Ohio Admin. Code 3773-4-05 - Contract requirements and suspensions
(A) There must be a contestant/promoter
contract signed by both parties for all public or private competition that
involves the sports of boxing, kick boxing, karate, or any other form of boxing
or martial arts prior to any bout occurring. The contract shall contain the
names of the contestants competing, the date of the event, the location of the
event, the weight or weight class the contestants will compete at and the
amount the contestants will be paid for the bout. The state of Ohio contract
form must be the valid contract form completed by all parties.
(B) A bout agreement which provides that a
contestant must fight exclusively for one promoter or at the option of one
promoter is prohibited for amateur contestants.
(C) In the event a contestant is unable to
participate through no fault of their own, the promoter shall give the
contestant the option of receiving the show money or an amount expressly agreed
upon and approved by the commission in advance and contracted for on the
contestant/promoter contract or scheduling the contestant on the promoter's
next event at an equal or greater amount of the contract amount listed for the
event the contestant was unable to participate in.
(D) After signing a contestant/promoter
contract form, a contestant may not enter into another contracted bout that is
scheduled thirty days prior to the previously signed contract. If the
contestant participates in a bout within this thirty day time period and
because of participating in this event is not able to participate in the
originally contracted event, they shall be suspended for not more than six
months. The contestant may appeal by registered
certified
mail to the executive director for a hearing within thirty days of the mailing
date of the notice of the suspension. The suspension will start at the end of
any previously administered suspension.
(E) When the contestant fails to appear in a
contest in which they signed a bout agreement to appear shall be suspended for
not more than six months. The contestant may produce a valid certificate from a
physician and approved by the executive director or commission in the case of
any physical disability. The contestant who files a certificate from a
physician stating they are unable to fulfill a bout agreement because of
physical disability, shall be immediately given a medical suspension for a
period of sixty days.
and must submit a medical clearance, or fulfill their bout
agreement with the same opponent or a suitable substitute within this
suspension period. The executive director or commission may remove any
suspension if the contestant is released from the bout agreement by mutual
agreement. The contestant may appeal by registered
certified
mail to the executive director within thirty days of the mailing date of notice
of the suspension.
(F) A contestant
who fails to make the required weight listed on the contestant/promoter
contract form and as a result the bout is canceled the contestant will be
suspended for not more than six months and will be fined or
both . The contestant may appeal by registered
certified
mail to the executive director within thirty days of the mailing date of notice
of the suspension.
(G) If after
weighing in a contestant fails to honor the contestant/promoter bout contract
by not showing for the bout or refuses to compete, will
may be fined and
shall be suspended for not more than twelve months or
both . The contestant may appeal by registered
certified
mail to the executive director within thirty days of the mailing date of the
notice of suspension.
(H) A
contestant or promoter will be suspended indefinitely, until payment is made in
full of any judgment awarded by a court of law that is presented to the Ohio
athletic commission for any violations of rules in agency 3773 of the
Administrative Code.
Notes
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 3773.34
Rule Amplifies: 3773.34; 3773.45
Prior Effective Dates: 1/19/06, 6/16/06, 1/17/08, 1/22/10, 1/1/12
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