Time to change the UFC pay scale
Ivan Tremblow has pointed out someting interesting in the article I noted about TV netowrks creating MMA related television series:
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Citing Nielsen Monitor Plus, the television trade journal TV Week published the advertising rates for The Ultimate Fighter 3 in an article earlier this week. The average rate for a 30-second commercial on TUF 3 is $3,500. This means that there were three fighters on the UFC 59 card who made less money than is generated by a single 30-second commercial on TUF, and there were six fighters on the UFC 59 card who made less money than is generated by a 60-second commercial on TUF.Competition is probably the only thing that can get the UFC to change its pay scale. But, with comeback of the WFA and the rise of the IFL, Strikeforce and other promotions, it looks like that competition may finally be here.
