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Rabbis: Anti-Semitic Ownership Justifies New York Mixed Martial Arts Ban




A last-ditch effort to derail a mixed martial arts bill in New York State has raised eyebrows and drawn criticism.

As CBS2’s Lou Young reported from New Rochelle Monday, 17 New York Jewish leaders have made the remarkable claim that mixed martial arts is on some levels anti-Semitic.

The reasoning is that the biggest promoted of the sport – Ultimate Fighting Championship or UFC – is owned in part by a powerful figure in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates – a U.S. ally that receives military aid, but is also hostile toward Israel.

“How do you justify not teaching the Holocaust in school?” said Rabbi Joseph Potasnik of the New York Board of Rabbis. “What’s the defense for that?”

The letter-writers said minority ownership of one company is justification for banning the entire sport from the state.

“I know there are certain pragmatic relationships; there’s realpolitik,” Potasnik said. “OK, at the same time, we cannot keep silent.”

Approval of for mixed martial arts competitions in New York passed the state Senate five years in a row, but was consistently blocked in the state Assembly. There was no chance of passage until circumstances in Albany recently changed.

New York Board Of Rabbis: Mixed Martial Arts Co. Is Anti-Semitic « CBS New York


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Splinty said:
Rabbis: Anti-Semitic Ownership Justifies New York Mixed Martial Arts Ban




A last-ditch effort to derail a mixed martial arts bill in New York State has raised eyebrows and drawn criticism.

As CBS2’s Lou Young reported from New Rochelle Monday, 17 New York Jewish leaders have made the remarkable claim that mixed martial arts is on some levels anti-Semitic.

The reasoning is that the biggest promoted of the sport – Ultimate Fighting Championship or UFC – is owned in part by a powerful figure in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates – a U.S. ally that receives military aid, but is also hostile toward Israel.

“How do you justify not teaching the Holocaust in school?” said Rabbi Joseph Potasnik of the New York Board of Rabbis. “What’s the defense for that?”

The letter-writers said minority ownership of one company is justification for banning the entire sport from the state.

“I know there are certain pragmatic relationships; there’s realpolitik,” Potasnik said. “OK, at the same time, we cannot keep silent.”

Approval of for mixed martial arts competitions in New York passed the state Senate five years in a row, but was consistently blocked in the state Assembly. There was no chance of passage until circumstances in Albany recently changed.

New York Board Of Rabbis: Mixed Martial Arts Co. Is Anti-Semitic « CBS New York


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I saw this in the morning and decided not to post. o_O
 
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"First of all, the Jamaicans and the Poles have been running interference on the UFC in New York for over a fucking decade. Listen, at the end of the day, you get Jamaicans and Polish people in the same room, and in five minutes they're talking about how to stop the UFC."
 
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Wow! It's a sad state of affairs when stories like this are actually news. "The minority ownership on one company is justification for banning the entire sport from the state." The stupidity of a statement like that just boggles the mind! I hope, though one NEVER knows, that there are enough NYS Legislators who have brainwave activity and can see through a radical viewpoint such as that.
 
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This is getting ridiculous. Get Ariel to talk some sense into these people please!
 
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Is New York the most corrupt US state?

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It's pretty hard to accurately measure corruption, but I think it's safe to say NY is in the top 10 most corrupt states.

Theres multiple studies and they all have different lists.
 
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I tend to boo any state that won't let me watch a violent sport. I literally bled for the right to watch whatever the fuck i want to. 'Murica, dag nab it!
 
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Even though I live in NYC and wish the UFC and regulated MMA was here, I back the Culinary Union 100%

Why?

1) Their hijinx are hilarious.

2) Despite all the cries about unregulated MMA here in NYC, it's very easy for fighters to go to Jersey. I used to corner a couple fighters who did underground shows here in NYC and what I found at the shows was that most of the guys there had no business being in a ring or cage and were basically just being exploited by promoters. They didn't fight in Jersey because they didn't want to go through the medicals and all the other stuff regulation brings. So even if regulation came tomorrow, those guys would still fight in those underground shows.

3) It's not the Union's fault there's no MMA in NYC. It's the Fertitta Brothers. Workers at Station wanted to organize. A court found Station violated numerous labor laws in obstructing and penalizing employees who wanted to go union. The Fertittas started this war and now they are reaping the consequences. Shills like MMA.tv trot out 7 year old stats from a magazine poll saying Station is one of the best places on the strip to work, but it's not like the Culinary Union just swooped in and tried to take over. The desire to unionize came from within Station. The Fertittas crushed it illegally. Now all of their business ventures pay the consequences. Far be it from me to get between people trying to get the best possible wage and benefits just so I can see a live fight (that would probably have incredibly overpriced tickets I wouldn't be able to afford anyway).
 
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While I agree with Kneeblock about the hijinks of the Culinary Union being hilarious, I couldn't disagree more on his 2nd point. While it may be true that the fighters he cornered would continue to fight in underground shows, hopefully, legalization would make the need for those shows almost non-existent. The thousands of fighters who competed in amateur MMA events in NYS we're not covered by insurance, nor were they subject to medical or drug testing. This is, obviously, a very dangerous and perilous situation for those athletes. One which needs to be remedied. While legalization may not get rid of all the underground shows, it would certainly create a lot of other choices for the people who attend them, and loss of audience dollars would, hopefully, rid the sport of those "promoters" who prey upon fighters without providing the basic protections to help ensure their safety.
 
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Spazebra said:
While I agree with Kneeblock about the hijinks of the Culinary Union being hilarious, I couldn't disagree more on his 2nd point. While it may be true that the fighters he cornered would continue to fight in underground shows, hopefully, legalization would make the need for those shows almost non-existent. The thousands of fighters who competed in amateur MMA events in NYS we're not covered by insurance, nor were they subject to medical or drug testing. This is, obviously, a very dangerous and perilous situation for those athletes. One which needs to be remedied. While legalization may not get rid of all the underground shows, it would certainly create a lot of other choices for the people who attend them, and loss of audience dollars would, hopefully, rid the sport of those "promoters" who prey upon fighters without providing the basic protections to help ensure their safety.
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I agree that there should be regulations to protect the fighters here in NYS, but the simple fact is that the promoters running amateur shows in NY could do all the right things now, but most don't. There have already been amateur shows here where the promoters have chosen to take all applicable safety measures and as far as I know, those shows made their gate. For the fighters, the chance to be insured, have medicals and fight with less risk is just a bus or PATH train ride away.

The real issue isn't safety imo. It's more of a monetary issue. Fighters deserve to be able to make money in their own state. The strategies of crowing about all the revenue MMA will bring to NYS or all the dangers of the unregulated environment are mostly red herrings. The simple fact is there's no logical rationale to have MMA be illegal here. None whatsoever.
 
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