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Can I offer contests that involve college sports in Texas? What are the requirements?

Based on the documents provided, there are specific requirements for contests involving sports in Texas.

To answer your question, if you are planning to offer contests that involve college sports in Texas, you need to ensure that the contests comply with the regulations set forth by the governing body of the national association for the promotion and regulation of intercollegiate athletics of which the athlete’s institution of higher education is a member [1.1]. Additionally, if the contests involve amateur combative sports, you must register as an amateur combative sports association with the executive director and comply with the requirements established by rule for insurance, surety bonds, and standards of conduct for contestants and officials [1.2][1.3].

Furthermore, if you plan to conduct a charitable raffle during each preseason, regular season, and postseason game hosted at the home venue or each rodeo event at the rodeo venue of the professional sports team associated with the foundation to provide revenue for the foundation’s charitable purposes, you must ensure that only employees or volunteers of the professional sports team charitable foundation or the professional sports team associated with the foundation sell raffle tickets, and only persons 18 years of age or older may purchase raffle tickets [2.1].

If you plan to conduct regulated professional or amateur events, you must ensure that professional combative sports contestants, promoters, referees, judges, and managers who officiate or participate in the event are licensed or registered by the executive director, and referees who officiate at regulated amateur events must also be licensed or registered by the executive director [4.1].

In summary, to offer contests that involve college sports in Texas, you must comply with the regulations set forth by the governing body of the national association for the promotion and regulation of intercollegiate athletics, register as an amateur combative sports association if the contests involve amateur combative sports, ensure that only authorized personnel sell raffle tickets if you plan to conduct a charitable raffle, and ensure that all participants and officials are licensed or registered if you plan to conduct regulated professional or amateur events.

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Texas