1. (a) For purposes of RSA 282-A:16, earnings from participation in professional sports or athletic events (or training or preparation for the same) shall not be available as base period wages supporting eligibility for unemployment benefits for any period between successive sports seasons if substantially all of the individual’s services have been performed in athletics and reasonable assurance exists that the individual will participate in athletics in the next successive season.
2. (b) The Department shall apply the restriction in section (a) above to base period earnings for professional athletes only.
3. (c) Professional Athlete for the purposes of section (b) above means an athlete who performs services in an athletic event or setting for wages.

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