§6307b — Title 15 Commerce and Trade | U.S. Code

Summary

Stops promoters from forcing a boxer to give up rights for more than 12 months or when the opponent was also forced into their contract. A "coercive provision" means a term that makes a boxer—or the boxer's promoter—give rights to a promoter or to another promoter as a condition of taking part in a pro fight against a boxer who is under that promoter's contract. These limits only apply to contracts made after May 26, 2000. A new contract that tries to extend those rights can only be enforced if it starts within the last 3 months before the old rights would end. No boxing service provider may make a boxer give future promotional rights in order to fight in a mandatory bout under a sanctioning organization’s rules. The same rules also apply to commercial broadcasters that air fights across state lines; where the law says "promoter," read it as "commercial broadcaster."

Title 15, §6307b

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(a)(1)(A)A contract provision shall be considered to be in restraint of trade, contrary to public policy, and unenforceable against any boxer to the extent that it—

(i)is a coercive provision described in subparagraph (B) and is for a period greater than 12 months; or

(ii)is a coercive provision described in subparagraph (B) and the other boxer under contract to the promoter came under that contract pursuant to a coercive provision described in subparagraph (B).

(B)A coercive provision described in this subparagraph is a contract provision that grants any rights between a boxer and a promoter, or between promoters with respect to a boxer, if the boxer is required to grant such rights, or a boxer’s promoter is required to grant such rights with respect to a boxer to another promoter, as a condition precedent to the boxer’s participation in a professional boxing match against another boxer who is under contract to the promoter.

(2)This subsection shall only apply to contracts entered into after May 26, 2000.

(3)No subsequent contract provision extending any rights or compensation covered in paragraph (1) shall be enforceable against a boxer if the effective date of the contract containing such provision is earlier than 3 months before the expiration of the relevant time period set forth in paragraph (1).

(b)No boxing service provider may require a boxer to grant any future promotional rights as a requirement of competing in a professional boxing match that is a mandatory bout under the rules of a sanctioning organization.

(c)Subsection (a) of this section applies to any contract between a commercial broadcaster and a boxer, or granting any rights with respect to that boxer, involving a broadcast in or affecting interstate commerce, regardless of the broadcast medium. For the purpose of this subsection, any reference in subsection (a)(1)(B) to “promoter” shall be considered a reference to “commercial broadcaster”.

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

A prior section 10 of Pub. L. 104–272 was renumbered section 18 and is classified to section 6309 of this title.

§6307b Protection From Coercive Contracts

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Title 15, §6307b

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