Dana White's Rant Sends UFC Down Dangerous Path

[NC State-31 UNC-27]

This is why it's tough to take this MMA stuff seriously. You have fools running the thing. Can you imagine David Stern doing this?

[Darkleaf]

Quote: Originally Posted by allBthere

you sound like a desperate housewife. you can't go through life being afraid to offend anyone. anyway...your post history shows a very obvious agenda against dana and the ufc. Why are we to give a sheet about this? If I was being interviewed by some reporter (male of female) that got on my nerves - let the insults begin!!! seriously who cares? another thing, I'd love to see a public debate about knee-jerking the word '******'. To me it's an insult because you're calling a healthy adult a ****** meaning that they've been given every opportunity to succeed mentally, but fail out of pure stupidity. It's not that mentally handicapped people are bad, it's that if you're born not as one, you ought not to have the same mental capacity. One last thing about sexuality while I'm at it. Men are masculine, gay or straight,...so when a man is very effeminine, it's really a put off. There's nothing wrong with women, but men shouldn't act like them because there is a very distinct difference and vice versa. Too much is read into deragatory terms when they are really said as a venting mechanism to reflect how you feel about people that have choice words for you. I'm not saying everything I want to here, because it would take waaay too long, but in summary. It's not a big deal, - people WANT to be offended by the most mundane things, and this is such a '********' ploy by bitter people who WANT dana white and the UFC to fail, to give bad publicity.

Agreed 100% Think of the children oh the foul language oh nooo..

[allBthere]

Quote: Originally Posted by NC State-31 UNC-27

This is why it's tough to take this MMA stuff seriously. You have fools running the thing. Can you imagine David Stern doing this?

what makes them fools? They're doing a much better job than someone like Gary Bettman. If you put a suit and tie on and don't swear and speak in a monotone voice that doesn't make you a genius and nor does the other approach make you an idiot.

[NC State-31 UNC-27]

Quote: Originally Posted by allBthere

what makes them fools? They're doing a much better job than someone like Gary Bettman. If you put a suit and tie on and don't swear and speak in a monotone voice that doesn't make you a genius and nor does the other approach make you an idiot.

I don't doubt that Dana White is a smart guy but if you don't act professional your sport will be looked at poorly.

[MC Fatigue]

It was a funny rant. He put the bitch in her place.

I think the whole thing is just overblown.

[goh]

Most of the fighters act professional.

Dana isn't the type of guy to say "Excuse me Ms. Hunt but your article is inaccurate. Our fighters can credential whoever they'd like with the credentials they get. Your unamed source is poor journalism and you should have asked someone that knows how things work. Thank you and good day." besides Hunt herself said she's not offended and isn't taking it personally. (Can hear that interview here: http://hardcoresportsradio.com/podcast/default.aspx go to Drive This,then archive and April 2nd segment 2) Don't see the Fertita's kicking him out either,I'm sure Rogan would love the job. So like someone else said really a non-issue. Not like you can't go play an online game and hear that stuff every 10 seconds so hey let's shut down online gaming too right?

[Dr.J]

Dana white has issues.

[aholbert32]

Quote: Originally Posted by NC State-31 UNC-27

I don't doubt that Dana White is a smart guy but if you don't act professional your sport will be looked at poorly.

That has nothing to do with it. People respect boxing and they have charectars like King and Arum running the sport. Hockey is respected and Bettman is perhaps the worst commish in sports right now. Same with Baseball and Selig.

This is something that will be forgotten in a week. People dont watch sports for the commissioner. They watch them for athletes.