Sec. 10. PROTECTION FROM COERCIVE CONTRACTS

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## SEC. 10 PROTECTION FROM COERCIVE CONTRACTS **[**[15 U.S.C. ](/us/usc/t15)????**]** ###

(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 the date of the enactment of the Muhammad Ali Boxing Reform Act. ####

(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) to “promoter” shall be considered a reference to “commercial broadcaster”.