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Because the fighters aren't smart enough to organize and collectively bargain.
This is always the answerIndependent contractors, not unionized, Dana is greedy, etc etc
Because the fighters aren't smart enough to organize and collectively bargain.
Is boxing the same? My guess is that it is, just wondering if they would have the same stories, the pay at the lower level is also peanuts just like the UFC or worst.Fighters are guaranteed to get hurt badly after a fight, so no insurance company would want to make the contract. It's the reason why there are no insurance for stock market.
Spencer Fisher had 33 professional fights, about 17 of them in the UFC, you cant prove his UFC fights were the direct cause of his condition. It could have been from his earlier fights, from his sparring, or a cumulation of everythingI see what you are saying but this is worse.
Spencer has dementia at 44 this is directly due to the damage he incurred while fighting for the UFC
That's true.Spencer Fisher had 33 professional fights, about 17 of them in the UFC, you cant prove his UFC fights were the direct cause of his condition. It could have been from his earlier fights, from his sparring, or a cumulation of everything
There is no way to hold the UFC liable with just a theory
This is so true for the explanation of lack of benefits given.
But on the flip-side. If you are a “high-profile” fighter that draws attention and also has a lifelong of elite skills to back up the package, why would you help bargain for under skilled scrubs that feel like they are deserving? Especially when it could just cost you some of your money as salaries would more or less equal out to a more “standard” pay scale. That means less talented fighters would get paid more for doing less.
Im not sure unionizing is the best for all fighters. It really only helps the “who da fooks” of the roster and those people need to get out and get known.
Sadly enough, that's probably very accurate.The insurance alone would be more than Dana is paying his fighters per fight.
The top athletes in other sports were somehow able to understand it was to their benefit, too. When the lower paid guys' salaries increase, so do the guys at the top. A mid-tier fighter is suddenly getting a raise and his pay will be close to a top name's, you don't think that top name is going to want a raise, too?
Dana's idol is Vince McMahon.
Dana is really good at selling a pro wrestling product/business to people who don't want to admit it's pro wrestling.
There is insurance but you got to know what you are doing. Alas this is one area sherbros aren't good in compared to the avg population.Fighters are guaranteed to get hurt badly after a fight, so no insurance company would want to make the contract. It's the reason why there are no insurance for stock market.
The NFL pension plan was funded at 55.9 percent in April 2014. This is a low funding ratio, but there’s a good reason for it. Following the lock-out in 2011 and the negotiation of a new collective bargaining agreement (CBA), the NFL Players’ Association fought for an increase in pension benefits for retired players. This took the plan down to a funded status of 48 percent in 2013, but the NFL has agreed to commit $620 million over ten years to reach full funding by 2021. The latest available data indicates the plan is funded at 89 percent as of 2018.They do, but like any company they don't cover you after you leave. NFL is the only org I'm aware of that provides post employment coverage and that was a recent change due to CTE and I'm not sure the details like if they cover any and all injury related issues.
Isn't that illegal? I mean, there is or was a big deal about "preexisting conditions."it the same reason boxer dont get it. it also said that once you not a nfl player players say they cant get insureance cause there high risk for companies or there rates are so high they cant afford it.
i know a boxer named daniel franco who almost died in the ring an his promoter didnt help with bills.
You can say the same about all sports. But if the idea with unions only was about getting the biggest stars more money, there wouldn't be any unions.This is so true for the explanation of lack of benefits given.
But on the flip-side. If you are a “high-profile” fighter that draws attention and also has a lifelong of elite skills to back up the package, why would you help bargain for under skilled scrubs that feel like they are deserving? Especially when it could just cost you some of your money as salaries would more or less equal out to a more “standard” pay scale. That means less talented fighters would get paid more for doing less.
Im not sure unionizing is the best for all fighters. It really only helps the “who da fooks” of the roster and those people need to get out and get known.