what's to stop Fertittas/Dana from selling UFC then starting another promotion right away

[McGangsta]

with their network and connection with fighters, they could have a rival org set up within a year

 

[Candy Routure]

Put almost 20 years into building a brand, just to sell it and start again?... Sounds like an amazing plan.

 

[Dingaling]

The verbiage in the contract when they sell?

 

[Bigleaf]

Non-compete clause in the sale contract. That is pretty standard.

 

[kurtwpg]

The verbiage in the contract when they sell?

Nope, nope. People who pay a few billion dollars to buy a business tend to overlook details like no-compete clauses.

 

[MacDuffle]

BUT IS IT THOUGH.

Spoiler

It is

 

[riitzni]

Put almost 20 years into building a brand, just to sell it and start again?... Sounds like an amazing plan.

Not to mention the fact that they spent years of heart ache and negotiations getting a majority of the world's best fighters into contracts that would now be inaccessible to them thanks to those very contracts.

It would be like selling NBC and then starting a public access kid's show that you hope to one day be a massive multimedia conglomerate.

 

[Drenalin]

They won't do that. It makes zero cents. I'm too lazy to explain why

 

[DIABOLUS]

Put almost 20 years into building a brand, just to sell it and start again?... Sounds like an amazing plan.

I have to admit I laughed harder than I should have. SOunds so logical when you put it that way.

 

[MEAN357]

why the fuck would they do that.

 

[straight6]

first, non compete clause.
2nd why sell if just to start over again at the exact same business.

 

[dickcheney]

Dear TS, sneaky fucks have existed since the dawn of time, which is why contracts have so much fine print

 

[12ga.]

Doh. Guys paying the bill put a non-compete clause in contract? Just like UFC does with its fighters and employees.

 

[Grifter9931]

They will have to sign a DNC and the time stipulation will probably be a decade ...

 

[TheHermit]

just the fact that they'll be in a position where all other mma farm has always been, and the fact that they will have to compete with the massive brand UFC is now..

 

[Jkaylor]

Shut this thread down boys

 

[Zer]

More chance of them buying soccer and taking it back above UFC

 

[imagesmb]

Even if there was no non compete clause; who would they sign to fight? Every decent fighter on the planet is already under contract somewhere else.

 

[Workaholic]

TS is strongly regretting this thread right now

 

[ChildoftheCorn]

It's a no-compete clause. When I was 10 years old I sold my Pogs to a kid at school. I told him if he ever used them to beat me I'd kick his ass and take my Pogs back. It's a no-compete clause.