Flertalet fighters har sagt vad de tycker och tänker om UFCs avtal med Reebok, som kommer resultera i att många som tävlar förlorar en hel del i sponsorpengar. Nu har organisationens fjäderviktsmästare Jose Aldo valt att ge sin åsikt, och han tycker att det är på tiden att det finns en fackförening för fighters.
Detta hade Aldo att säga, via ”Combate”:
First of all. It’s shit. Everybody has been talking about it. We, athletes, are losing a lot. They said we would be like NBA or NFL athlete, but that doesn’t apply, because we are not paid monthly like they are. It doesn’t matter how much we will be paid, all athletes who had sponsors are losing money. That’s a huge setback for us.
Even the value they measured doesn’t match what our sponsors were paying us. That is great for the UFC, but not for the fighters. I see a lot of athletes losing too much. If you are a beginner there is not that big of a hurry to get paid, but it still isn’t that much. Not enough to get them by at least. I don’t like it.
If we had a union for fighters, and we were all together, like in the NBA, this would’ve been different. But fighters are not united. Today I have a price the event is willing to pay to have me, but there are other fighters out there willing to fight for spare change if I don’t want to, and that is not even their fault. The UFC brought the sport to where it is today, great, that’s their merit. But if athletes were more united and had a union to protect them, I don’t think this would happen.
Jose kommer att ta sig an Conor McGregor den 11 juli, då de möts under UFC 189 vid ”MGM Grand Garden Arena” i Las Vegas.
