White: Affliction offered to fold if UFC ban lifted..

funkatron101 · Post #1 » by **funkatron101** » Fri Jul 24, 2009 8:00 pm

http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/news;_ylt=A ... &type=lgns

White said an Affliction attorney flew to Las Vegas only days after UFC 100 and offered to fold and turn its contracts over to the UFC if the UFC would remove its ban on its fighters wearing Affliction T-shirts.

“I told him, ‘I hope you idiots stay in business,’ ” White said. “We had a record year in 2007. We had a record year in 2008. And we’re going to have an even bigger record year in 2009. I said, ‘I hope you … stay around in 2010 and burn every dollar you have.’ What they do is of no concern to me.”

Cammo101 · Post #2 » by **Cammo101** » Fri Jul 24, 2009 8:02 pm

I heart Dana White.

Nemesis21 · Post #3 » by **Nemesis21** » Fri Jul 24, 2009 8:22 pm

funkatron101 wrote:http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/news;_ylt=AgQU3LYy0_S_OKPFOXUZ3JA9Eo14?slug=ki-postufconehundred072409&prov=yhoo&type=lgns

White said an Affliction attorney flew to Las Vegas only days after UFC 100 and offered to fold and turn its contracts over to the UFC if the UFC would remove its ban on its fighters wearing Affliction T-shirts.

“I told him, ‘I hope you idiots stay in business,’ ” White said. “We had a record year in 2007. We had a record year in 2008. And we’re going to have an even bigger record year in 2009. I said, ‘I hope you … stay around in 2010 and burn every dollar you have.’ What they do is of no concern to me.”

funkatron101 · Post #4 » by **funkatron101** » Fri Jul 24, 2009 10:05 pm

He updated the article. hmmm

Later on Friday, Affliction opted to get out of the promoting business and, in a joint statement with the Ultimate Fighting Championship, announced it would become a sponsor of the UFC. The fate of the fighters under contract with Affliction is not known yet.

Blame Rasho · Post #5 » by **Blame Rasho** » Fri Jul 24, 2009 11:09 pm

OT- Well to tell you the truth I never understood the whole gaga factor with the shirts. I see all these wanabee tough guys wearing the affliction shirts but odds are that they have never been in a fight and if someone tags them, they will fold like a bitch. It is like chicks and the DC bags. I don't see the point about paying 70 plus bucks for a tshirt. It is a damn tshirt.... Someone explain it to me....

Nemesis21 · Post #6 » by **Nemesis21** » Fri Jul 24, 2009 11:37 pm

Blame Rasho wrote:OT- Well to tell you the truth I never understood the whole gaga factor with the shirts. I see all these wanabee tough guys wearing the affliction shirts but odds are that they have never been in a fight and if someone tags them, they will fold like a bitch. It is like chicks and the DC bags. I don't see the point about paying 70 plus bucks for a tshirt. It is a damn tshirt...

The Flying Gent · Post #7 » by **The Flying Gent** » Sat Jul 25, 2009 12:24 am

Blame Rasho wrote:OT- Well to tell you the truth I never understood the whole gaga factor with the shirts. I see all these wanabee tough guys wearing the affliction shirts but odds are that they have never been in a fight and if someone tags them, they will fold like a bitch. It is like chicks and the DC bags. I don't see the point about paying 70 plus bucks for a tshirt. It is a damn tshirt.... Someone explain it to me....

And get off my lawn!!!

jTF2 · Post #8 » by **jTF2** » Sat Jul 25, 2009 11:50 am

If you can't beat em'...