Posted by Curious on October 14, 2009, 6:01 pm, in reply to "Re: gotta question" Link: HB210
Are we talking about HB210? I assume so. HB210 was passed by Alabama lawmakers on May 7, 2009. It establishes a commission over boxing and MMA, but I read the entire bill, plus used the "find on this page" to make sure I didn't miss it, and the only place wrestling is mentioned at all is this:
(20) UNARMED COMBAT.
a. Any form of competition between human beings in which both of the following occurs:
1. One or more blows are struck which may reasonably be expected to inflict injury on a human being.
2. There is some compensation or commercial benefit arising from such competition, whether in the form of cash or non-cash payment to the competitors or the person arranging the competition; the sale of the right to film, broadcast, transmit, or view the competition; or the use of the competition to attract persons to a particular location for some commercial advantage or to promote a commercial product or commercial enterprise.
b. Unarmed combat includes, but is not limited to, tough man fights and bad man fights.
c. Unarmed combat does not include any of the following:
1. Professional boxing.
2. Professional wrestling.
3. Amateur boxing.
4. Amateur wrestling.
5. Any competition displaying the skills of a single form of a system of unarmed self-defense, including, but not limited to, kickboxing, karate, or full-contact karate, which is held pursuant to the rules of that form and governed or authorized by a nationally recognized organization.
6. Mixed martial arts fighting when the competition is sanctioned, approved, or endorsed by a nationally recognized organization.
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