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rumblemania t1_jbil50t wrote

Reply to comment by AnOrdinaryMammal in Slap fighting: The next big thing, or unsporting stupidity? The competitors stand rigidly upright with their hands behind their backs, waiting to absorb a brutal slap to the face. by gear-heads

Won’t get better until they unionise

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AnOrdinaryMammal t1_jbiljxa wrote

I get the feeling that it’s extremely difficult to do. They had a “movement” a short while ago and now, no one has ever heard of it.

Combat sports are ripe for mistreatment.

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rumblemania t1_jbind7d wrote

Pretty much, when you look at how athletes in sports that have a union vs those that don’t it’s night and day, even in smaller sports they end up so much better

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Moms_spaghetti_6969 t1_jbkfyhy wrote

Or until there are more viable competitive leagues for top talent. All it takes is a guy offering a little more money for UFC to lose all the talent. Unfortunately at the moment UFC is likely the best paying league in MMA

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