection commits an aggravated misdemeanor. 3. Prohibitions for student athletes.a. Except as provided in paragraph 'b', a student athlete or immediate family member of the student athlete, shall not solicit or accept money or anything of value for any of thepurposes described in subsection 2, paragraph 'a'. A person shall not aid or abet an actdescribed in this paragraph. b. This subsection does not apply to money or other things of value that a student athlete receives from any of the following: (1) An institution of higher education, its officers, or employees if the institution, officer, or employee offered money or other thing of value in accordance with an official writtenpolicy of the institution or if the thing of value is an intercollegiate athletic award approvedor administered by that institution. (2) An immediate family member of the student athlete.c.

al writtenpolicy of the institution or if the thing of value is an intercollegiate athletic award approvedor administered by that institution. (2) An immediate family member of the student athlete.c. A person who engages in conduct knowing or having reason to know that the conduct violates this subsection commits a serious misdemeanor. 88 Acts, ch 1248, §13 Sat Dec 23 12:31:56 2023 Iowa Code 2024, Section 722.11 (15, 0)