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Gossip King Perez Hilton Picks Up On Anti-UFC Attacks
With the UFC about to make its American debut on broadcast television in November, their enemies have ramped up anti-UFC attacks. The labor organization Unite HERE has been sending this letter to UFC sponsors Anheuser-Busch compiling homophobic remarks by UFC fighters and executives. They've also...
The Plot Thickens with the UFC, the Culinary Union, and the Federal Trade Commission
One of the UFC's biggest fights is not between its fighters, but in New York where Zuffa continues to push for the legalization of MMA. For fans, it's an easy sell. The idea of two UFC fighters squaring off at the iconic Madison Square Garden feels like the cultural footprint the sport needs to...
Herschel Walker Lends His Considerable Credibility to an MMA Fighter's Union
Most major sports in the U.S. have players union. Football, baseball, basketball, and hockey players all leverage the power of collective bargaining to fight the power and money of the team owners. Boxers don't have a union, but they do have the Muhammad Ali Act. Wikipedia describes the act: In...
Owners of the UFC Retain Control of Casino Empire in Bankruptcy Proceedings
The Wall Street Journal reports: The founding family of Las Vegas casino owner and operator Station Casinos Inc. appeared poised to remain in control of the company as a bankruptcy judge approved a determination that a group backed by the family had made the only qualified bid in an auction for...
Boyd Gaming Offers to Buy Station Casinos
Here's an interesting story from Forbes tangentially related to MMA: <!--StartFragment--> In a letter to Station Casino Chief Executive Frank Fertitta III, Boyd CEO Keith E. Smith and Executive Chairman William Boyd said the company was willing to pay $950 million in cash for most of the...
In Real Life, Bankruptcy Does Not Work Like it Does in Monopoly
There are all sorts of horrible articles about the finances of Station Casinos on the internet. The problem with articles like this is they are based on hope, not reality. For people desperate to see Dana White lose his position and for Zuffa to fall from its position of dominance, this...
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