Filing Bout Agreements; Contracts for Rights to Broadcast, Televise or Take Motion Pictures

(1) A bout agreement between a promoter and an unarmed combatant must be placed on file with the Commission at least three working days before the program unless the Commission or its designee gives special approval for filing the bout agreement closer to the time of weighing in. (2) Contracts for the sale, lease or other exploitation of the television, pay-per-view, motion picture or other broadcasting rights of an event must be filed with the Commission at least 48 hours prior to the event in accordance with M.G.L. c. 147, § 40. (1) A promoter licensed by the Commission shall not directly or indirectly make any loan or advance to an unarmed combatant or a manager without the express written permission of the Commission. (2) A promoter shall not, directly or indirectly, create any indebtedness that becomes the obligation of an unarmed combatant or a manager unless the promoter has the express written permission of the Commission for that action. An unarmed combatant who fails to appear for and participate in a contest or exhibition in which they signed a bout agreement to appear, without a written excuse determined to be valid by the Commission or a certificate from a physician approved by the Commission in case of physical disability, is subject to disciplinary action. The Commission will not take action to enforce a bout agreement on behalf of an unarmed combatant that has failed to appear without justification. An unarmed combatant must be paid in full according to his or her bout agreement and no part of his or her remuneration may be withheld except by order of the Commission pursuant to M.G.L. c. 147, § 36, nor may any part of his or her remuneration be returned through arrangement with their manager to any matchmaker or promoter, except as otherwise provided 523 CMR 9.00. (1) All payment of purses must be made: (a) Immediately after the contest or exhibition; or (b) If the unarmed combatant is to receive a percentage of the net receipts, immediately after that percentage is determined, unless otherwise ordered by the Commission. (2) Beforethe start of a contest or exhibition, the promoter shall pay the Commission, all monies owed to ring officials. (3) Immediately after the contest or exhibition, the Commission or its designee will release the payments to ring officials and will obtain their signatures on a list in which they acknowledge the payment. promoter (1) At any time before the award of a purse to an unarmed combatant, the Commission may specify any amount which must be retained from the purse of the unarmed combatant and transferred from the promoter to the Commission. The money transferred to the Commission will not be given to the unarmed combatant until the Commission determines that no penalty will be prescribed pursuant to 523 CMR for any action or condition of the unarmed combatant. Any amount so specified is not a limitation upon the amount of a penalty which may be prescribed pursuant to 523 CMR. (2) If the Commission orders any amount of the purse of the unarmed combatant to be transferred from the promoter to the Commission pursuant to 523 CMR 9.09(1), the promoter shall transfer the money to the Commission by use of a cashier's check made payable to the Commission, unless the Commission approves another method for the transfer of the money. (1) In accordance with M.G.L. c. 147, § 40, every promoter holding or conducting a program shall, before the commencement of the final feature bout of the event, pay to the state treasurer via the Commission a sum equal to 4% of the total gross receipts from the sale of tickets or from admission fees. (2) In accordance with M.G.L. c .147, § 40A, every promoter holding or conducting a program shall, before the commencement of the feature bout of the event, pay to the state treasurer via the Commission, in addition to the payment required under 523 CMR 9.10(1), a sum equal to 1% of the total gross receipts from the sale of tickets or from admission fees, subject to the exceptions and requirements of M.G.L. c. 147, § 40A.