Dillashaw: We are treated like employees, minus the benefits
Former UFC champion TJ Dillashaw recently appeared on Team Alpha Male’s Stud Radio show and spoke about, amongst other things, how he feels like the UFC is taking advantage of it’s fighters.
Former UFC champion TJ Dillashaw recently appeared on Team Alpha Male’s ‘Stud Radio show’ where he talked, amongst other things, about how he believes the UFC mistreats it’s fighters:
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“They treat us like employees, but they don’t give us benefits like employees,” Dillashaw said. “It’s kind of crazy when you think about it. We have to tell them where we’re at at all times, so USADA can show up and drug test us. But we don’t get health benefits. It’s kind of crazy that we are controlled. Any time you have to tell work where you’re at and what you’re doing, that’s considered an employee, not a contractor. They can’t tell a subcontractor what to do and when to do it. So this whole drug-testing thing is kind of crazy and the way they’re making us wear Reebok and all this stuff we have to do. They’re treating us like employees, but not giving us the benefits of an employee.
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