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Lol. I usually scroll past these tweets -- think they're largely harmless if overindulgent. But as a big fan of MMA (namely the sport and the fighters more than @danawhite) was in the mood to call out this @JoePompliano thread-
Dana is obvi an extremely successful businesman but https://twitter.com/JoePompliano/status/1308937782459498496
Dana is obvi an extremely successful businesman but https://twitter.com/JoePompliano/status/1308937782459498496
1. A large part of the @ufc's success nowhere to be seen in the thread is fucking fighters on pay. They send about 18% of revenue to fighters, wildly below other leagues (NBA, MLB)'s more-near 50/50 split https://rb.gy/gg4stl (As the great @JackSlackMMA says - 'just unionize')
2. Dana also famously lies and disparages fighters that don't play ball -> some *with* the personality that Pomp mentions he is high on then crushes publicly once they want more pay. Tons of compilations of 'Dana White Lies' out there, here's one I like https://rb.gy/h8abt6
3. He met the Fertitta brothers (who floated the inbitial 2M fo the UFC) in high school -- https://m.imdb.com/name/nm1831502/bio
No mention of that in @JoePompliano's thread -> likely cuz it goes against the whole rah rah 'this person did this that means YOU can do it too' of the thread.
No mention of that in @JoePompliano's thread -> likely cuz it goes against the whole rah rah 'this person did this that means YOU can do it too' of the thread.
Dana (again obvi) is an extremely prolific businessman and I'm sure is in the top percentile of hard work/drive/ruthlessness needed to pull off what he's pulled off. But if you're gonna glorify his from rags to riches story don't just leave out ^^ b/c those play a huge factor too
