If you think I am a person opposed to MMA, you are mistaken, we train it at our gym and we have athletes doing it. But not in NY as it is illegal and we don't endorse breaking the law even if we think that there should not be a legal prohibition against a well regulated sport.

But then again, MMA in NY has only reaped the seeds it sowed. The 1997 legislation exits because of "extreme fighting"'s press campaign to "one up" the UFC for bloodiness and violence. They advertised their event as "no rules" and as some sort of gladiatorial combat, and so when discussion of legislation began, their OWN adds were the most daming evidence against them. Now, the legislation may be misguided, hell READ the act and it's written by people who probably think Ninjas can kill 100 police offers with throwing stars of death (obscure Sho Kosugi referance, granted)... But that's the problem now, they made such a fuss that they passed the ORIGINAL legislation which now set up the body of legal work for the legislation the state liquor authority is now using

As for them stepping in to take over or ban "martial arts" and kickboxing, well, it is extremely unlikely because the athletic commission has no historical authority over these competitions and has a LONG history of stating they have no interest. So first they would have to pass major legislation to put martial arts under their authority.

You do realize that MMA legislation was slipped in under 1900's "prize fighting" legislation's history... which would not be so easily if at all applied to martial arts.

Thus, maybe to your displeasure, again the issue is that the state liquor authority is misapplying a law to illegally shut down 100% LEGAL events and that is the issue PERIOD