"Probably the single effort that I did, and I won’t say that it's the most important, is my single effort to keep ultimate fighting out of New York State. And why those who advocate this violent and vicious sport for the reason that it will bring money to this state, I, in fact, claim it will not."
-Bob Reilly, when asked for specific legislation that benefited the taxpayers of New York State.
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So..
You wanna be a fuckin’ liar?
by Brent Ducharme on Oct 29, 2010 1:32 PM EDT reply actions 5 recs
Yet you allow boxing in your state ..... Douche .
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Mike Tyson
by MidWayMonster54 on Oct 29, 2010 1:33 PM EDT reply actions
...and kickboxing...and muay thai...and jiu jitsu...
and basically every other discipline that could be used in mixed martial arts.
by LikeTheWhiskey on Oct 29, 2010 2:48 PM EDT up reply actions
They were already around
It’d be stupid to retroactively ban them.
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by S.C. Michaelson on Oct 29, 2010 3:05 PM EDT up reply actions
So what your sayin is ....
… this douche is gonna retro ban them all right ?
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by MidWayMonster54 on Oct 29, 2010 3:32 PM EDT up reply actions
Pro boxing at least, he would nerf into amateur boxing if he could
He’s said that one several times.
One word can sum up ....
….. his entire statment ….. Retarded .
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by MidWayMonster54 on Oct 29, 2010 4:46 PM EDT up reply actions
The point I was trying to make was that all of these disciplines
exist as regulated sport in NY, but he’s stopping them once they’re all put together is absurd.
by LikeTheWhiskey on Oct 30, 2010 7:15 AM EDT up reply actions
I don’t want ultimate fighting in New York either. Mixed martial arts on the other hand…
this is just another case of old politicians that are out of touch with society.
by goodbadugly16 on Oct 29, 2010 1:34 PM EDT reply actions 5 recs
O Mr. Reilly
"If by romantic, you mean homosexual"-Luke Thomas
Whatever. Just ban me. You're all gay. - Josh Grant
by II SMASH II on Oct 29, 2010 1:35 PM EDT reply actions 7 recs
Hey where have you been? You took off forever
"If by romantic, you mean homosexual"-Luke Thomas
Whatever. Just ban me. You're all gay. - Josh Grant
Theres something deeper to this
No one gives this big a shit about anything unless its a personal matter. Just like Ted Haggard was crazy about anti-gay nonsense and hes banging male whores.
My guess is this guy was beat up by a karate expert every day at school and had a wrestler steal his first girlfriend and then a boxer punched his dog and killed it.
by SeanyD on Oct 29, 2010 1:38 PM EDT reply actions 6 recs
being vocally agianst something many other politicians support is a good way to get attention.
Do we spend this much time talking about any single supporter of MMA in the state gov’t of NY?
Oh, it's a personal matter.
The NY State Assembly convenes in the basement once a week for light sparring. A while back some things got heated and Sheldon Silver took it to Reilly a little bit. He’s been on some bullshit with the other legislators ever since.
by Brent Ducharme on Oct 29, 2010 1:46 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
i agree there's something deeper
but my wormy conspiracy laden brain thinks it probably has something to do with unions and mafioso relations between the vegas/kansas city mafia families and the east coast families
conspiracy theories are dumb
but ya just never know
The sea refuses no river. The idea is to remain in a state of constant departure while always arriving. It saves on introductions and goodbyes. The ride does not require explanation - just occupance.
by Johnathan Willis on Oct 29, 2010 2:06 PM EDT up reply actions
There has been a suspected union "motive"
He does admit to being pro-union but denies that he’s tied to whichever union was specifically opposing Zuffa/Station Casinos.
He allows boxing and football, but not MMA
What an idiot. Both boxing and football are proven to have worse long-term effects on their participants, namely head trauma.
He's consistant
He’s not a fan of professional boxing, and would ban it if he could. The man is not a fraud, these are his convictions. For Pete’s sake, he donates all his pay from the assembly to charity.
The ONLY accomplishment Mr. Reilly has...
….is further endangering the welfare of the athletes who already compete in NYC’s Underground Combat League (Google it)….with no doctors, EMTs, or ambulance on sight….no regulation just means no safety….people can and do find a way to fight…..and it’s dangerous….thanks a lot Bob….
by BrothersGottaAndyHug on Oct 29, 2010 2:09 PM EDT up reply actions
Those sports were allowed before he got into office
It’d be stupid to retroactively ban them.
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by S.C. Michaelson on Oct 29, 2010 3:06 PM EDT up reply actions
Deez damn kidz and their ultimate fightin'
Back in the 50s there were apple orchards all the way to Vermont, as far as the eye could see.
Por isso eu tomo ópio / é um remédio / sou um convalescente do momento / moro no rés-do-chão do pensamento / e ver passar a vida faz-me tédio
by Gremio on Oct 29, 2010 1:40 PM EDT reply actions 4 recs
On the right
Ten years ago I would’ve smashed that. Closed casket status, y’know what I mean?
"Do you find him to be, perhaps, sexier than the average human being?"
"I'm not gay, but..."
- Ariel Helwani and fan discussing Yoshihiro Akiyama
And why those who advocate this violent and vicious sport for the reason that it will bring money to this state, I, in fact, claim it will not.
I’m not sure he knows what “in fact” means.
by Chris Nelson on Oct 29, 2010 1:43 PM EDT reply actions 3 recs
Robert better not get in my face... cause I'll drop that motherfucker!
Mike Goldberg: "You know Joe, When Matt and his brother Mark Hughes were growing up, they would pound each other behind the barn."
by xFenixKnightx on Oct 29, 2010 1:46 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs
ffuuuu
"How do you shoot the devil in the back? What if you miss?"
by DamnSevern on Oct 29, 2010 1:52 PM EDT reply actions 5 recs
Wilbon was on PTI this week calling MMA barbarism
and basically accusing anyone who watches it of being a mindless, bloodthirsty thug. Dana should launch an educational campaign, complete with touting the benefits of promoting the value of martial arts for building confidence and strength in children.
…Either that or we need to start beating the crap out of these people.
Tatum: I think he's a good man. I like him. I got nothing against him, but I'm definitely gonna make orphans of his children.
partially true
I watch the fights to see the brutal ko and shit like that but I also watch to admire the skills involved (ie, GSP, BJ, Silva etc…)
You gotta pay the troll toll to get into this boy's hole, you gotta pay the troll toll to get in.
That was Kornheiser. Wilbon is actually warming up to MMA, although he did nothing to dispute Kornheiser’s “barbarism” comment. Kinda just conceded that he was interested in said “barbarism”
a life: it's the shit that happens while you're waiting for moments that never come -Lester Freamon
by eastcoastatlas on Oct 29, 2010 2:11 PM EDT up reply actions
It was Wilbon I promise
They’re both basically on the same side of the issue, but Wilbon was in a full blown rant about it, on either Tuesday or Wednesday.
Tatum: I think he's a good man. I like him. I got nothing against him, but I'm definitely gonna make orphans of his children.
by Dave Strummer on Oct 29, 2010 2:12 PM EDT up reply actions
Well, i watched all week, but if you promise and are that sure, i don’t wanna end up looking stupid, but i for some reason recall Wilbon not really caring, and remember specifically that it was Kornheiser who first called it barbarism. Interestingly enough, i don’t think it really matters and we don’t have to worry about ESPN being a roadblock of any sort. They’ve consistently increased their coverage over the past year.
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by eastcoastatlas on Oct 29, 2010 2:21 PM EDT up reply actions
It was the Black one
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by S.C. Michaelson on Oct 29, 2010 3:08 PM EDT up reply actions
Both of the PTI guys are high on their own supply
At one point their show was refreshing, but now they are buying their own bullshit hand over fist.
Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?
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by Snatchl on Oct 29, 2010 5:19 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I feel like I went from finding Kornheiser funny to hating him overnight
Now I want to kill those guys.
They’re both clueless and that show sucks. Ive seen it when nothing else was on and they really don’t have good opinions on sports in general. And they’re not even funny.
Mike Goldberg: "You know Joe, When Matt and his brother Mark Hughes were growing up, they would pound each other behind the barn."
by xFenixKnightx on Oct 29, 2010 4:18 PM EDT up reply actions
I have a friend who religiously watches PTI and ATH, and I just cannot understand the appeal.
Twitter: @Mike_Fagan_13
Wow.
ATH is utter shit. Even worse than PTI.
Mike Goldberg: "You know Joe, When Matt and his brother Mark Hughes were growing up, they would pound each other behind the barn."
by xFenixKnightx on Oct 29, 2010 6:45 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I love PTI
I go straight to 5 good minutes
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by S.C. Michaelson on Oct 29, 2010 7:36 PM EDT up reply actions
I said that months ago, but it falls on deaf ears
MMA will not be regulated in NY for at least 2 to 3 years, if that, if it continues to go on the current plan.
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by S.C. Michaelson on Oct 29, 2010 3:07 PM EDT up reply actions
This just in
Reilly supports efforts to repeal women’s right to vote and reinstate racial segregation.
File under “pointed sarcasm”.
Here is government again, acting like everybody is a 6 year old and they are our Daddy. I guess UFC will have to continue to have its NYC cards across the Hudson in Newark, NJ.
It would be awesome to see a show at Madison Square Garden….
You gotta pay the troll toll to get into this boy's hole, you gotta pay the troll toll to get in.
im cool with the jersey part
newarks down the street, very convienient
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In MY day, we MADE issues controversial to save our political careers… And we LIKED IT.
by bleve_ on Oct 29, 2010 2:08 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
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by BloodbathAndBeyond on Oct 29, 2010 2:11 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Ya know, I used to think we would just have to wait until these old farts in politics die and were replaced by people from younger generations, but I’ve recently realized that the young people who want to get into politics are the douches who have been brainwashed by the system and will do any brown-nosing and conforming necessary to get to political positions for the same confounding reasons why the old farts got into politics: Ego, need for acceptance, greed, desire to control others. And then they’ll embrace the 2 party system and fall into the same game of the 2 parties basically being complicit with each other in rotating between who takes the blame just to keep the charade going. Ain’t shit never gonna change.
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by eastcoastatlas on Oct 29, 2010 2:17 PM EDT reply actions 3 recs
its ridiculous
this countries government is seriously totally fucked, then again 1/3 of the nation is retarded
idiocracy is coming, watch that movie its hilarious
"I have smoked weed with alot of UFC champions" - Joe Rogan
seen it. i don’t think it’ll be that bad. hopefully we’ll be visited by aliens before that happens and either be
A) obliterated and taken out of our misery.
B)Band together to defeat the aliens and then steal their technology.
it’s an unfortunate circumstance of human nature that all the best innovations and biggest advancements have been borne of huge wars, which forced people to band together to defeat enemies. we’ve pretty much done all the big-warring we can possibly do and reached a point where any real war would result in mutually-assured-destruction, so nobody goes to real war and all progress has stagnated. Necessity is the mother of invention.
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by eastcoastatlas on Oct 29, 2010 2:30 PM EDT up reply actions
B)Band together to defeat the aliens and then steal their technology.
Chinese style?
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Chinese style?
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by eastcoastatlas on Oct 29, 2010 2:35 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I was inferring that the Chinese use the same tactic (in business at least): they band together against aliens and steal mutlinationals technologies and processes
internationals can not enter the chinese market unless it is thru a 50% joint venture with a chinese corporation
You gotta pay the troll toll to get into this boy's hole, you gotta pay the troll toll to get in.
It's basically irrelevant whether they do or don't
It’s just called “indigenous innovation” instead of “legalized theft of IP”. See the Airbus A320 and the Comac C919. Airbus completes an assembly plant in China in 2009, then Comac magically discovers the ability to design and construct the C919—-a plane that is basically identical to the A320—-by 2014.
If you have the nth generation of technology, you had better only be bringing the n-1 model to China.
Not afraid to nitpick
Uhh what?
You do realize that we are in the midst of the greatest technological revolution the world has ever seen right? And that the growth rate of technological change is increasing?
I would probably rather be of average (American) wealth now than be the richest person in the world in 1975.
Not afraid to nitpick
The fact that he calls it Ultimate Fighting should be reason enought to condem his entire argument.
:)
Or it shows how long he's been following it
Because it was called “ultimate fighting” for years.
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by S.C. Michaelson on Oct 29, 2010 3:09 PM EDT up reply actions
I bet you guys anything hes gana be at Stephen Colbert's "Keep Fear Alive" rally.
"Everyone has a game plan, untell they get hit." -Mike Tyson
I'd bet you anything he's not.
Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?
George Carlin
Unless, of course, he thinks it's a serious rally.
In which case his idiotic stance should be front and center.
Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?
George Carlin
I love Bob Reilly
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by S.C. Michaelson on Oct 29, 2010 3:09 PM EDT reply actions
You just love being a contrarian, don't you?
by VikingPhotography on Oct 29, 2010 3:29 PM EDT up reply actions
No. I love him because he's smart and knows what he wants
and people refuse to take the necessary steps to get rid of him and legalsize MMA. Everyone is stuck in their old methods. He’s not budging. He’s literally one of a two-man show keeping MMA out of NY.
P.S. When I said I loved him, I was being facetious.
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by S.C. Michaelson on Oct 29, 2010 7:38 PM EDT up reply actions
See above
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by S.C. Michaelson on Oct 29, 2010 7:38 PM EDT up reply actions
How very undemocratic of you, Bob.
“The people may want something, but personally I don’t think they should have it, I was voted in through due process, but if you think I’m going to allow that process to be used for something that I don’t agree with, then fuck you buddy.”
He's already responded to the "individual freedom" argument
By noting government’s power to regulate, and figuring that this comes under that.
Yep
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by S.C. Michaelson on Oct 29, 2010 7:39 PM EDT up reply actions
What a fucking idiot
Hey UFC4 go fuck yourself, how about that? Fucking punk, I was just asking for the source that says lesnar gets 5 mill a fight, it’s obvious one does not exist. Bunch of gabronis on a site pulling figures out of your ass.
by Garrett Bennicas
by ufc4 on Oct 29, 2010 6:19 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
I dont understand...
These fuckers ship people off to war without a second thought and they think cage fighting is a problem? meh…
He should
choke on a dick
I'm gonna give you three seconds; exactly three-fucking-seconds to wipe that stupid looking grin off your face or I will gouge out your eyeballs and skull-fuck you!
Bob Reilly is anti freedom.
Because he does not allow people to live their own lives free from HIS morality that does not benefit society as a whole, nor individuals.
I can’t believe nobody calls him out and demands his philosophical reasoning behind the idea that the state somehow has the right to ban a sport like this from being done, regardless of the athletes or devotees. In the words of that hippie who plays guitar a lot one block down from my house: ’You’re a facist man, and that’s really not cool.’
I'm sorry
but I will be happy with this guy croaks.
I'm Don Frye and your not. - Don Frye
by MrTechnique420 on Oct 30, 2010 12:55 PM EDT reply actions
In a way his stance is refreshing
I love mma. I live in ny. I want it legal here.
But I find that a politician is standing up for what he believes is refreshing from a political stand point. And in a way he could be right. Does more fighting on tv have an influence on kids and finally our societies adults in a negative way. I don’t think anyone knows the answer to that.
I wonder if he will vote for legalization of pot?
by waldog on Oct 30, 2010 9:03 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
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