I know I sound argumentative but that doesnt give us facts. It seems like a credible source from what that article says is due to "investors". Im asking at this point, if there is anything that is completely verifiable. Not even trying to be devils advocate. I just wonder.
Not argumentative at all ... I wish more convos were as back/forth as this
Like I said they file every year to creditors & investors
They will not lie on those
But take UFC out of it
When WWE had PPV's they were public & their numbers matched with his
Same with SHO & MayMac
So we can pretty much figure when he gives a final number that it is within 5-10%.
Early numbers can vary because he is going by a % that reported the sales
How PPV numbers work is the PPV providers (Comcast, DTV, etc.) release numbers per their accounting
I believe they have 3 months to give a full tally (returns, etc.)
DTV gives numbers a few days after. Others might do it by a day every month or X amount of time after an event.
So lets say 33% of the PPV providers (as far as usual MMA/UFC events) reported prelim numbers & they combined to 100k, Dave will say "early numbers are 300k"
Now obviously with 2/3 of the country not reported that can vary in the end. That is when you get the nitwits saying "Meltzer was paid to say higher/lower numbers & he changed his mind".
The other recent stupidity is Dave will say what the TV ratings are for prelim and google searches that Monday after a PPV & compare to others.
Then Twitter "media" goes & reports it as actual PPV numbers
