(a) A promoter shall, at least seventy-two (72) hours before a professional contest of unarmed combat, file with the commission‘s executive director a copy of all contracts entered into for the sale, lease or other exploitation of broadcasting, television and motion picture rights for the professional contest.

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 68-115-214

  • Commission: means the Tennessee athletic commission. See Tennessee Code 68-115-102
  • Contest: means an unarmed combat sport competition or exhibition in which at least one (1) of the combatants is a professional or has previously competed as a professional in this state or any other state or in which licensed combatants compete for a purse or item of value greater than that amount authorized pursuant to subdivision (1) for an amateur event. See Tennessee Code 68-115-102
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Professional: means a person who competes or has competed in an unarmed combat sport contest for the purpose of a purse or item of value greater than that amount authorized for an amateur event, or any person who has been previously licensed in any other jurisdiction as a professional. See Tennessee Code 68-115-102
  • Promoter: means any person who produces, stages or sponsors any professional contest of unarmed combat. See Tennessee Code 68-115-102
  • Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in a perceivable form. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Unarmed combat: means and includes boxing, mixed martial arts and kickboxing as defined and regulated under this chapter. See Tennessee Code 68-115-102
(b) The promoter shall keep detailed records of the accounts and other documents related to the promoter’s receipts from the sale, lease or other exploitation on the broadcasting, television and motion picture rights for a professional contest, and the commission or any state agency may inspect these accounts and documents at any time to determine the amount of the total gross receipts received by the promoter from the broadcasting, television and motion picture rights.
(c) Each contract filed with the commission pursuant to this section is confidential and is not a public record, and shall not be disclosed except as provided in § 68-115-207(b).
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