Why doesn’t the UFC have a pension plan or Retirement plan for its fighters ?

[johnnybeebob]

At least financial advisors on how to invest or save to plan for retirement while they are fighting.

I am assuming back end staff have those benefits ?

 

[Elvis.]

Because the fighters don’t have a union
Because the ufc doesn’t care

 

[Bigdogsherdog]

I call my right fist the “retirer” because I knock washed up fighters straight to the old folks home

if Dana let me in the ring against Weidman I would smoke him

 

[Gilday]

Because the UFC isn't a career, it's an opportunity

 

[Max Power]

InB4 right wing libertarians.

 

[NinjaSkillZ]

Contractors don't get anything

 

[TheSpider]

Because the Fertittas conned WME

 

[DS66]

Cause fighters are independent contractors and not employees of the UFC. There is also no fighters' union to establish and manage things like this on behalf of the fighters. Until that happens, they will continue to be treated like shit (and rightfully so, can't expect the UFC to pay for things that they aren't obligated to pay for).

 

[TheLinguist]

Because they offer nothing to society and are already over paid.

 

[Mr Joyboy]

Why don't they let the public in for free?

 

[Fraz]

They are offered the opportunity to work on the assembly line of the UFC hotdog brander factory when they retire.

 

[Kowboy On Sherdog]

Because they don't retire... they either go to Bellator, Bareknuckle or..... Golden Boy.

 

[Deleted member 512089]

 

[TheChance]

Because the day to day people are employees and the fighters are independent contractors

 

[HI SCOTT NEWMAN]

To be honest if I was a UFC owner I'd probably quit and never come back if I had to give retirement plans to "fighters", because as we all know no one retires, occasionally they do, but they would show up in Bellator or ONE or Oscar De La Hoya promotion or some other MMA org. IF they were 80 years old I'd be more willing and open..

 

[Deleted member 405583]

How would you manage a pension fund for people who have maybe 1 fight before being cut? And where would their contributions into the fund go? The ufc isn't the NFL. It isn't a lasting career. And im not sure if they still do the fighter summit, but they used to have financial advisors there explaing to the fighters to take care of their money.

 

[pick999]

How would dana get his snow

 

[johnnybeebob]

How would you manage a pension fund for people who have maybe 1 fight before being cut? And where would their contributions into the fund go? The ufc isn't the NFL. It isn't a lasting career. And im not sure if they still do the fighter summit, but they used to have financial advisors there explaing to the fighters to take care of their money.

The average NFL career is only slightly longer then a MMA fighter in the UFC

 

[Siesta]

At least financial advisors on how to invest or save to plan for retirement while they are fighting.

I am assuming back end staff have those benefits ?

If companies aren't forced to spend, they don't.

 

[Slapchoppin]

no point in giving most athletes a retirement plan cause they'll still find a way to blow it all