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hutnugger · 01-08-2009, 05:21 AM

Can we seriously stop talking about fighter pay? There are three reasons we should stop talking about it (in no particular order)

1. Capitalism, Supply and Demand, whatever you wanna call it. If the day comes when these guys decide that fighting is not paying the bills, they have every right to quit and go work a 9-5. Imagine for a moment, if there was no minimum wage. Many businesses would try to pay their janitors 11 cents per hour. They would quickly find out that no one wants to do that shit for 11 cents an hour at which point they would continue to offer more money until the jobs were filled. If the UFC offered undercard fighters $50 bucks and a case of Milwaukee's Best, you would see a lot of guys go elsewhere, but they don't, they do that job because that is what they feel it's worth and if that's not the reason they're doing it, that takes us to number 2.....

2. They are doing what they love. I'm not a fighter, I don't claim to be, and although I could probably fuck up 90+ percent of Sherdoggers because I've determined thats how many of you are whiny bitches, I've never trained a day in my life. And although I've never trained in my life, I know for a fact that most of these guys fight cuz they love it. They are getting paid to do what they love. Nobody does data entry because they love it. Nobody hangs drywall cuz they love it. But these guys train and fight cuz that's what they were born to do. Not only do they get to spend all day doing what they love, they paid for it. They aren't greedy, they don't care, so why should you? And if they do care, then they need to remember it's a business. Nobody put a gun to their head and made them sign. Last I checked, there aren't any 17 year olds fighting in the UFC. They are all adults, and if they aren't happy with their contracts, they shouldn't have signed them. I'm not happy I dropped out of college and the best job I can get it helping morons with their cell phone service, but it was my decision and I have to live with it....so do they.

3. IT'S NONE OF OUR FUCKING BUSINESS

01-08-2009, 05:21 AM	#1 (permalink)
hutnugger Orange Belt Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 403	For real this time... Can we seriously stop talking about fighter pay? There are three reasons we should stop talking about it (in no particular order) 1. Capitalism, Supply and Demand, whatever you wanna call it. If the day comes when these guys decide that fighting is not paying the bills, they have every right to quit and go work a 9-5. Imagine for a moment, if there was no minimum wage. Many businesses would try to pay their janitors 11 cents per hour. They would quickly find out that no one wants to do that shit for 11 cents an hour at which point they would continue to offer more money until the jobs were filled. If the UFC offered undercard fighters $50 bucks and a case of Milwaukee's Best, you would see a lot of guys go elsewhere, but they don't, they do that job because that is what they feel it's worth and if that's not the reason they're doing it, that takes us to number 2..... 2. They are doing what they love. I'm not a fighter, I don't claim to be, and although I could probably fuck up 90+ percent of Sherdoggers because I've determined thats how many of you are whiny bitches, I've never trained a day in my life. And although I've never trained in my life, I know for a fact that most of these guys fight cuz they love it. They are getting paid to do what they love. Nobody does data entry because they love it. Nobody hangs drywall cuz they love it. But these guys train and fight cuz that's what they were born to do. Not only do they get to spend all day doing what they love, they paid for it. They aren't greedy, they don't care, so why should you? And if they do care, then they need to remember it's a business. Nobody put a gun to their head and made them sign. Last I checked, there aren't any 17 year olds fighting in the UFC. They are all adults, and if they aren't happy with their contracts, they shouldn't have signed them. I'm not happy I dropped out of college and the best job I can get it helping morons with their cell phone service, but it was my decision and I have to live with it....so do they. 3. IT'S NONE OF OUR FUCKING BUSINESS