Title 19 Part 209

All contracts calling for the services of a professional in an authorized professional boxing or professional mixed martial arts match or exhibition to be held in the State of New York and entered into by licensed promoters, professionals or managers as one or more of the parties in such contracts, including those contracts which relate to the rights to distribute, televise, broadcast or otherwise transmit any such authorized professional combative sport match or exhibition over the airwaves or by cable shall be subject to the approval of the commission. Copies of all such contracts shall be filed with the commission by such licensed promoter, professional or manager within 48 hours after the execution thereof and at least 10 business days prior to any matches, or the first of any series of matches, to which they relate. The commission may waive such filing deadline for good cause shown.

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All licensees shall carry out the terms and conditions of contracts to which they are parties. Licensees failing to faithfully perform and discharge their respective contractual obligations shall be subject to disciplinary action by the commission, in the discretion of the commission, including fine, license suspension, or license revocation. Licensed managers may be disciplined by the commission for failure of their principals to carry out the terms and conditions of contracts to which they are parties.

Contracts between licensed professional boxers or licensed professional mixed martial artists and their managers shall not exceed three years, unless otherwise authorized by the commission. Management contracts between such professional combatants and managers so contracting together for the first time may in the discretion of the commission allow either party to cancel said contract without penalty by written notice to the other party and the commission before the expiration of the 11th month of said contract. Contractual commitments scheduled after a management contract is canceled in this manner, but within the original maximum duration of said contract, shall be honored by the parties. A manager may not contract to receive the services of a licensed professional combatant under their management for a match or exhibition that is scheduled to take place after the expiration of the contract.

A professional boxing or professional mixed martial arts management contract that has been filed with and approved by the commission may be voided, in whole or in part, in the discretion of the commission, if either party ceases to possess a valid license issued by the commission, or upon an adjudication by the commission that either party has substantially breached the terms thereof or as a result of a determination by the commission that a party has violated the law or rules of the commission.

No assignment of any part or parts of the combatant's or manager's interest in a professional boxing or professional mixed martial arts management contract filed with 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.

No manager shall enter into any contract purporting to bind a professional boxer or professional mixed martial artist under his or her management to perform services after the termination of the management relationship between them, nor shall any such boxer or mixed martial artist, while under contract to a manager, enter into a commitment, written or oral, to perform such services, without commission approval.

Every contract between a manager and a professional boxer or professional mixed martial artist shall contain provisions governing its duration and the division of the combatant’s purses. Each such contract shall further provide that the contract shall be automatically terminated if the license of either party is revoked by the commission or if the manager fails to renew his or her license within 30 days after the expiration thereof. If the license of either party is suspended, the contract shall not be binding upon the other party during the period of such suspension.

All professional contact with a boxer or mixed martial artist who is represented by a manager shall be through the manager of record, and no one is permitted to negotiate or work to broker future matches or exhibitions with a boxer or mixed martial artist who is represented by a manager without the written consent of the manager of record, which shall be filed with the commission within three business days of its execution and the approval of the commission, except as otherwise directed or authorized by the commission.

The minimum compensation to any licensed professional boxer or mixed martial artist who competes in a match shall be no less than $150 after all approved purse deductions, unless otherwise directed or authorized by the commission. Licensed professional boxers and mixed martial artists who are under contract and ready, willing and able to participate in a scheduled match or exhibition on the date of the official weigh-in or match and who suffer cancellation of such match at that time due to no fault of their own, as determined by the commission, shall be paid no less than 50 percent of the agreed upon guaranteed compensation that they would have been entitled to receive for participation in the match or exhibition, unless otherwise directed or authorized by the commission. All payments of any nature to be paid each boxer or mixed martial artist shall be specified in all relevant contracts.

No licensed professional boxer or mixed martial artist shall actually receive less than 50 percent of his or her ring earnings after all authorized purse deductions, unless otherwise directed or authorized by the commission.

All compensation to licensed professional boxers or mixed martial artists shall be paid by the promoter by check payable to the participating combatant, who shall sign receipts for such payment, unless otherwise directed or authorized by the commission. No boxer or mixed martial artist shall be paid or receive any portion of his or her purse, except for training expenses, prior to the conclusion of the contest or exhibition, except as otherwise directed or authorized by the commission. No boxer or mixed martial artist shall be paid or receive compensation in the form of an irrevocable letter of credit or other such form of payment which might preclude the commission from withholding that combatant's purse should it determine that he or she gave or participated in a sham or collusive boxing, mixed martial arts or sparring contest or exhibition or for other valid reason. No payment shall be made to any person or party other than as set forth herein unless the commission has approved the transaction.

All contracts between a professional boxer and a licensed promoting corporation for the services of a male boxer in a boxing contest or exhibition, shall contain the following paragraph: “The boxer agrees to equip himself with a foul-proof guard of his own selection, type to be approved by the Commission, which will obviate the necessity of any claim being made for a low blow during the contest. It is expressly understood that this contest or exhibition is not to be terminated by a low blow, as the protector selected by the boxers, is, in his opinion, sufficient protection to withstand any so-called low-blow which might incapacitate the said boxer.”

All contracts entered into by any licensee or any and all amendments, changes or modifications calling for or referring to any motion picture, telecast, streaming, or radio broadcast of any professional boxing or professional mixed martial arts match or exhibition must be promptly filed with the commission. No one may conduct any such broadcast, streaming, or telecast of any match or exhibition held in the State of New York without first obtaining commission’s approval of the subject match or exhibition.

No licensed promoter shall have the right to assign any contract with a licensed professional boxer or licensed mixed martial artist for activities to take place within the State of New York without first obtaining the boxer's or mixed martial artist’s written consent. Such consent shall not be required if the promoter assigns less than all the rights under any such contract with respect to a particular bout.