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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    Apparently this guy is Rosie O'Donnell's brother?

    He is every bit as theatric.

    I have no idea what he is talking about. Something about gambling and organized crime and tennis.
     
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    speeds $2.50 highball, $1.50 beer Staff Member Administrator GFX Team

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    Ultimately he is saying that MMA promotes violence and gambling.
     
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    Assemblyman Victor Pichardo talking about violent video games.

    Why am I watching this?
     
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    speeds $2.50 highball, $1.50 beer Staff Member Administrator GFX Team

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    Assemblyman Angelo Santabarbara has a great name. He supports the bill.
     
    speeds, Mar 22, 2016
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    speeds $2.50 highball, $1.50 beer Staff Member Administrator GFX Team

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    Summary of arguments against:

    "Won't somebody think of the children?"

    Summary of arguments for:

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

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    Assemblywoman Angie Wozniak wants to prevent sex offenders from working with children. This bill won't cover that. Good grief.
     
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    speeds $2.50 highball, $1.50 beer Staff Member Administrator GFX Team

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    Assemblywoman Wozniak thinks fighters with no records will compete professionally against fighters with extensive records? I really can't understand her. I don't know if she understands the concept of amateur vs. professional records or match making.
     
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    Wozniak refused to allow Morelle to ask her any questions, FWIW.

    Morelle is answering all questions posed to him with aplomb.
     
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    speeds $2.50 highball, $1.50 beer Staff Member Administrator GFX Team

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    Gotta wonder how much head shaking Weidman is doing at some of these people.
     
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    Assemblywoman Patty Fahy expresses concerns over brain injury and CTE.

    It is a justifiable concern that she and others have expressed but unregulated MMA is worse than regulated MMA.
     
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    Fahy: the (brain) trauma in the NFL is nowhere near the level it is in MMA.

    O rly?
     
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    Your Spanish grandmother just endorsed the bill.

    She's voting Chess!
     
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    Did he really compare it to gay porn? WTF how is that guy even in a position of respect?
     
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    Assemblyman McLaughlin: why is the tax on ticket sales 8.5%?
    Leader Morelle: arbitrary number.

    Awesome.
     
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    He's gay. He rambled like a motherfucker. He hardly mentioned MMA, but came out against it.
     
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    Assemblywoman Cathy Nolan: A video game is a cartoon. We're talking about real people. Perhaps from a poor background? Easily exploited? A handful of people make money. Everyone else is shattered. Family structure destroyed. Domestic violence! Horror! Sorrow! Suckered-in. In prison! Partner a battered person with permanent injury! We have Niagara Falls! MMA is not a team sport. We all have free will. What will happen to the families and practitioners? Gambling! The most violent of violent activities! Not a sport! Watch a video game instead! Watch a cartoon! Boxing is shocking. Be careful!

    Holy shit. Direct quotes.
     
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    MMA = domestic violence.
     
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    Assemblyman Jose Rivera is from the Bronx. He sounds like he got pulled from the streets of Havana. How is this possible?

    Talking about kicking an attacker in the nuts.

    Rivera grew up in a violent society. Don't preach to him! He's a survivor!

    God bless Facebook!

    This is a cavalcade of insanity at the moment.
     
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