Comments on: Don’t Sanction Me http://www.mmaopinion.com/blog/2007/11/29/dont-sanction-me/ MMA Opinion and Cheap MMA Gear Sat, 17 Mar 2012 15:45:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: John Philapavage http://www.mmaopinion.com/blog/2007/11/29/dont-sanction-me/comment-page-1/#comment-120 John Philapavage Thu, 29 Nov 2007 22:54:52 +0000 http://www.mmaopinion.com/2007/11/29/dont-sanction-me/#comment-120 Thanks for the insight, Matt. Looking forward to your next column. I just had a bit of this in my head and expanded upon it (the part about what exactly they do and don't do that could be seen as helpful), but you're right. This is barely a side note, and hence the timeliness of the writing in relation to the WAMMA press conference. I just don't wanna hear about Quinton Jackson and race relations any more today. Thanks for the insight, Matt. Looking forward to your next column. I just had a bit of this in my head and expanded upon it (the part about what exactly they do and don’t do that could be seen as helpful), but you’re right. This is barely a side note, and hence the timeliness of the writing in relation to the WAMMA press conference. I just don’t wanna hear about Quinton Jackson and race relations any more today.

]]> By: Matt Tuono http://www.mmaopinion.com/blog/2007/11/29/dont-sanction-me/comment-page-1/#comment-118 Matt Tuono Thu, 29 Nov 2007 20:23:50 +0000 http://www.mmaopinion.com/2007/11/29/dont-sanction-me/#comment-118 After seeing the entire thing presented, I didn't think it was even worth a sidenote. In my humble opinion they won't accomplish anything by unifying smaller promotion's champions. The UFC won't play ball with these guys unless they are somehow able to build a talent pool that is comparable to what Zuffa already has. I think that's one of a few fatal flaws with the plan. I don't know if the sport is even ready for something like this. From Zuffa's perspective, recognizing outside belts would take away from their own title's legitimacy. And forget about giving someone outside the company the ability to play match maker. That glass ceiling creates a problem when it comes to corporate sponsored championships. I think I'm almost glad that it will prevent us from having a "Toyota Heavyweight Champion". I don't think bigger companies are going to want to sponsor a championship that is recognized by the fans as inferior, either. I don't think they will have any kind of impact. They did say they are in it for the long haul, but I think they're going to need to retool their approach if they want any success at all. And without any throw weight to begin with, it should be interesting to see what they do with their "rankings". As it is now, how do they intend to share these rankings? They don't even have a website! It seems like a half baked idea from some folks with money for such things. After seeing the entire thing presented, I didn’t think it was even worth a sidenote. In my humble opinion they won’t accomplish anything by unifying smaller promotion’s champions.

The UFC won’t play ball with these guys unless they are somehow able to build a talent pool that is comparable to what Zuffa already has.

I think that’s one of a few fatal flaws with the plan.

I don’t know if the sport is even ready for something like this. From Zuffa’s perspective, recognizing outside belts would take away from their own title’s legitimacy. And forget about giving someone outside the company the ability to play match maker.

That glass ceiling creates a problem when it comes to corporate sponsored championships. I think I’m almost glad that it will prevent us from having a “Toyota Heavyweight Champion”.

I don’t think bigger companies are going to want to sponsor a championship that is recognized by the fans as inferior, either. I don’t think they will have any kind of impact.

They did say they are in it for the long haul, but I think they’re going to need to retool their approach if they want any success at all.

And without any throw weight to begin with, it should be interesting to see what they do with their “rankings”. As it is now, how do they intend to share these rankings? They don’t even have a website!

It seems like a half baked idea from some folks with money for such things.

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