Condom Depot gets the Sponsorship Axe from Zuffa
by Zak Woods on Dec 22, 2009 5:17 PM EST
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Those painfully awkward moments in a MMA fighter where the words "condomdepot.com" were scorched into your retinas due to their placement across the ass of a fighter who happened to be wrestling with another man in a highly sexualized position, which caused your friend who doesn't like MMA to call you gay will no longer exist.
Zuffa has banned Condomdepot.com from sponsoring their fighters.
But as is always the case with a sponsorship ban people begin discussing the money that helped lower level fighters stay solvent. Enter one Jennifer Amato:
Dana White Took Food From The Mouths of Our Sponsored Fighters Just In Time For Christmas! Sorry Spencer, Josh, Gabe, Jake and everyone else...
We have been notified that we have been Banned From the UFC and WEC!
We have provided fighters 100's of thousands of dollars DIRECTLY over the last 2 years but can no longer do so! Not to mention word came down during AIDS awareness month!!
UFC a Classy Organization runned by an even Classier Guy.
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From the sounds of that statement, I guess that means those fighters will no longer be able to train because they can’t afford it and no one else will sponsor them? Which means if they can’t train, they can’t fight, which in turn will cause the UFC to collapse? I hope the UFC reconsider’s their stance.
If the sport is still trying to gain more mainstream acceptance the move makes perfect sense. So maybe the fighters will have a little drop in income, it’s the nature of the economy these days. If they buckle down I’m sure they will find a way to persevere and be fine.
If Jennifer Amato is allowed to speak on behalf of their company
They don’t deserve to sponsor fighters.
Dana didn’t say they couldn’t sponsor fighters and put that food in their mouth, he simply said they can’t do it while on his TV shows. That’s what? 15 minutes every three months? Leaves plenty of time for sponsorships.
It'd be nice if Dana replaced the money though
At least then he’d be able to use the “Other Leagues control who’s on TV” argument.
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