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Official Conor McGregor thread (part 2). **Read warning in 1st post**
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I think he will fall into line he has no choice,they will strip him of his title if he doesn't fight and if he doesn't promote the fight his pay is gonna be down,after missing this payday its a no brainer he will do whats necessary to maximize his next payday.
Will be interesting to see how it all plays out. I think on one side that Conor has changed the landscape of the sport and on the other the UFC are trying to control every aspect of the game.
And in an effort to control absolutely everything, I think they're are making some bad business decisions. All you have to do is look at the Reebok deal, which has probably lined the UFC's pockets but has been a disaster for Reebok, who can hardly sell a t-shirt by all accounts.
Do you think Reebok will renew their deal when its up? Or Nike, Adidas or any of the other sports brands will be running up to the UFC, waving wads of cash in their faces? I doubt it.
I think these sorts of decisions will eventually backfire on the UFC. They will grow the sport to a certain level and when it reaches a certain point, you will see other big players come into the sport. Companies and business people that will make the Fertita brothers look like the Mario brothers.
In other words, their almost monopoly won't last forever and maybe this drama is the first sign of things to come. Or I could just be talking outta my ar$e
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Spudman_20000 wrote: »Will be interesting to see how it all plays out. I think on one side that Conor has changed the landscape of the sport and on the other the UFC are trying to control every aspect of the game.
And in an effort to control absolutely everything, I think they're are making some bad business decisions. All you have to do is look at the Reebok deal, which has probably lined the UFC's pockets but has been a disaster for Reebok, who can hardly sell a t-shirt by all accounts.
Do you think Reebok will renew their deal when its up? Or Nike, Adidas or any of the other sports brands will be running up to the UFC, waving wads of cash in their faces? I doubt it.
I think these sorts of decisions will eventually backfire on the UFC. They will grow the sport to a certain level and when it reaches a certain point, you will see other big players come into the sport. Companies and business people that will make the Fertita brothers look like the Mario brothers.
In other words, their almost monopoly won't last forever and maybe this drama is the first sign of things to come. Or I could just be talking outta my ar$e
Agree totally the Reebok deal has been bad for everyone,i don't think it was profitable in the short term for the UFC they were planning on the long term with it and hoping it looking super attractive to potential suitors next time but that doesn't look likely.
The UFC would definitely be helped with new owners to bring it to the next level,Dana and the Fertitas have done amazing to bring it so far but its almost like they brought it as far as they could and they are out of their depth with this stuff right now,often these press conferences also can come off as amateurish,mostly they seem to be about Danas ego where he stands up in front of all these top fighters and gets to show everyone he is the boss.
You can't have superstar fighters and then try to make them dance in front of a stage for boss Dana whenever he wants,it demeans them and lessens their starpower,they look like trained monkeys not superstar fighters.0 -
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Spudman_20000 wrote: »Will be interesting to see how it all plays out. I think on one side that Conor has changed the landscape of the sport and on the other the UFC are trying to control every aspect of the game.
And in an effort to control absolutely everything, I think they're are making some bad business decisions. All you have to do is look at the Reebok deal, which has probably lined the UFC's pockets but has been a disaster for Reebok, who can hardly sell a t-shirt by all accounts.
Do you think Reebok will renew their deal when its up? Or Nike, Adidas or any of the other sports brands will be running up to the UFC, waving wads of cash in their faces? I doubt it.
I think these sorts of decisions will eventually backfire on the UFC. They will grow the sport to a certain level and when it reaches a certain point, you will see other big players come into the sport. Companies and business people that will make the Fertita brothers look like the Mario brothers.
In other words, their almost monopoly won't last forever and maybe this drama is the first sign of things to come. Or I could just be talking outta my ar$e
Why can't reebok sell a tshirt over the deal? I genuinely down know.
Because of the price? The t-shirts the fighters wear are like $75. I only Evergreen one person wear it before. I would like one but for about 40% of the price :pac:0 -
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