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Friday, April 3, 2009
New York Senator Reilly Distributes Anti-MMA Document Among Legislators
New York State Assemblyman Bob Reilly has drafted a document outlining his arguments against the legalization of MMA in New York state.
This week, the paper was distributed to members of the Tourism, Arts, and Sports Development Committee, according to a source in Reilly's Albany office. The committee, chaired by Assemblyman Steve Englebright, is expected to vote on bill that could regulate the sport by the year's end.
A vote on the bill, titled A.2009-A, has been delayed due to legislature addressing the state's budget shortfall.
The budget was passed last week, but the bill has yet to be put on the committee's agenda, according to sources MMAInsider spoke to.
Last June, a similar bill titled A.11458-A did not pass the committee after it was unable to come to a formal vote.
Subsequently, Mr. Reilly emerged as a self-proclaimed "accidental opposition" to the legalization of the sport. In January, Mr. Reilly gave an interview to MMAWeekly.com where he outlined many of the arguments now formalized in the document.
In addition to the arguments outlined in the paper, Mr. Reilly claims he was verbally threatened by mixed martial arts proponents and reported the threats to New York State Police.
MMAInsider has posted a copy of the paper here, just click on the link to download it in PDF format.
ReillyMMA.pdfLabels: Bob Reilly, MMA, UFC
posted by MMAInsiderBLOG @ 7:38 PM
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