Vancouver disbands Athletic Commission

by DirtyML on Jul 23, 2010 9:45 PM EDT

As I was perusing ESPN's MMA section to see it for the first time, I came across a story that I had not seen on here yet, I immediately had to make a fan post, being a resident of BC.

Jake Rossen writes:

The clown car is still emptying out in North Vancouver, British Columbia, where officials actually disbanded the athletic commission Monday.

"I've watched enough of [Ultimate Fighting Championship] channel surfing to know that I find it repugnant … barbaric," Councilwoman Pam Bookham told local media.

It appears there is a lot more to be done in Vancouver to legitimize MMA in the future, it is a shame that this one councilor thinks that her opinion can dictate the entire province's viewpoint.

Link to Rossen's article here.

If anyone has a way to get in contact with the councilor, or perhaps someone involved with the AC to find new information and complete confirmation about the state of MMA in BC, it would be great. Also I hope Dana White gets on his unicorn and flies to BC to save the day. This is a really bad day for MMA for me.

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Jake Rossen, I will get you for this, I swear.

The story Rossen is screwing up with an inaccurate headline is about North Vancouver. I suggest you read the full story to know what is happening in North Van.

As far as Vancouver is concerned, the Vancouver Athletic Commissioner was replaced earlier this month. There is an article about that on the Vancouver Sun website in the MMA section.

Seriously, if you want to know about what’s going on with BC MMA I wouldn’t pay much attention to what American media outlets report.

by Emma May on Jul 23, 2010 10:18 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs

For those who don't know Vancouver...

North Vancouver is a city itself. West Van, an independant city as well . However, East Van and Vancouver are just one city. Get it? got it? good. BTW I probably didn’t help earlier with my own brainfart message on your action plan article.

by bubbafat on Jul 23, 2010 11:09 PM EDT up reply actions

Helwani’s article came to the same conclusion. He admitted to getting it wrong, yet didn’t change the article. Weird.

http://www.instrength.com

by Tim Burke on Jul 24, 2010 12:17 AM EDT up reply actions

For someone to admit an article is wrong and then not correct it is absurd to me. Why not add an update and admit the mistake and make sure the correct information is out there?

Just BE.

by mattman73 on Jul 24, 2010 3:53 PM EDT up reply actions