|||your acting like you actually believe there will be no season next year. thats the only time it would even make a difference. almost certainly there will be a season. judge will say whether lockout is allowed or not early april. then they will start bargaining again with whoever won the court case having leverage and getting a better deal then they would have pre court case. personally if this is still going on in june id be suprised there is only 1 thing they are still argueing about and honestly it is BS for owners to even ask for 1 billion to be payed back to them from players with how much owners are making, and they know it thats why they wont open the books completely. there will be a season.|||If the season is shortened I could see White making a play for some fans, bringing in more NFL players to live events, or showing up on TUF.|||
Is Zuffa Positioning To Take Advantage Of NFL Labor Dispute?
When it comes to business matters in sports there is very little that can be chalked up to mere coincidence. The timing around the recent purchase of Strikeforce, by mixed martial arts giant Zuffa LLC may be a very calculated move. Given the timing of the transaction and the number of potential dollars at stake it would appear that Zuffa, with mixed martial arts organizations Strikeforce and Ultimate Fighting Championship are gambling on a drawn out work stoppage between the NFL and its players union.
Less than two days after labor talks between the NFL and its players died, Zuffa announced the purchase of their closest rival Strikeforce. Zuffa now essentially owns the contracts to nearly all of the top fighters in the world, as well as presiding over what is one of the fastest growing sports in the world.
So how does this tie into the labor unrest in the NFL?
Easily. If there is an extended labor stoppage in the NFL, advertisers and fans are not simply going to fall off the face of earth. There will still be billions in advertising waiting to be sold to someone, and millions of sports addicted fans looking for their weekly fix of entertainment. Enter mixed martial arts. MMA fans fit in well with NFL's demographics (Male 19-49), as well as showing a loyalty and fanaticism that is on par with other major sports. Additionally, MMA is essentially an untapped market for many mainstream advertisers, giving them opportunities to bring new designs and products to the market through ad campaigns.
Why no other sport fits the bill:
With sports such as NASCAR and Major League Baseball falling off and losing their grip on the coveted Male 19-49 demographic, television networks will likely flock to pick up one of the fastest growing sports in the same demographic as the NFL. Organizations like UFC and Strikeforce have seen exponential growth in their brands over the last few years, taking the sport of mixed martial arts out of the underground and placing it front-and-center in homes all over the world.
Just a few short years ago NASCAR sat in the same driver’s seat that mixed martial arts currently sits in. But since signing a remarkable eight-year, $4.48 billion media deal with Fox, ESPN, and Turner, NASCAR has lost nearly a quarter of its TV viewership base and has seen a serious erosion in the young-male demographic. In 2006, after NASCAR finalized its current media deal, it was averaging 7.85 million viewers per race on Fox, FX, TNT, and NBC. In 2010, NASCAR races averaged 5.99 million viewers over 34 races across Fox, ESPN, and Turner, meaning NASCAR has lost nearly 2 million viewers in the past four years, or near one fourth of its audience.
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If the season is shortened I could see White making a play for some fans, bringing in more NFL players to live events, or showing up on TUF.
it wont be shortened though. meybe right now 1-2 players might decide to try to compete in mma cause theve wanted to but there theam wouldnt let them. now team cant say no so they might. other that that the nfl labor situation will have no impact. by june the whole situation will be over there will be everything almost the same with a rookie pay scale 16 game season and hopefully none of the ridiculous safety rules being proposed right now. also highly likely alot of money saved by owners in rookie pay scale will go to retired players health benifit type thing.
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