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Daugaard opposes athletic commission bill |
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Friday, 25 January 2013 12:23 |
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Governor Daugaard says he opposes a bill that would create a state athletic commission, because it would recognize mixed martial arts as a sport. The Senate State Affairs Committee today approved a bill that would create such a commission to supervise boxing, kick boxing and M-M-A. The bill's main sponsor, Senator Mark Johnston of Sioux Falls, says those fights need to be regulated to protect the safety of athletes.
Daugaard says such a move would legitimize M-M-A fights which the Republican governor says are so violent they don't deserve to be called sports. Daugaard says he's offended that the state would legitimize what he calls cage fighting. |
