Pennsylvania Code › Title 58 - RECREATION › Part I - State Athletic Commission › Subpart B - Boxing › Chapter 21 - PROFESSIONAL BOXING › Section 21.1 - Contracts

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a) Contracts under
				  the Commission's jurisdiction between managers and professional boxers;
				  promoters and professional boxers; and foreign copromoters and professional
				  boxers shall be signed on Commission-approved forms. Contracts shall contain a
				  provision stating their subjection to the laws of the Commonwealth and this
				  part. Contracts shall contain the provisions required by sections 1102 and 1103
				  of the Athletic Code (relating to notice clause; and provisions in contracts
				  between managers and professional boxers). The contracts shall be signed by the
				  parties under their true legal names. Contracts shall be void unless signed by
				  the parties to the contracts.
(b)
				  Parties to the contracts shall be currently licensed by the
				  Commission.
(c) Parties to the
				  contracts shall completely fulfill their contractual obligations or be subject
				  to disciplinary action by the Commission. Parties to the contracts shall be
				  subject to, but not limited to, the disciplinary provisions in Chapter 13 of
				  the Athletic Code (relating to enforcement).
(d) Each contract between a manager and boxer
				  shall be subject to Commission approval, sworn to and affirmed by both parties,
				  and signed in the presence of a commissioner or the Executive Director. A fully
				  conformed and executed copy of the contract shall be filed with the
				  Commission.
(e) It shall be the
				  duty of the manager to assure the satisfactory performance of boxers with whom
				  the manager has contractual agreements.
(f) A contract exceeding 3 years between a
				  manager and a boxer will not be approved by the Commission except by unanimous
				  vote of the commissioners.
(g) A
				  manager may not enter into a contract purporting to bind a boxer under his
				  management to perform services after the termination of the manager-boxer
				  relationship between them. A boxer, while under contract to a manager, may not
				  enter into a commitment, written or oral, to perform services without written
				  consent of both parties involved and approval of the Executive
				  Director.
(h) No assignment of an
				  interest in a boxer's or manager's contract, filed and approved by the
				  Commission, will be permitted without the approval of the Commission, and the
				  consent to assign will not be granted unless a copy of the proposed assignment
				  is submitted to the Commission for its approval.
(i) A manager may not enter into a contract
				  that does not guarantee the boxer a minimum annual income for completion of
				  contractual agreements of $1,000.
(j) Contracts to which a minor is a party,
				  shall be executed on behalf of the minor by the proper legal guardian of the
				  minor.
(k) If a manager or boxer is
				  to be prevented from acting or performing professionally within this
				  Commonwealth due to the revocation of his license, the contract between the
				  manager and boxer shall be terminated as provided by section 1103(b) of the
				  Athletic Code. If the license of either party is suspended, the contract will
				  not be binding upon the other party during the period of the
				  suspension.
(l) A copy of a fully
				  conformed and executed contract between a promoter and a manager or boxer, or
				  both, shall be filed with the Commission by the promoter immediately after its
				  execution
(m) A promoter licensed
				  by the Commission may not attempt to contract, for a contest, with a manager or
				  boxer under suspension or disqualification by the Commission, except with the
				  written consent of the Executive Director or a commissioner.
(n) A promoter or other licensee of the
				  Commission may not publicly advertise or announce that a contest or exhibition
				  will take place until the contest or exhibition has been approved by the
				  Executive Director under §
										3.1(h) (relating
				  to Executive Director) and binding agreements have been entered into by all
				  parties.
The provisions of this §
												21.1 amended under the Athletic
						Code,
						5
						Pa.C.S. §
													103(b)(1).