Lift the Ban Watch: Delaware Edition
by Kid Nate
on Jun 30, 2008 10:36 AM EDT
in News
Backwards progress in Delaware:
On Tuesday, state Rep. Robert J. Valihura Jr., R-Beau Tree, introduced legislation that would ban "combative fighting" in Delaware.
House Bill 501, which is being called the "Toughman Legislation," lumps MMA with Toughman competitions.
The bill defines Toughman events as elimination tournaments between amateur participants without any boxing experience or training.
The bill would ban both forms of fighting in Delaware. Promoters and fighters who violate the law would face class A misdemeanor charges.
Delaware does not have a state boxing commission. Instead, boxing is sanctioned by the Pennsylvania State Athletic Commission, which does not currently regulate MMA.
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This sounds saddeningly similar to the comments of the legislator in NY who commented that his/her understanding of mma was that there were really no rules at all. To lump mma in with “Toughman” competitions defined specifically to include events with participants having NO experience or training, regardless of the amount of experience or training the mma participants have, is ridiculous.
by Kierkegaard on Jun 30, 2008 11:09 AM EDT 0 recs
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