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fightlinker.com - 1/23/2009

Jonathan Snowden Makes No Sense

— fightlinker.com — Jonathan Snowden over at Five Ounces has written a new article titled “Worrying About Dollars Makes No... Sense.” The gist of the piece is basically that all this talk from the MMA blogosphere (or MMA journalists, if you feel like sounding ... (more) Jonathan Snowden Makes No Sense

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Jonathan Snowden Makes No Sense
Fightlinker.com » Fightlinker - MMA, UFC, and other funny fight crap — ... Jonathan Snowden over at Five Ounces has written a new article titled “Worrying About Dollars Makes No Sense.” The gist of the piece is basically that all this talk from the MMA blogosphere (or MMA journalists, if you feel like sounding important) about Affliction’s profitability and finances heading into “Day of Reckoning” is entirely pointless. Not only is it pointless, but he claims it’s not the job of fans or those covering the sport to talk of such things as money. Yeah, the long term viability of a major company trying desperately to ...

Does Affliction's Business Model Matter?
Bloody Elbow — Jonathan Snowden makes an interesting argument: The important thing is that someone is willing to pony up to bring two of the world’s best into the ring to test their skills. It’s not my job as a fan (or as a journalist) to make these shows profitable. That’s the promoter’s job. It is the job of the journalists to cover it, not promote the show for the "good of the sport." And if you look back at the history of combat sports, much stranger ducks than Tom Atencio and Affliction have dropped millions of dollars to put on ...