CJJ, we're thinking the six month suspension of fighting is a good enough punishment.
not being able to corner his brother is pretty messed up
so if a fighter is suspended medically or not they aren't allowed to be within 6 rows??
that is pretty fuckin gay..
I mean say Randy gets suspended for getting hurt in the fight vs. Gonzoga, does that mean he shouldn't be allowed to corner his fighters at NSAC sanctioned events?? I mean according to them he can't even be withing the first 6 rows, how fucking stupid is that??
What does a suspension have to do with his ability to effectively corner??
Also who are these guys on the NSAC? What are their qualifications?
I mean you have a bunch of guys that never had the balls to step in a ring/cage messing with the livelyhood of the guys that put it all on the line..
Interesting little article I found, seems if you want to be on the NSAC all you have to do is donate a little $$ to the governor..
ERIN NEFF: Fight doctors?
Jan. 05, 2006
When the Nevada Athletic Commission meets today to name its 2006 chairman, the best candidate will be nowhere on the board.
Instead, one of the four political hacks now serving on the panel will be selected to lead the board.
That's too bad, because the current commission has proved unworthy of regulating the state's top grossing sport and has frayed the state's once-proud mantle of national boxing leader.
Two widely respected medical doctors associated with the commission are gone, the victims of political maneuvering by -- who else -- the flunkies appointed to the board by the governor.
With two fighters dead and two others suffering brain hemorrhages in Nevada last year, it is time for the state to focus on safety, not the security of a political appointee's ringside seat.
After the second boxer died in September, the commission created a safety panel to probe whether more could be done to protect fighters. The Advisory Committee on Boxer Health and Safety convened once for introductions and hasn't met since. Marc Ratner, executive director of the Athletic Commission, said he expects word at today's meeting on when the safety panel will meet again. "They met once and I think they're doing things individually," he said.
The safety panel was designed like a ring card girl: to divert attention from what's happening in the ring.
Martin Sanchez of Mexico died July 2, the day after he was knocked out in the ninth round of a bout in Las Vegas. Leavander Johnson of Atlantic City died Sept. 22, five days after the referee stopped his fight in the 11th round. Two other fighters suffered bleeding on the brain after bouts here last year.
Boxers had two big advocates in Nevada. Dr. Flip Homansky brought credibility to the board in his two decades of service as a ringside physician and in two terms as a commissioner. But he was too cozy with Dr. Margaret Goodman, a neurologist who served as chief ringside physician for the commission, and who was criticized by several promoters for stopping fights too soon. The two doctors had been pushing for more MRI testing of fighters -- an effort aggressively fought by promoters such as Bob Arum who don't want to pay for the tests.
Guinn decided to replace Dr. Flip on the commission with T.J. Day, the owner of a Reno investment firm who just happened to donate $9,750 to the governor's last campaign and has given scores more to the Republican Party over the years.
"The one person in the sport that everyone knows is the leader of boxing safety has been left to fall through the cracks," said Dr. Goodman, who has resigned as chief ringside physician but is still chairman of the medical advisory board. "After Dr. Homansky didn't get re-appointed, I knew that nothing was going to be made better and I really couldn't take it any more."
The new commissioner, Day, is in good company on Guinn's board.
Raymond "Skip" Avansino, chairman of the commission, got the gig after a stint on the state Ethics Commission despite his own ethical missteps. Avansino resigned in 1995 as president of Hilton Hotels Corp. and was ousted from that company's board a year later after a little pay-to-play scandal. Avansino helped provide a $250,000 "grant" to an associate of Elbert Anderson, the former Kansas City Port Authority chairman who just so happened to help select Hilton to operate a riverboat casino. Anderson was subsequently convicted of bribery in an unrelated matter and Avansino was resurrected to regulate a sport in which bribery would be considered a misdemeanor.
Dr. Tony Alamo, an internist and son of Mandalay executive Tony Alamo Sr., and Joe Brown, Nevada's Republican National committeeman, round out the commission.
In typical hack fashion, the commission appointed a spin doctor, not a neurosurgeon, to chair the safety panel. Sig Rogich may have once chaired the Athletic Commission, but he also once chaired Guinn's re-election campaign.
Late last month, Clark County District Judge Douglas Herndon ruled the Athletic Commission could not suspend boxer Joe Mesi for a term longer than his license. Mesi was suspended after suffering two subdural hematomas in a March 2004 victory. He sued the commission and now gets to fight with diagnosed bleeding on the brain -- in two places.
Of 800 post-fight brain scans for the commission over the past 10 years, 10 found bleeding. Six of those 10 fighters died.
Mesi isn't the only one who should find other work. The Athletic Commission should already have announced it was appealing the ruling. But it seems the board cares less about Mesi than the one fight left on his HBO contract.
For years, the collective wisdom was that a federal regulatory scheme, pushed by Sen. John McCain, wouldn't help Nevada because the Silver State met the gold standard in the sweet science. But now that New York, New Jersey and probably even California's commissions have surpassed Nevada's in medical oversight, maybe the view now is that McCain will fix things.
Fine. Let's name him chairman this afternoon.
Erin Neff's Review-Journal column appears Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday.
I think that is BS that Nick cannot corner his brother for the biggest fight of his career.
If Nick Diaz didn't want to live with the consequences of his acts, he shouldn't have made the decisions - that is all there is to it.
People may not like the fact that marijuana is a banned substance, but it is and that's life. One part of being a professional athlete is abiding by the rules that govern your sport.
"Next they will ban Rogan from announcing and Bravo from doing the unofficial scoring. Bullshit."
Ploant. Good observation
"the guy is on a weed suspension, what do you expect?"
Exactly. He got busted for weed and was suspended. The NSAC has a right to deny him access or priveledge to anything they sponsor or sanction.
Those of you trying to defend Diaz and/or demonize the NSAC are acting fucking stupid.
Regardless of what anyone's opinion is regarding the legality of weed or any other druge, it is CLEARLY NOT ALLOWED under NSAC drug testing rules. Nick Diaz is not some rookie, first time fighter. He knew damn well what was going to happen if he got caught, but he did it anyway.
What you all SHOULD be saying is "good, maybe he'll learn his lesson from this and move on to have a promising career". Not trying to shift the blame to the NSAC.
that really sucks
I like Nick Diaz as one of my favorite fighters. That being said, he is undersuspension. He cannot get a license because of his suspension. What is the big mystery here. It sucks, but if he did not smoke pot he would be cornering his bro.
Free Nick!
F' that!
I'm not blaming all the fighters, it's more the big wigs involved, but I'm starting to smell boxing and pro wrestling more and more these days. All the bullshit acted out drama to hype up every fuckin fight, rumors of fights being rigged, a big conglomerate owning all the fighters. How depressing. I just want to see good fights, not everyone crying about how much they hate each other, all the fake celebrity fans in the crowd. What the fuck happened? It is turning into a huge marketing campaign. When the business becomes more important than the actual sport, it only creates more and more crap to deal with.
kizer stated that the problem is if nick's shouting too loud, then manny
won't be able to hear karo shouting instructions in armenian.
that's the problem.
I think Nick will be alright. Stop whining, I don't see Nick bitching. Manny will win anyways.
WHY DOES THE YOUNGER BROTHER HAVE TO BE PUNISHED FOR A PROBLEM THAT HIS OLDER BROTHER HAS WITH THE COMMISSION!!!! NOT FAIR !!!!
Still fucknstupid. F tha CSAC & NSAC, yall lick my sac.
I think it's a good thing. I mean I'd hate for him to show up in the corner high on that weed he was smoking before the Gomi fight. According to the CSAC his weed helped numb him to the pain then proceed to kick Gomi's ass. That's some potent shit. If he smokes that night he might pass out in the corner or fall off of the side of the cage. That would look bad on national t.v.
Its sucks that nick is not able to corner or be near his brother in what I think will be the biggest win of nates career.
Hopefully it doesnt effect his performance.
While it is silly to say the weed affected his performance in the fight with Gomi, it could have many bad effects on his ability to corner..
Using up Nate's water between rounds for a bong
Leaving for a quick nacho break and forgetting what he was in the arena to do
seeing Nate and Manny get in a suggestive grappling position and being overcome by the giggles
having his between round instruction interrupted by his stoner friends calling his cell trying to score an eighth
It's better this way for Nate, when you really think about it.
He is suspended for smoking weed. If they let him corner then it will not look good for all the TUF fans that will tune in to watch that fight. Can you imagine what would happen if TUF fans find out that that weed is a performance enhancer?