Många fighters var missnöjda när UFC presenterade Reeboks lönesystem, som kommer träda i kraft den 7 juli. Nu har Chael Sonnen valt att säga sitt om hela situationen, och han anser att man aldrig borde fått ha sponsorer från första början.
Här kan ni läsa vad Chael hade att säga, via ”BloodyElbow.com”:
The Reebok deal is a bit of a socialistic approach to sponsorship. I left the sport right before the Reebok deal came into the works, so I don’t have any inside knowledge. I have sat back and read about it, though, and I did see the numbers.
That money will still be distributed, it doesn’t go under Dana White’s mattress, he’s not going to sleep on it like so many people like to think. He’s reworking it and putting it back into the system. He’s giving the money back to the athletes. They have to follow some kind of formula, so they came up with one, but you’re never going to make everyone happy.
The truth is, as talent, we’re not entitled to that money. I work with ESPN right now, and I couldn’t walk out there with a sponsor’s watch or suit on and collect that money behind ESPN’s back. I work for them. The money has to go to them. This situation is a major case of no good deed goes unpunished. We had something for years that we never should have had.
Sonnen har pensionerat sig från MMA och arbetar i dagsläget på ESPN, men senast vi såg Chael inne i oktagonen slogs han ut av Rashad Evans vid UFC 167.
