§ 6307b. — Protection from coercive contracts.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 15USC6307b]
TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 89--PROFESSIONAL BOXING SAFETY
Sec. 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 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) of this section to
``promoter'' shall be considered a reference to ``commercial
broadcaster''.
(Pub. L. 104-272, Sec. 10, as added Pub. L. 106-210, Sec. 4(2), May 26,
2000, 114 Stat. 322.)
Prior Provisions
A prior section 10 of Pub. L. 104-272 was renumbered section 18 and
is classified to section 6309 of this title.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 6309 of this title.
