{"id":4077,"date":"2011-05-24T10:26:04","date_gmt":"2011-05-24T16:26:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.nsr-inc.com\/\/?p=4077"},"modified":"2011-05-24T10:26:04","modified_gmt":"2011-05-24T16:26:04","slug":"twis-new-texas-law-puts-clamp-on-pro-agents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/twis-new-texas-law-puts-clamp-on-pro-agents\/","title":{"rendered":"T*W*I*S:  New Texas Law Puts Clamp on Unethical Pro Agents"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_4079\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4079\" style=\"width: 142px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.nsr-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Thumbs-up-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4079\" title=\"Thumbs up 2\" src=\"\/\/blog.nsr-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Thumbs-up-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"152\" height=\"121\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4079\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Unethical agents will be lying low in Texas from now on.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Cowboy hats off to the great state of Texas.\u00a0 Word has come down that Texas\u00a0is taking the lead by imposing tougher penalties on professional agents who prey on college student-athletes by luring them with cash, trips and other illegal benefits.\u00a0 With athletes&#8217; NCAA eligibility\u00a0threatened by\u00a0scouts&#8217; unethical antics, the\u00a0Texas state legislature\u00a0apparently felt that it was\u00a0time to clamp down on individuals who ignored\u00a0current, less severe, laws on the books for a bigger pay day down the road in\u00a0the form of\u00a0their clients&#8217; lucrative pro sports contracts.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The\u00a0updated legislation means that unethical conduct could result in an agent\u00a0facing felony charges and up to 10 years in\u00a0the\u00a0slammer.\u00a0\u00a0It&#8217;s about time, so to speak.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cowboy hats off to the great state of Texas.\u00a0 Word has come down that Texas\u00a0is taking the lead by imposing tougher penalties on professional agents who prey on college student-athletes by luring them with cash, trips and other illegal benefits.\u00a0 With athletes&#8217; NCAA eligibility\u00a0threatened by\u00a0scouts&#8217; unethical antics, the\u00a0Texas state legislature\u00a0apparently felt that it was\u00a0time to &#8230; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/twis-new-texas-law-puts-clamp-on-pro-agents\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4077"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4077"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4077\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}