S1634

TRENTON – The Senate today gave final approval to a bill that would fine sports agents or recruiters up to $10,000 if they bestow gifts on high school athletes to lure them into professional contracts or agreements for college scholarships.

“High school student-athletes should be off-limits to the pervasive influence of big-money sports contracts and other enticements which could ruin their amateur status,”said Senator Shirley K. Turner, Senate sponsor of the bill, S-1634/A-899.

TRENTON – Sports agents or recruiters who bestow gifts on high school athletes to lure them into professional contracts or agreements for college scholarships could face fines of up to $10,000 under a bill released today by a Senate committee.

“There should be serious consequences if the pervasive influence of big-money sports contracts and other lures for athletes touches our high school students,” said Senator Shirley K. Turner, Chair of the Senate Education Committee and sponsor of the bill, S-1634.