Tag: UFC

Competition and salaries in professional sports

*Note: This article was originally published March 16, 2010 by Mike Fagan for Bloody Elbow Time and time again fans have uttered the old “competition is great for everyone” argument, and we all know where that comes from. No one is stupid enough to suggest that a second major pro football league or pro basketball […]

UFC Increases Pressure—Contacting Fighters Directly

As I initially wrote about here, the UFC is ambitiously attempting to enter the merchandising arena by essentially stripping fighters of all rights to their likeness, in perpetuity. Multiple sources have indicated that UFC officials are now sending letters to fighters who have not yet signed the Merchandising Rights Agreement. The letter warns fighters that if they […]