SPORTS BRIBE RECEIVING (Sports Participant) Penal Law § 180.45(1) (Committed on or after Aug. 27, 1982) The (specify) count is Sports Bribe Receiving. Under our law a person is guilty of Sports Bribe Receiving when, being a sports participant, he or she solicits, accepts or agrees to accept any benefit from another person upon an agreement or understanding that he or she will thereby be influenced not to give his or her best efforts in a sports contest. The following terms used in that definition have a special meaning: SPORTS PARTICIPANT means any person who participates or expects to participate in a sports contest as a player, contestant or member of a team, or as a coach, manager, trainer or other person directly associated with a player, contestant or team.1 BENEFIT means any gain or advantage to the beneficiary and includes any gain or advantage to a third person pursuant to the desire or consent of the beneficiary.2 AGREEMENT means mutual agreement between a sports participant and a person from whom he or she solicits, accepts or agrees to accept any benefit, that such sports participant will thereby be influenced not to give his or her best efforts in a sports
SPORTS BRIBE RECEIVING (Sports Participant) Penal Law § 180.45(1) (Committed on or after Aug. 27, 1982) The (specify) count is Sports Bribe Receiving. Under our law a person is guilty of Sports Bribe Receiving when, being a sports participant, he or she solicits, accepts or agrees to accept any benefit from another person upon an agreement or understanding that he or she will thereby be influenced not to give his or her best efforts in a sports contest. The following terms used in that definition have a special meaning: SPORTS PARTICIPANT means any person who participates or expects to participate in a sports contest as a player, contestant or member of a team, or as a coach, manager, trainer or other person directly associated with a player, contestant or team.1 BENEFIT means any gain or advantage to the beneficiary and includes any gain or advantage to a third person pursuant to the desire or consent of the beneficiary.2 AGREEMENT means mutual agreement between a sports participant and a person from whom he or she solicits, accepts or agrees to accept any benefit, that such sports participant will thereby be influenced not to give his or her best efforts in a sports