Ken Hayashi and Ontario Athletic Commission Named in $100M Lawsuit
Written by Scott White on Sun, Jun 22, 2008
The Toronto Sun is reporting that Michael McNamara has filed a $100-million lawsuit against the Ontario government, the Ontario Athletic Commission, commissioner Ken Hayashi and former commissioner Alan Coleclough.
The suit is claiming damages for conspiracy, negligence, bad faith or reckless decision-making, infringement or denial of McNamara’s rights, conflict and bias on the part of the commission, misfeasance in public office and breach of fiduciary obligations.
The report states that Michael and Martin McNamara, the Twin Dragons, believe that the Ontario Athletic Commission has conspired to:
- “Influence the Ontario government to ban kick boxing fights.”
-“Influence government studies in an attempt to ban McNamara’s kick boxing activities.”
-“Retained advisers, including doctors, who shared their bias against kick boxing in favour of karate (Hayashi is a karate master) to slant reports and influence government studies.”
-“Used inflammatory language, including the word “blood sport” to describe kick boxing.”
-“Prohibited the Twin Dragons from conducting amateur and pro kick boxing activities at the same event.”
McNamara closed out the article by saying he plans on meeting with Marc Ratner to discuss ways to have section 83 amended to allow mixed martial arts.
August 19th, 2008 at 1:29 pm
It’s coming (MMA)and there is not a thing the government can do about it, it’s matter of time. It is generating hundreds of millions in revenues at this stage what will happen in few more years don’t you thing that the government will not want part of that revenue. I absolutely know this because I am opening 10′000 square feet gym in Windsor Ontario and a manufacturing devision of equipment for MMA and also a complete line of clothing. Welcome to all that believe anything is possible!!!!