15 U.S.C. § 6307b: Protection from coercive…

Summary

Stops promoters and broadcasters from forcing boxers to give up rights as a condition of taking a fight if those forced rights last more than 12 months or if the other boxer in the fight was also forced into such a deal. A "forced" deal means the boxer (or the boxer’s promoter) must give rights to a promoter or another promoter before the boxer can fight someone who is signed with that promoter. Contracts covered by this rule must have been made after May 26, 2000. Also, any later contract that tries to extend those rights won’t be enforceable against a boxer unless that new contract starts within 3 months before the original time limit ends. A boxing service provider cannot make a boxer hand over future promotional rights just to fight in a mandatory bout under a sanctioning organization’s rules. The same rules apply to commercial broadcasters (they are treated like promoters) for any broadcast that affects interstate commerce, no matter the medium.

Title 15, §6307b

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(a)General rule

(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)Promotional rights under mandatory bout contracts

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)Protection from coercive contracts with broadcasters

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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