Dana White - 20 million a year

Oddmonster said:
Just did som quick maths -

Dana makes about 20 million a year. If he cut that in half, and "only" made 10 million a year and gave the money to fighters, each and every fighter, on each and every every fight card, could get around 20-25.000$ extra pr. fight. (around 42 cards, around 10/12 fights pr. card).

I find this interesting when Dana and a lot of Sherdoggers talk about UFC not being able to afford to pay fighters more.
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15 fights average per card, 30 fighters. 40+ events per year. That's 1,200 paychecks.
10 million divided by 1,200 is around $8,000.

Meaning, your numbers are triple.
 
Oddmonster said:
https://www.sportskeeda.com/mma/dana-white-net-worth
"
Age 51
Dana White Height 5'11"
Dana White Net Worth 2021 $500 million
Source of wealth Combat Sports
Salary $20 million
Residence Las Vegas, Nevada
Citizenship United States
Marital Status Married
Children 3
Last Updated 2021"

I have no idea if that inclused bonus and stocks, I dount it as that is stated as his salary.
And yes, EVERYONE should have a problem with people like Bezos treating their workers like shit. It is becoming the standard - All the other companies are seeing how it can be done, and will copy it. It might not be you who has shitty working conditions, but your children, or their children. Anyone who is fine with this insane hyper capitalisme is either rich, or has no understanding of long term consequences.
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"Anyone who is fine with this insane hyper capitalisme is either rich, or has no understanding of long term consequences."

What if they just understand the topic better and you're suffering from dunning kruger?
 
TempleoftheDog said:
Dana doesn’t set his own wage and bonus structure. Nobody in his position does. Yet there are execs all over the world that get paid incredible bonus money each year. Way more than what Dana makes. Meanwhile the front line worker always feels he is not paid enough. It’s always been this way.

And Dana like everybody else can spend what they earn anyway they feel like. No matter how extravagant or wasteful I think it might be.

I swear most of you don’t have the tiniest clue how big business actually works. You just like to shit on Dana or the UFC. Dana doesn’t control what his fighters actually get paid per se. I bet he never has. But like anybody in his position he tries to keep labour costs as low as possible. Because like everybody in his position. He has ALWAYS answered to somebody above him. Those are the people ultimately responsible for the pay everybody including the Dana’s of the world actually get paid.

But there can be no doubt he played a huge role in the early success of the UFC. He’s done his job, and is entitled to earn whatever his bosses think he is worth. Exactly like the fighters. And if he isn’t happy with his remuneration. Then just like the fighters. It’s up to him to do something about it, or find a new job.

This is all straight business 101. Let alone big business. The UFC is part of a conglomerate now. They literally have a budget and a BOD, and owners (investors) to answer to.

I just wish people in here actually knew how this all works. Instead of just following along and bitching about fighter pay, or Dana’s salary.

And yet, I’ve never seen one of you people ever say you thought that fighter pay was so unfair you were going to boycott the UFC until they share the wealth more fairly with the fighters.

People boycotted Tuna companies until they came up with better ways to get their fish without harming dolphins. I’ve heard of people boycotting any company that did not respect the environment. Or boycott companies linked with sweat shops.

You people don’t even do the small things like write to the sponsors of the UFC. Or to the parent company of the UFC. You could write and boycott every single one of them. But instead of writing a letter that might actually affect change. You just write rubbish in here.

My philosophy is simple.. If you don’t have the conviction to do anything about your beliefs. Maybe you shouldn’t cry to the skies about them every damn day. Because complaining about fighter pay or Dana’s salary on Sherdog isn’t going to do shit. And people shouldn’t be patting themselves on the back just because they think fighters should be paid more. Do something about it, or just shut up.
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You write a lot. You should read more.
All I said was that Dana is lying when he says the UFC can not afford to pay the fighters more. That is it.
And stop saying people "should do something about it or stfu" - it is a moronic statement.
 
Well we should include your income as well just to boost it up even more


So they'll get your 20-25k + 0.01 more


Ballin bro !!
 
Oddmonster said:
If you make 20 million on her fight, does she not deserve 20k? And if a fighter is not worth 20k pr fight, in the biggest MMA org, on the planet, why is she in there fighting?

People do seem to miss that I don't really care that much about what fighters are paid - they need to unionize to get better conditions just like everyone else should unionize. What I am pointing out is that Dana is lying when he says the UFC can't afford to pay fighters more. That's it.
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You got to consider what Dana has done for the company. Dana was friends with the Ferttita's and managing UFC fighters and found out the UFC was about to go broke so convinced the Ferttita's to invest. The UFC wouldn't exist without Dana and none of these fighters would have a job. You can argue that they deserve more but to think Dana should cut his pay in half is dumb even if you hate the guy.
 
xentreos said:
Lol let's be honest if any of us were Dana we wouldn't do that
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I would. why do people assume that everyone else is the same as them? Why would I need more than 10 mil a year. Invest half of that each year and you will be raking in crazy money that would be hard to spend as fast as it grows. I'd gladly pay more to the guys who make the whole thing work.
 
MarleyLynx said:
"Anyone who is fine with this insane hyper capitalisme is either rich, or has no understanding of long term consequences."

What if they just understand the topic better and you're suffering from dunning kruger?
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Honestly, I hope so.

But just so you know - You do not want true capitalism either.
 
MMAProfessional said:
You got to consider what Dana has done for the company. Dana was friends with the Ferttita's and managing UFC fighters and found out the UFC was about to go broke so convinced the Ferttita's to invest. The UFC wouldn't exist without Dana and none of these fighters would have a job. You can argue that they deserve more but to think Dana should cut his pay in half is dumb even if you hate the guy.
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theres other orgs.
 
MMAProfessional said:
You got to consider what Dana has done for the company. Dana was friends with the Ferttita's and managing UFC fighters and found out the UFC was about to go broke so convinced the Ferttita's to invest. The UFC wouldn't exist without Dana and none of these fighters would have a job. You can argue that they deserve more but to think Dana should cut his pay in half is dumb even if you hate the guy.
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All I said was that Dana was lying when he says UFC can't afford to pay the fighters more. I did not suggest he should cut his pay in half. It was just to show that it is a direct lie that they can't afford better pay.
 
Oddmonster said:
All I said was that Dana was lying when he says UFC can't afford to pay the fighters more. I did not suggest he should cut his pay in half. It was just to show that it is a direct lie that they can't afford better pay.
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With that logic it makes no sense then. Sure you can also say why don't we have Conor fight for free then what his pay would been and the profit fund the rest of the roster. Dana is paid 20mill for a reason. If they thought they could get someone better for 10mill they'd do so.
 
MarleyLynx said:
All depends on our definitions. As mine stands, I most definitely do as would you.
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True capitalisme means no regulation, no control, no anti monopoly rules, no rules for the stock market, no FDA, slavelike working conditions (think Bezos, but worse). It would be a straight nightmare, which is why the richest people in the world has set up the system that is in place - even they do not want true capitalism.

Edit : A small anecdote - The game Monopoly was actually made by an economist to show why true Capitalism is not something we want.
How does a game end? 1 person owns everything, the rest owns nothing. Guess where about in the game, we are right now in real life(even with regulations)?
 
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MMAProfessional said:
With that logic it makes no sense then. Sure you can also say why don't we have Conor fight for free then what his pay would been and the profit fund the rest of the roster. Dana is paid 20mill for a reason. If they thought they could get someone better for 10mill they'd do so.
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Read what I said - Dana lied about UFC not being able to pay fighters more. Thats it. I used Danas salary as an example of how little a portion of the UFC money needed to go to the fighters for them to make money they can live on.
 
Oddmonster said:
Just did som quick maths -

Dana makes about 20 million a year. If he cut that in half, and "only" made 10 million a year and gave the money to fighters, each and every fighter, on each and every every fight card, could get around 20-25.000$ extra pr. fight. (around 42 cards, around 10/12 fights pr. card).

I find this interesting when Dana and a lot of Sherdoggers talk about UFC not being able to afford to pay fighters more.
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{<jordan}
 
There's hypotheticals, then there are things like this that definitely will not happen.
 
Oddmonster said:
True capitalisme means no regulation, no control, no anti monopoly rules, no rules for the stock market, no FDA, slavelike working conditions (think Bezos, but worse). It would be a straight nightmare, which is why the richest people in the world has set up the system that is in place - even they do not want true capitalism.

Edit : A small anecdote - The game Monopoly was actually made by an economist to show why true Capitalism is not something we want.
How does a game end? 1 person owns everything, the rest owns nothing. Guess where about in the game, we are right now in real life(even with regulations)?
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Capitalism is just free consensual trade thats controlled by private citizens. The contrary would be state controlled industry. I'm assuming you would rather have the power rather than tyrannical statists. No regulation or no mutual agreements and rules is not something that's entailed in the capitalistic definition. That's a nuance for ideologues to discuss. You want free, consensual trade that's in your hands instead of the states.
 
MarleyLynx said:
Capitalism is just free consensual trade thats controlled by private citizens. The contrary would be state controlled industry. I'm assuming you would rather have the power rather than tyrannical statists. No regulation or no mutual agreements and rules is not something that's entailed in the capitalistic definition. That's a nuance for ideologues to discuss. You want free, consensual trade that's in your hands instead of the states.
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"Capitalism is just free consensual trade thats controlled by private citizens."
Correct. So when the government interferes with laws, regulations, control, and oversight, as they do now, we no longer have true capitalism.
 
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