Proposed rules for wrestling in the state of Georgia.

[Mr. Long]

Found this on another forum I go to, figured I'd throw it up on here.

http://sos.georgia.gov/GAEC/pdf/Rule%20Amendments/Posting%20Wrestling%20Rules.pdf

Some of the rules make sense, but others are completely moronic. Like having to clear all foreign objects with the commission prior to the event, no blading, no fighting anywhere but the ring or a special partitioned area.

Stupid government.

[Sky Ryder]

Honestly... WTF?

That's all I can think of when I read this.

How does Georgia expect to have indy shows? Or at least a bunch of indy shows? $10,000 dollars.... no way in hell.

[The Kid]

This really should be contested by a lobby group for small business. To the WWE, a large corporate entity, these rules aren't a huge deal, to the smaller organizations though, this not only cuts into their profits, but could push them below the amount of funds needed in order to survive. On a wrestling level, these rules are pretty trivial, and don't matter much. From an economic standpoint however, the 10,000 dollar fee, 5% of ticket sales having to be given to this body and the need for a ringside medical attendant spells death to the smaller companies. This is a shot at small business, and if policies like this are instituted in other aspects of the business world, the American economy will continue to decline. On a econmic level, I'm disappointed by this. On a wrestling level, I outright hate it.

EDIT: Reading through this, I'm even more outraged, will these dumb motherfuckers realize wrestling isn't real? I mean fuck talking about unsportsmanlike behavior? It's not fucking real you dumb motherfucking overgrown retard marks. UGH I HATE PEOPLE!

[Advocate]

Anytime something like this has happened in the past, the wwe just stopped having shows there.

[Shadows]

And there goes pretty much any wrestling in Georgia. It's gonna eliminate small business and slow big business on an economic level, but it'll also stop big business through the implementation of certain rules. (such as 23, a, ii. it basically says that you are strictly unallowed to be a heel in the slightest. that and 14, e, which says all female superstars must wear trunks and a top) I agree with Kid here, it's entertainment. You can't have true entertainment without a villain and you can't have WWE when you keep the divas on a dress code and standard of decency.

[Cripplerlock]

This really should be contested by a lobby group for small business. To the WWE, a large corporate entity, these rules aren't a huge deal, to the smaller organizations though, this not only cuts into their profits, but could push them below the amount of funds needed in order to survive. On a wrestling level, these rules are pretty trivial, and don't matter much. From an economic standpoint however, the 10,000 dollar fee, 5% of ticket sales having to be given to this body and the need for a ringside medical attendant spells death to the smaller companies. This is a shot at small business, and if policies like this are instituted in other aspects of the business world, the American economy will continue to decline. On a econmic level, I'm disappointed by this. On a wrestling level, I outright hate it.

EDIT: Reading through this, I'm even more outraged, will these dumb motherfuckers realize wrestling isn't real? I mean fuck talking about unsportsmanlike behavior? It's not fucking real you dumb motherfucking overgrown retard marks. UGH I HATE PEOPLE!

Well I am glad to see someone looking at the economic side of this picture. See I knew they could learns something. However, lets slow down a little and keep this in the framework of the wrestling industry not the whole American economy. Nonetheless, your observation is good in that this will affect small business federations a lot more than a corporation like WWE.

The other thing I need to say here is you have to be careful in reading a legal document. I am pretty sure they know wrestling is not real. I know they mentioned "unsportsmanlike behavior" but it is prohibited in the sense the referee can disqualify you which is basically true. The clearance of foreign objects is probably not an uncommon rule. The way I see it is they want to make sure the object is not in a condition where it could do real serious damage. A chair shot is suppose to hurt in the theatrical world of pro wrestling but it should not a cause a real injury. Now the blading rule is a little out there and the womens dress code is kind of outdated and a little sexist, IMO.

Basically I see this as more an economic issue as it it relates to smaller local indy federations and not so much a wrestling issue. Granted I don't expect any of you to be experts on reading legal documents, but I have a little bit more experience and you have to read it carefully before jumping to conclusions. I am kinda of curious what forum, that link was taken from.