A little ownership news

[Mr. Scot]

 

[Kevin Greene]

That is little.

[Pimpdaddy]

good... a cheater....cheaters always win.... see patriots.

[LinvilleGorge]

Not surprised at all. The rumor has been that the Fertitta brothers have been wanting in on the NFL for a long time now. Man, did they ever fleece WME on that UFC deal. $4 billion+??? LOL! The PPV numbers have been absolutely horrible in the past couple of years outside of Conor McGregor and Ronda Rousey cards and Fox isn't offering them anywhere near the money they want on their broadcast renewal contract. They had always ran the UFC much like the NFL and never relied too much on individual stars instead promoting the UFC brand more, but then they got Ronda and Conor and threw that all to the wayside. That maximized their immediate value and they cashed in their chips. Now WME/UFC is left to try to clean up the mess where now all these champs (and even non-champs) are entitled as hell and want to call their own shots like the UFC allowed McGregor to do. Zuffa (the Fertittas) created that mess and now the UFC is a junk show with interim belts right and left.

[Mr. Scot]

2 minutes ago, Kevin Greene said:

That is little.

Very, but it's something.

Gives us someone other than Felix Sabates to talk about at least.

[LinvilleGorge]

I honestly have no idea how they'd be as NFL owners. They always tried to get away with paying their fighters peanuts.

[The Lobo]

I just want someone from the sports word to own them. Someone who wants nothing more than to win.

[t96]

7 minutes ago, The Lobo said:

I just want someone from the sports word to own them. Someone who wants nothing more than to win.

EDDIE D

[Hotsauce]

Sigh, I’m just ready to move on. This thing feels so drawn out

[Jon Snow]

Just sell the damn thing already.

[Snake]

50 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Not surprised at all. The rumor has been that the Fertitta brothers have been wanting in on the NFL for a long time now. Man, did they ever fleece WME on that UFC deal. $4 billion+??? LOL! The PPV numbers have been absolutely horrible in the past couple of years outside of Conor McGregor and Ronda Rousey cards and Fox isn't offering them anywhere near the money they want on their broadcast renewal contract. They had always ran the UFC much like the NFL and never relied too much on individual stars instead promoting the UFC brand more, but then they got Ronda and Conor and threw that all to the wayside. That maximized their immediate value and they cashed in their chips. Now WME/UFC is left to try to clean up the mess where now all these champs (and even non-champs) are entitled as hell and want to call their own shots like the UFC allowed McGregor to do. Zuffa (the Fertittas) created that mess and now the UFC is a junk show with interim belts right and left.

You call it a mess they called it marketing to the masses. If you want billions its built on flash and Star branding not quality. For years they had a quality product that no one cared about. 

[YoungPanthers89]

The Fertitta brothers are geniuses 

[LinvilleGorge]

20 minutes ago, Snake said:

You call it a mess they called it marketing to the masses. If you want billions its built on flash and Star branding not quality. For years they had a quality product that no one cared about. 

Viewership numbers are actually in steep decline now. They cashed in on their two megastars. It was smart business, but WME got hoodwinked big time.

[LinvilleGorge]

1 hour ago, The Lobo said:

I just want someone from the sports word to own them. Someone who wants nothing more than to win.

I just fear that the Fertittas count their wins in losses in dollars and cents not Ws and Ls.