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15 U.S.C. § 6307b — Protection from coercive contracts
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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
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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”.
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**(a) Injunctions** Whenever the Attorney General of the United States has reasonable cause to believe that a person is engaged in a violation of this chapter, the Attorney General may bring a civil action in the appropriate district court of the United States requesting such relief, including a permanent or temporary injunction, restraining order, or other order, against the person, as the Attorney General determines to be necessary to restrain the person from continuing to engage in, sanction, promote, or otherwise participate in a professional boxing match in violation of this chapter.
**(b) Criminal penalties**
(1) **Managers, promoters, matchmakers, and licensees** — Any manager, promoter, matchmaker, and licensee who knowingly violates, or coerces or causes any other person to violate, any provision of this chapter, other than section 6307a(b),11 So in original. Section 6307a does not contain a subsec. (b). 6307b, 6307c, 6307d, 6307e, 6307f, or 6307h of this title, shall, upon conviction, be imprisoned for not more than 1 year or fined not more than $20,000, or both.
(2) **Violation of antiexploitation, sanctioning organization, or disclosure provisions** — Any person who knowingly violates any provision of section 6307a(b),1 6307b, 6307c, 6307d, 6307e, 6307f, or 6307h of this title shall, upon conviction, be imprisoned for not more than 1 year or fined not more than—
(A) $100,000; and
(B) if a violation occurs in connection with a professional boxing match the gross revenues for which exceed $2,000,000, an additional amount which bears the same ratio to $100,000 as the amount of such revenues compared to $2,000,000, or both.
(3) **Conflict of interest** — Any member or employee of a boxing commission, any person who administers or enforces State boxing
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TITLE 15—COMMERCE AND TRADE
§ 6307c
pervising boxing commission shall report the re-
sults of such boxing match and any related sus-
pensions to each boxer registry.
(Pub. L. 104–272, § 8, Oct. 9, 1996, 110 Stat. 3311.)
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE
Section effective July 1, 1997, see section 23(2) of Pub.
L. 104–272, set out as a note under section 6301 of this
title.
§ 6307a. Contract requirements
Within 2 years after May 26, 2000, the Associa-
tion of Boxing Commissions (ABC) shall develop
and shall approve by a vote of no less than a ma-
jority of its member State boxing commis-
sioners, guidelines for minimum contractual
provisions that should be included in bout agree-
ments and boxing contracts. It is the sense of
the Congress that State boxing commissions
should follow these ABC guidelines.
(Pub. L. 104–272, § 9, as added Pub. L. 106–210,
§ 4(2), May 26, 2000, 114 Stat. 322.)
Editorial Notes
PRIOR PROVISIONS
A prior section 9 of Pub. L. 104–272 was renumbered
section 17 and is classified to section 6308 of this title.
§ 6307b. Protection from coercive contracts
(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 sub-
paragraph (B) and is for a period greater than
12 months; or
(ii) is a coercive provision described in sub-
paragraph (B) and the other boxer under con-
tract to the promoter came under that con-
tract pursuant to a coercive provision de-
scribed in subparagraph (B).
(B) A coercive provision described in this sub-
paragraph is a contract provision that grants
any rights between a boxer and a promoter, or
between promoters
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