MMA in New York ... Fugetaboutit

At least for 2010.

↵The New York Daily News details:

↵↵The push to legalize ultimate fighting in New York is on the ropes. Assembly Democrats stripped approval for the wildly popular violent sport from a budget bill that lawmakers will take up as soon as today. Gov. Paterson sought to legalize mixed martial arts, saying fights could pull in more than $2 million in tax revenue for the cash-strapped state. “The majority of voices who spoke about this issue in our conference were not supportive of approving it as part of the budget,” said Assemblyman Steven Englebright (D-L.I.), a fight fan. Englebright said it’s a long shot the Assembly will revisit the issue. The state Senate has already approved the sport.

↵↵It’s really disheartening that it is taking this long to legalize the sport of mixed martial arts in New York, and in the same sense, the media capital of the world in NYC.

↵A UFC event in Madison Square Garden is an inevitability. MMA will be coming to New York; have no qualms about it. But it sure would be nice if the time was sooner rather than later.

↵I just hope that in the meantime people realize that politics, self-serving agendas, and a lack of education are the reasons for the delay of legislation, not MMA itself.