MMAFA

Mixed Martial Arts Fighters Association

[MMAFA @MMAFA]

Obtain a boxing license, sue under the Ali Act to void the contract, sue to have promotional agreements declared personal service contacts, set up a promotional company. . .

And a few more things just off the top of my mind—not that we’ve thought about it. . .

[MMA UNCENSORED @MMAUNCENSORED1]

If you woke up tomorrow a UFC champion, what is the first thing you will do???

[John S. Nash @heynottheface]

@robnashville "TKO expects to lose about $30 million on UFC Freedom 250, even after securing high-profile sponsorship deals from the likes of Ram Trucks, Crypto dot com and Monster Energy." Anyone know why the broadcaster licensing fees are not included in this analysis?

[MMAFA @MMAFA]

Thank God he didn’t know (😉)—he might have got fighters killed.

[Home of Fight @Home_of_Fight]

💰 📀 Dana White reveals the UFC’s first big financial breakthrough came from highlight DVDs, with knockout and submission compilations bringing in millions:

“I think we could have capitalized on the DVD business better than we did. But we were young and new to the whole production world.

If I could go back now with what I know today, I would have absolutely murdered the DVD era."

🎥 @davidsenra

[Erik Magraken @erikmagraken]

They are asking the Ali Act to be gutted for a reason.

Coercive contracts.

[Erik Magraken @erikmagraken]

It’s attempted monopoly 101

Overpay big names up front.

Establish credibility.

Have public perceive your in house titles as the true ones.

Then exploit.

[Fight Opinion @FightOpinion]

Wrong way to look at the Delaware ruling against WWE & TKO for evidence spoliation. J. Travis Laster gave the blueprint for other ongoing litigation regarding Rule 37(e) sanctions. That's the real worry. The Icahn (DE), Altshares (CA), UFC (NV) cases. Pattern of similar behavior.

[Erik Magraken @erikmagraken]

Bigger angle is he bought stock while supporting legislation that allows TKO to attempt a UFC style monopoly in boxing.

[Roger McNamee @Moonalice]

I hope the MLB Players Association will just say no to the salary cap. They are the product and have created far more value than they are paid for.

Owners have been hiding profits for years, especially the ones who acquired real estate around their ballparks.

[Yooper_MN @Yooper_IA]

The owners put out a hard salary cap and salary floor proposal.

Utter garbage. The players hopefully have the stones to say no.

Competitive balance has nothing to do with it…the owners know it’s a moneymaker for them.

Viewership is up. Revenues are up. The game isn’t faltering. The owners don’t need a cap…they just want the money it’ll make them.

The hard cap number is ridiculously low. The salary floor just gives owners in the middle a codified excuse to let their payroll drift down toward the floor.

[Aaron Ghitelman @Ghitelman]

Salary caps are bad for competitive balance of leagues, bad for fans, and of course terrible for workers

[Cody Decker @Decker6]

Well good news. MLB may have accidentally announced today that every team can afford $171.2 million in payroll at minimum. So….

[MMAFA @MMAFA]

The general public ALWAYS sides with owners.

This is nonsense.

[Minnesota Sports Fan @realmnsportsfan]

Yup, the MLBPA is not ready for how much fans are going to side with the owners thru this process, something players have never dealt with during CBA negotiations.

It’s always been owners vs everybody but not this time.

[Gabriel Morency @sportsrage]

So all this is about cheaper owners making more money and if u are a fan who wants this all you are doing is saying ' i think billionaires should make more and players less ' #MLB

[Jesse Rogers @JesseRogersESPN]

More from the MLBPA: "Billionaire owners are not seeking to cap their profits or asset values, only player salaries. This isn’t out of generosity or a desire to protect the game’s well-being. It’s a play to control costs, increase profits and maximize franchise values..."

[MMAFA @MMAFA]

The general public ALWAYS sides with the owners.

[Nutzy @Nutzypoo_ttv]

A 171 million salary floor? Oh we vibing.

This may be the first CBA negotiation ever where the general public sides with the owners.

[MMAFA @MMAFA]

Just like this worked out:

Or in other words, if you want to sign long term, exclusive, coercive contracts with us, it may work out.

[MMAFA @MMAFA]

@ChicagoTomTom WME

[MMAFA @MMAFA]

What do they all have in common?

[Jed I. Goodman © @jedigoodman]

From the TIME story:

(Dana) White has invited Adam Sandler, Guy Ritchie, Tom Brady, Jared Leto, Jason Statham, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, and Mario Lopez (to the White House card).

[MMAFA @MMAFA]

What is the definition of insanity?

[Carbazel MMA 🥋 @Carbazel]

Coker is genuinely not wired like the other promoters.

I've watched him work a room at a fight week presser. He compliments other promotions without flinching. He talks about fighters from rival organizations like they're athletes he respects, not problems he needs to solve.

That's strange in this industry.

Genuinely strange.

[MMAFA @MMAFA]

@TheVantasner 😂

[MMAFA @MMAFA]

Just like this worked out:

Or in other words, if you want to sign long term, exclusive, coercive contracts with us, it may work out.

[Jed I. Goodman © @jedigoodman]

Dana White on the sanctioning bodies: If we have a fighter that comes in and he has the belt and he wants to try to keep it, work with them, then we'll try to work with them, if we can. If we can, we can. If we can't, we can't.