Fans would abuse this whole phone Idea, To many haters/stalkers/people who wanna tell the fighter how to fight would be calling and I dont see it lasting long if it ever got a chance.
Lol Its all part of Dana's big scheme to get some of the haters off his account, and more focused on the fighters themselves lol.
As cool as it sounds for a split second, theres way too many flaws for this to be sucessful long term, and you pointed out a big one imo.
On one hand I think its kind of cool that fighters can get more money just by being more interactive with fans..but on the other hand what if a certain fighter was never camera friendly or internet savy? Kinda sucks for them yanno.
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“Not everybody is going to make millions and millions of dollars,” White said Tuesday during his welcoming remarks to the athletes in the first session at the Red Rock Casino Resort in Las Vegas. “Some guys do. Some guys will. Some guys make hundreds of thousands of dollars. Some guys make just enough money to buy a nice house, pay it off, and maybe buy a car and stash some money away. When you move on to that next chapter in your life, you have some pretty cool stuff. You don’t want to [mess] that up. You don’t want to blow that.
“You don’t want someone else running your business. You are your business. You should know everything about it, no matter how much you trust whoever is handling your [money]. You should know 100 percent what is going on with your life and with your business.”
The summit included Strikeforce fighters for the first time since the UFC bought the world’s second-largest mixed martial arts promotion in March. The Strikeforce fighters attended sessions on Monday and Tuesday. UFC fighters were broken into two groups. The first group showed up Tuesday for an all-day session and finished with a half day Wednesday. The second group will have its all-day session Wednesday and finish Thursday.
Dr. Jeff Davidson spent 45 minutes talking about concussions and pointed out that more than 90 percent of concussions occur in practice. He gave fighters signs to look for to recognize a concussion and tips on treatment.
Davidson also advised fighters on the best way to cut weight, urging a gradual weight cut instead of dropping nearly all of it in the hours before a weigh-in. He noted serious health risks came with losing the weight too quickly.
Two agents from the Drug Enforcement Administration spoke about the dangers and risks of steroids. They showed photos of a steroids bust that occurred in North Las Vegas, Nev., in which a man was making steroids in a room filled with cat feces.
“There was cat [excrement] all over the place where this guy was mixing the chemicals,” agent Chris Cadogan said. “People tend to think it’s made in a sterile environment, but would you want to eat something cooked on that oven?”
White said the UFC spent $975,000 to put on this year’s summit, a worthy investment in the fighters who often aren’t prepared to cope with the demands that come with fame.
“We do [care] and that’s why we go through this and spend all of this [expletive] money,” he said in an interview with Yahoo! Sports. “There is so much coming at them. You have heard the stories about the guy making a $20 million payday. Someone comes up to him and said, ‘Damn dude, you made $20 million. That’s great. Let’s go party.’ Well, first of all, he didn’t really make $20 million. The government’s probably going to take half of that [in taxes]. He’s got to pay his manager his share and the guys who worked in his camp and all of his expenses.
“You’d be surprised at how much the fighter actually walks away with at the end of the day. But in a lot of cases, the fighter thinks he has $20 million and he spends like he has $20 million. But then, the next year, he gets a tax bill for $10 million and he says, ‘Now how in the [expletive] do I owe $10 million in taxes?’ We want to educate these guys on a lot of things that maybe they don’t know about or don’t think about. They can always pick up the phone and call us, but by doing a summit like this, we can have the experts here for them and make it easy for them in a day, day and a half, to get a lot of very useful information.”
12 hours of this shit? Damn, I would get sick of that reeeaal quick if I was a fighter.
And yeah, the cell phone idea is just stupid. I follow GSP on facebook and whenever he posts something he immediately gets like 100 comments. I can only imagine what would happen if those crazy cannucks got a hold of a cell phone number.... and realistically, there is no way GSP or any "ghost texter" would be able to keep up with even half of those calls/texts.
there are a lot more fighters that attended than i thought. The ufc apparently spent a mil on the entire thing. Im glad to see them doing this. You see this on a yearly basis in other major sports like the nfl, nba, mlb...
A fighters v blog about the summit.
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The article mentions compensation for fighters who increase their activity on YouTube,how can Zuffa contracted fighters be active on YouTube when Dana & co have any videos containing UFC (& now) Strikeforce footage removed? Unless they're referring to WWE styled 'smack-talking' self promo videos like the type we saw from Jorge Rivera before the Bisping fight.
This always kind of pissed me off, Zuffa is trying to come across as new media savy and fan friendly, but they hold onto any of their copyrighted footage with a death grip.
A fan cell phone? I can understand reaching out on twitter and whatever else social networking is out there, but a fan cell phone is completely ridiculous.
I agree to an extent. For the fighters that are already massively popular it would get ridiculous real quick. However what I think the suggestion was targeted toward the lesser knowns. GSP by no means needs a fanphone but say for ex. Evan Dunham might benifit. He is a solid fighter with a solid fanbase but nowhere near the exposure of people higher up his weightclass' foodchain. There are a lot of good mma bloggers, vloggers, podcasters, etc., etc., out there that don't have the clout to get interviews with champs or the like, it would be helping the blogger's cause and the fighters by getting exposure to the casual fan. And after Guillard derailed the Dunham hypetrain, it could do nothing but help to stay in touch with any supporters.
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The article mentions compensation for fighters who increase their activity on YouTube,how can Zuffa contracted fighters be active on YouTube when Dana & co have any videos containing UFC (& now) Strikeforce footage removed? Unless they're referring to WWE styled 'smack-talking' self promo videos like the type we saw from Jorge Rivera before the Bisping fight.
I think you are kind of answering your own question in this statement. If Zuffa contracted fighters do any kind of media thing (youtube as you mentioned) then because they are doing work FOR Zuffa/themselves as compensated Zuffa contractors, then Zuffa has rights to that shit and can do as they please. They can leave it up if they think it sheds a positive light on the org. or an upcoming PPV. Or they can legally pull it if someone crosses a line they don't like. They don't remove any and all videos.
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This always kind of pissed me off, Zuffa is trying to come across as new media savy and fan friendly, but they hold onto any of their copyrighted footage with a death grip.
They are trying to come across that way and are doing a pretty damn good job I think. The fights on facebook it what really impressed me. And even though it may bother you, would you not protect shit you own? I personally don't care how rich I may ever become I don't want anyone stealing a fuggin thing from me . Not the pennys from my ashtray. If you need em ask and you'll likely get em just like those guys (were they Gracies?) using UFC footage to teah BJJ shouldve asked and wouldve been granted permission almost immediately. Stealing is stealing to me.
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