The way the NSAC could come under fire is if it comes out that the Commission employed Jack Abramoff to lobby on its behalf. But the NSAC is the gold standard when it comes to Boxing regulation in the States. I doubt you’ll ever see a Federal Boxing Commission here unless a high profile competitor dies in the ring.

Guess what? California’s commissioner, Armando Garcia, is doing the same tactic with Mike Kyle — but for different reasons than Sefo.

Here is how stupidly powerful the Nevada state athletic commision. Did you know that if a fighter gets suspended in Nevada to fight (this happened to Ray Sefo in K-1 at Battle At Bellagio 3) that fighter is suspeded from fighting anywhere for the length that he/she is suspended, no matter what state or even country. That, to me, is bullshit. Besides all of that though, Nevada does have a great national commision. And yes, it was stupid for Reid to accept those free tickets.

Ratner would probably argue that it could show how well states run their boxing commissions, and show that there was no need for federal legislation.

Does that make sense? Well, I’ll put it this way. If everything and everyone involved made sense, then Reid would have had the sense enoug to pay for the tickets.

How was going to a random fight card show the flaws of proposed federal boxing legislation? Seriously, that card could have been the most well run card in the history of Boxing with no fish scoring/officiating/etc., but it would not be indicative of the current downside of the industry (such as the Augustus/Burton decision amongst other bizarre decisions/fights in recent years).

And if you were really serious about ethics, why would you at the very least make the appearance of a conflict of interest by accepting gifts from a potential benefactor/loser of legislation? Seriously, even if he is being totally honest (which I wouldn’t bet on), it’s an idiotic gift to accept.