IF THESE NEW REGULATIONS ARE PUT INTO PLACE IT WILL NOT ONLY STOP THE WRESTLERS AND PROMOTERS OF INDEPENDENT PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING FROM BEING ABLE TO AFFORD TO HAVE SHOWS  IN THE STATE OF VIRGINIA (THUS CAUSING THE STATE TO LOOSE OUT ON ALL  FEES, AND TAXES THEY COLLECT)  BUT WILL ALSO DEEPLY HURT ALL OF THE SCHOOLS, FIRE DEPARTMENTS, CIVIC CLUBS, AND ORGANIZATIONS WHO DEPEND ON PRO WRESTLING AS THEIR MEANS TO RAISE MONEY FOR THEIR PROGRAMS, UNIFORMS, EQUIPMENT, HELPING THE POOR, NEEDY AND SO FORTH BECAUSE THEY USE PRO WRESTLING AS THEIR  FUND RAISERS. I HAVE SPOKE TO SEVERAL  MEMBERS ON VIRGINIA SCHOOL BOARDS ABOUT THESE CHANGES, AND THEY WERE VERY UPSET TO HERE THAT THIS MIGHT TAKE PLACE, BECAUSE PRO WRESTLING HAD HELPED THEM OUT SO MUCH OVER THE YEARS TO RAISE THE MONEY THEY NEEDED. AND WHY IS PRO.WRESTLING BEING GOVERNED BY THE DPOR AS A SPORT ALONG WITH BOXING ANYWAY, AND NOT AS IT SHOUD BE, AN ENTERTAINMENT? PRO WRESTLING IS NOT AND NEVER WAS ANYTHING MORE THAN AN ATHLETIC MEANS OF ENTERTAINING ITS AUDIENCE. NEVER HAS IT EVER BEEN REGARDED IN THE PUBLIC IMAGE AS A LEGITIMATE SPORT LIKE BOXING. BECAUSE IT IS ENTERTAINMENT! DO THE PROMOTERS, AND PERFORMERS OF A CIRCUS, CARNIVAL, OR A PLAY GO THRU THE SAME RIGOROUS LAWS AND REGULATIONS IF THEY WANT TO HAVE A SHOW IN VIRGINIA?($125.00 EVENT FEE, $40.00 WRESTLING LICENSE, $500.00 PROMOTERS LICENSE AND SO ON) NO, YET SOME OF THEIR PERFORMERS ENDANGER THEMSELVES AS MUCH IF NOT MORE THAN A PRO WRESTLER. BUT NO WHERE DO I SEE A TRAPEZE ARTIST OR MAGICIAN BEING FORCED TO HAVE A LICENSE TO DO HIS ACT IN VIRGINIA. IS THIS NOT DISCRIMINATION ON SMALL BUSINESS BY THE STATE TO WANT TO REQUIRE THESE NEW REGULATIONS, JUST TO OBTAIN MORE MONEY,OR TO FORCE THEM OUT OF BUSINESS IF THEY DONT COMPLY WITH THE NEW INDUSTRY STANDARDS. THIS WILL ONLY SEEM TO LEAVE THE WWE WITH THE MEANS TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD TO PROMOTE IN THE STATE OF VIRGINIA, THUS GIVING THE WWE ALONG WITH THE DPOR A MONOPOLY  OVER THE STATE OF VIRGINIA.IS THIS NOT A RIGHT TO WORK STATE? EVERYONE I HAVE SPOKE WITH (SCHOOLS,FIRE DEPARTMENTS, AND A LAWYER) HAVE SAID IT SOUNDS LIKE DISCRIMINATION TO THEM. PRO WRESTLING CAN STILL BE GOVERNED AND TAXED BY VIRGINIA , BUT NOT AS A SPORT AS IT IS NOW. IT SHOULD FALL UNDER A DIFFERENT CATEGORY , PERHAPS REQUIRING AN ENTERTAINMENT LICENSE AND ENTERTAINMENT TAX LIKE IN OTHER STATES. DONT TAKE PRO WRESTLING AWAY FROM THE FANS WHO HAVE LOVED AND SUPPORTED IT, AND THE ORGANIZATIONS WHO MAY DEPEND ON IT TO SURVIVE  IN  VIRGINIA