New York State Assembly passes bill to regulate MMA

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    speeds $2.50 highball, $1.50 beer Staff Member Administrator GFX Team

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    The domestic violence narrative is strong among the Assemblywomen that oppose the bill.
     
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    Morelle shuts Weinstein down. Shouldn't be one standard for MMA fighters and another for everyone else regarding licensing.
     
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    Rejecting the MMA bill = rejecting domestic violence. MMA promotes violence against women and has a disproportionate number of domestic violence abusers.
     
    speeds, Mar 22, 2016
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    2.5-hours of discussion and counting.
     
    speeds, Mar 22, 2016
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    Assemblyman Mike Blake supports the bill.
     
    speeds, Mar 22, 2016
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    Assemblywoman Erlene Hooper "has been vacillating" regarding speaking on the bill.
     
    speeds, Mar 22, 2016
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    Her brother was a sparring partner for Sugar Ray Leonard. Went to kickboxing then to MMA. His sons learned martial arts. He developed small businesses. He taught martial arts. Raised and trained his sons, seniors, women, and young people in the community and surrounding schools (in Virginia). Emphasized respect. Self-respect. No bullying. Self defense. Domestic violence would decrease if more men and women were trained in self-defense.

    Killing it.
     
    speeds, Mar 22, 2016
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    Hooper links scholarships, professionalism, the Olympics, small business, economic development to MMA. Her nephew went to the Air Force on a kickboxing scholarship. Now works on Air Force 2.

    Riding a motorcycle requires a helmet. MMA requires regulation as well.

    She is great!
     
    speeds, Mar 22, 2016
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    Assemblyman Tony Brindisi brings up Matt Hamill as an example of MMA fighters. Says the bad apples are found everywhere. Hamill is more typical. 80% have college degrees, are first responders, veterans, entrepreneurs, well-disciplined athletes. MMA fighters get a bad rap.
     
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    Professional Richard Dreyfuss impersonator Assemblyman Dick Gottfried insists that good people being involved in the sport does not equate to the sport being good. Fair point. Hopes the press will cover their assembly matters as much as they are doing so today. Um, alright.
     
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    Assemblyman Marcos Crespo (Bronx) sees MMA as an opportunity for young men to get off the streets, learn something, get discipline.
     
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    Crespo: It's disingenuous to say that supporting this bill supports domestic violence or senseless violence.
     
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    There are 73 sponsors. The bill needs 76 votes. This all feels like grandstanding.
     
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    I can't transcribe Crespo, talking too fast, but he is great.
     
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    Crespo got a brief ovation. Impassioned speech. Great job!
     
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    Ah man now we're getting members coming up a second time, starting with Glick. Can we not?
     
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    Glick equates MMA to admission fees for public hangings. Then says she isn't comparing. But MMA people are disproportionately involved in violence, domestic violence.
     
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    I don't know how much more of this I can do.
     
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    Tapping out. I'm exhausted.
     
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    The bill passed 113-25.

    Ten years! Ten long years!
     
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