Kazja Kumite Bill
Pro and Amateuer MMA Fighters and Kick Boxers, etc are being used and abused in the USA and in California. It's time to fight for equal rights of all Fighters. (A fighter is a fighter). All Fighters lives and rights matter.
Stop this violation of equal rights. MMA fighters, both Amateur and Pro as well as Kick Boxers are fighting on the same card as Boxers. They sell way more tickets and bring in way more fans than the Pro Boxers do. They are told they have to sell a certain amount of tickets or they can't fight. The Promoter has to pay 88 cents from each ticket sold to the Boxer's Pension fund and 1 cent to the Neurological Examination Account. The tax collected for the Pension only goes to the Boxers even though more money was taken in from the Pro/Amateur MMA fighters and Kick Boxers. The MMA Fighters and Kick Boxers receive no pension or contract rights. The 1 cent collected from all ticket sales for the Neurological Examination Fund only benefits the Pro MMA fighter and Pro Boxer. Amateur fighters don't get scanned even though they strike the head and get struck in the head with the same force as a Pro MMA fighter. The Amateur MMA Fighters fight more, get knocked out more and probably struck in the head more than the Pro MMA fighter. This is why I created this Petition to protect the health and safety and equal rights for all fighters. What if you were a minority and worked for a company where money is taken out for a pension but only the white workers get a pension. This is wrong. So is what is happening to MMA Fighters and Kick Boxers. Sign this petition and tell a friend to sign and spread the word so all fighters will be treated equal.
We first request the State to honor the Federal Ali Act which our State says only applies to Boxers. At the same time the State requires Kick Boxers and MMA fighters to abide to the boxing laws of our business professions codes that says Boxers. The Ali Act is a Federal Law already in place that protects the rights of Boxers. A Kick Boxer is a Boxer. A MMA fighter uses boxing in the ring. This law should apply to all Professional Combat Sports. If you can please amend this bill and change the word Boxer to Professional Fighters. If that can't be done then we request the Kazja Kumite Bill be approved to protect all fighters equally.
Kazja Kumite Bill
This law will protect all Professional fighters
equally. Such as Boxers, Kick Boxers, MMA Fighters,
San Shou, and Draka fighters etc. A Fighter is
a Fighter no matter what style of combat therefore
they all should be protected and treated equally
by the Kazja Kumite Bill.
Existing law, the State Athletic Commission Act, creates the
State Athletic Commission and makes it responsible for licensing and
regulating boxing, kickboxing, and martial arts matches and wrestling
exhibitions. Existing law prohibits a promoter from having a
proprietary interest in a boxer or mixed martial arts fighter without
the approval of the commission. Existing law creates the
continuously appropriated Boxers' Pension Fund and requires the
commission to establish a pension plan for boxers and to deposit the
moneys collected by the pension plan into the fund.
This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to
protect all fighters including mixed martial arts fighters, kick boxers etc from exploitive,
oppressive, or coercive contracts and to support the establishment of
standards to protect these fighters. This bill would require a
promoter to provide specified a copy of any
written agreement with a professional athlete as well as a
written and sworn statements regarding his or her financial
interests statement, made under penalty of perjury,
that no other agreements between the promoter and athlete
with respect to that contest, and a list of any fees charged or
reductions in the amount paid to the athlete, to the commission
before the promoter can receive compensation from a boxing or mixed
martial arts contest. By requiring a statement to be made under
penalty of perjury, the bill would expand that crime and would
thereby impose a state-mandated local program. The bill would
require the commission to establish a professional code of conduct
for licensees, would also require the
commission to suspend, revoke , or refuse to
renew the license of a fight promoter who enters into a
coercive contract, as defined, with a fighter, who
has been convicted of a felony or a gross misdemeanor
other specified crimes , or who has
been subject to specified law enforcement actions, investigations, or
allegations. This bill would require the commission to establish a
professional code of conduct for licensees engaged in
certain other actions . This bill would also extend
the scope of the Boxers' Pension Plan to include professional mixed
martial arts fighters, kickboxers etc and would rename the fund as the Professional Fighters Pension Fund. By providing for new
moneys to be deposited in a continuously appropriated fund, the bill
would make an appropriation.
This bill would also exempt documents provided to the commission
by promoters from disclosure to the public based on a finding by the
Legislature that these documents contain proprietary business
information.
The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local
agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this
act for a specified reason.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: yes no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: yes.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature in
enacting this act to protect all style of fighters from being
subjected to exploited, oppressive, or coercive contractual
practices that violate the athletes' freedom to work and their
ability to support themselv...
