The UFC is going to be remembered in history for a long time to come – for taking 80% of the revenue while their fighters suffer from CTE and lifelong injuries
The recent post about Nam Phan apparently suffering from CTE was heartbreaking to see. It becomes straight up disturbing when you consider this:
Unlike the vast majority of sports leagues and organizations, where athletes receive anywhere between 47-50% of the sport’s revenue, the UFC has historically paid out between 16-19% of revenues to its fighters. In 2019, the promotion reported $900m in revenue, but only 16% was paid out to the UFC’s approximately 600 fighters.
The UFC will be remembered as one of the most egregious examples of unchecked corporate greed in modern American history. Fighters are taking serious, irreversible brain damage while businessmen take the lion’s share of the revenue without taking a single punch. People are going to look back decades later and wonder how the hell something like this was allowed to happen.
Is this the historical legacy that Dana White and the owners of the UFC want to leave for themselves?
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The UFC is going to be remembered in history for a long time to come – for taking 80% of the revenue while their fighters suffer from CTE and lifelong injuries from MMA
