I think the product won't visibly change much, at all, from the spectator's point of view, and for the fighters (particularly those not at the top) it will be a vast improvement. Add to this Reebok's reign of terror ending soon, and things are looking on the up-and-up.
Spoken like a true conservative. Complaining (politically even, as if that's such an important part of how you identify) about fighters actually having the chance to get a fair shake.... smh
LeonI have a hard time imagining behaviour worse than was already revealed. We already know they were setting up unfavorable matchups for fighters who were being difficult or at least threatened to do so. Deliberately burying them on prelims and on shit cards.
Unseal those docs and lets see those juicy morsels.
UFC already does this and they pay fighters shit. At least the Ali Act will bring about better pay.
Ufc may actually end up committing to organization wide contract changes, such as shortening the contracts, among other changes, in a commitment decision, as is done in other antitrust matters, in addition to settlement of course.
What do you think the Ali act does for the fighters?
The contracts generally cover 1-3 years. I agree that they may change some practices but I still don’t expect widespread change and I don’t expect the plaintiffs to ultimately go to the mat for change.
The plaintiffs law firm certainly wins above all....
look up ali act, (potentially) better pay, more protections against strong arm tactics by promoters, no pun intended
What inherently leads to better pay?
Cases like this settle more because legal battles are fucking expensive, plaintiffs lawyers get paid on a share of the settlement so both sides have incentive to settle, and it takes away the uncertainty. I doubt it’s about emails becoming public.
well, i suppose more legitimately appropriated pay would be more accurate IF the state fights are held in has taken the appropriate measures to actually enforce the provisions of the ali act. I guess for the ufc the major issue would be that they would probably just continue doing most of the fights overseas where theres likely no way to enforce anything. Some of these guys as we've occasionally heard have notoriously bad contracts very disproportional to their draw, that to me sounds like a form of exploitation which is one of the main issues the act confronts.
I’m asking what specifically in the Ali act would increase pay?
They have to be widespread changes... That's the point. Besides their shady little business deals will be out in public. If this fails someone else will try. Better to just come to a compromise. Anyway fuck the ufc. I'm sure a happy medium could've been reached, but no. Sure their practices are "legal" but you're supposed to negotiate with your partners in good faith. Always. Punishing someone for fighting out their contract with a bad match up to fuck up their marketability is bad faith. Reebok = poor taste.
