Should fighter’s pay be made public?
UFC president Dana White has long been on the record against fighter salaries being made public. “You don’t have to…
UFC president Dana White has long been on the record against fighter salaries being made public.
“You don’t have to know everything,” he said just a few months ago. “And to be honest with you, it’s not your f—— business. They’re making a lot of money.”
He is right and he is wrong. It is true, it is not our f—— business. Nobody wants their salary plastered on news sites around the world for anyone to see. There are certain things that should as a rule be kept private. Family squabbles. Pin numbers. And yes, money.
But there is another side to the argument, one that suggests holding this information from the public view actually holds back progress of the sport. Football, basketball and baseball are mainstream because they’re big business. And part of the reason we know they’re big business is because players salaries are made public.