New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 19 - DEPARTMENT OF STATE › Chapter VII - State Athletic Commission › Part 206 - Commission Powers and Duties › Section 206.5 - Licenses required and applicable definitions

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a) No boxer, mixed martial artist, promoter,
				manager, second/trainer, matchmaker, referee, judge, or timekeeper, shall
				engage, in any way, either directly or indirectly, in professional boxing or
				professional mixed martial arts contests or exhibitions in this State unless he
				or she shall have first procured the appropriate license or permit from the
				Commission.
(b) No promoter shall
				engage, directly or indirectly, in the promotion of any professional wrestling
				exhibition in this State unless he or she shall have first procured an
				appropriate license or permit from the Commission.
(c) No sanctioning entity shall engage,
				directly or indirectly, in the oversight, conduct or authorization of any
				combative sport match or exhibition in this State unless it shall have first
				procured the appropriate license and authorization from the
				Commission.
(d) The following
				definitions shall be applicable:
(1)
				"Professional boxing" shall mean any boxing match or exhibition featuring a
				combatant who is a professional, as defined in subdivision 6 of Section 1000  of
				the General Business Law.
(2)
				"Professional mixed martial arts" shall mean any mixed martial arts match or
				exhibition featuring a combatant who is a professional, as defined in
				subdivision 6 of Section 1000  of the General Business Law.
(3) "Professional combative sports" shall
				mean any match or exhibition of an authorized combative sport featuring a
				combatant who is a professional, as defined in subdivision 6 of Section 1000  of
				the General Business Law.
(4)
				"Amateur boxing" shall mean any boxing match or exhibition featuring combatants
				who are both amateurs, as defined in subdivision 1 of Section 1000  of the
				General Business Law.
(5) "Amateur
				mixed martial arts" shall mean any mixed martial arts match or exhibition
				featuring combatants who are both amateurs, as defined in subdivision 1 of
				Section 1000  of the General Business Law.
(6) "Amateur combative sports" shall mean any
				match or exhibition of an authorized combative sport featuring combatants who
				are both amateurs, as defined in subdivision 1 of Section 1000  of the General
				Business Law.
(7) "Match, bout, or
				contest" shall mean any combative sport competition in which two combatants
				engage against each other in bona fide athletic competition with the
				understanding that the final result of the contest shall be counted toward
				their official records.
(8)
				"Exhibition" shall mean an engagement in which participants display their skill
				against one another for other than training purposes in a format resembling
				that of a match with the understanding that the final result of the competition
				will not be counted toward their official records, and where the final outcome
				and maneuvers used in the display are not prohibited from being rehearsed and
				predetermined by the participants and the associated promoter.
(9) "Contact sparring" shall mean practice
				boxing, practice mixed martial arts, or other practice combative sport
				conducted between two participants for training purposes in which blows are
				landed to the head or body of both participants in an manner intended to mimic
				those that may be attempted in a match, whether or not headgear is
				used.
(10) "Card or event" shall
				mean all matches and exhibitions scheduled to occur as part of a program of
				matches and exhibitions put on by a promoter to which a single ticket
				authorizes entry.
(11) "Combatant,
				contestant, or participant" shall mean a participant fighter in a combative
				sport match or exhibition.
(12)
				"Purse or Ring Earnings" shall mean any financial guarantee, payments, or
				remuneration of any kind including prizes, win bonuses or shares of any payment
				received for ticket sales, broadcasting or streaming rights provided to a
				combatant in a match or exhibition.