BREAKING: New York Passed Vote Today to Move MMA Sanctioning Bill to Codes Committee

From Cagepotato


A-2009c, the bill that calls for the sanctioning of combat sports in New York State was referred to the Codes Committee by the Committee of Parks, Tourism, and Sports Development once again today, meaning if it can pass just two more hurdles, the sport will be legalized in the state.

You may recall that the same committee already voted to pass the bill back in June of 2009, however thanks in part to pressure by opposition leader Bob Reilly who sits on the committee that voted on A-2009c today, the group was made to vote on it again. Reilly stated that Governor David Paterson, who included MMA sanctioning in his executive budget proposal for this year was “attempting to circumvent the legislative process" by including MMA in the budget rather than bringing the issue to the sub-assembly for vote.

All Reilly's complaining did was delay the inevitable as the the CPTSD again overwhelmingly voted in favor of moving the bill forward to the Codes Committee. If that committee okays the bill, the fate of MMA in New York will rest with the votes of the State Assembly.

Committee chairman Steve Englebright's policy director, Elizabeth Nostrand told USCombatsports.com last week that the Governor's budgetary inclusion of the sport was presumptuous and that the bill, whose progress has been stalled for the past five months while the committee dealt with more pressing matters, needed to go through the proper approval process if it was to be considered legitimate.

“If MMA [was] negotiated through the Governor’s budget, our bill would [have] become meaningless,” Nostrand said of the MMA bill’s “hiatus.”

Here is the bill: http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=+A02009%09%09&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Votes=Y&Memo=Y&Text=Y

It definitely is about time LOL.

wonder who they had to pay

It took long enough. When they get the first MSG card, you know Dana's gonna erupt on Bob Reilly.

This already happened once right? This isn't a big deal, the process will take years yet.

This Reilly guy is an asshole. He is like every Democrat I have ever met. They want to control what people watch, say, do, etc. People like him and that P.O.S. of a RINO (Republican in Name Only) Mayor Bloomberg need to get a fucking life, leave people to their own devices when they aren't interceding in others lives. Why does this guy care if people like MMA?

Andrew the Raider King wrote:

This Reilly guy is an asshole. He is like every Democrat I have ever met. They want to control what people watch, say, do, etc. People like him and that P.O.S. of a RINO (Republican in Name Only) Mayor Bloomberg need to get a fucking life, leave people to their own devices when they aren't interceding in others lives. Why does this guy care if people like MMA?

you obviously werent around when John McCain spear headed the campaign that got MMA virtually shut out of america for a good stretch

No I was around, but then again, it was promoted as a bloodsport with no rules. That was stupid, because at that point you have to try and stop it. I mean we don't let roosters or dogs fight in this country, did you think they were going to let people fight with little or no rules? Plus McCain is a fucking RINO too. He is gonna have hard time getting re-elected to his own seat after he voted for that stupid stimulus package.

just letting you now where this stems from

and you must not remember when weight classes and rounds where formed in the pre Dana era

I just said I did. I got on board by renting the UFC 1 tape at a 3rd hand VHS rental shop and got hooked! I turned around and the 2nd was about to start and I found someone who agreed to get the PPV. Speaking of the old days, I wonder what Rich 'Go-go' Goins is doing now?

hahahah I will still never forget UFC with Rich Goins struggling threw the card

"Shoreen Rimatsu???? Kenpo Karate!"

hahahaha

This is all I could find on Goins that was kind of recent BTW:

http://blogs.westword.com/latestword/2009/04/g-man_rich_goins_on_being_laid.php

First fight in Madison Square Garden, Brock vs. Fedor

nice