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Coach: McGregor could ask for equity if UFC sold
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<p>Conor McGregor is the biggest star in the UFC right now and although reports of a potential sale are only rumors, his coach John Kavanagh told Ireland's Sunday Business Post that should it actually happen, he believes his athlete could ask for equity from the new owners:</p>
John Kavanagh, the coach of Irish mixed martial arts fighter Conor McGregor, has said he expects that the sport’s breakout athlete would ask for a stake in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) if it was sold.
With rumours circulating of a $4.2 billion UFC sale, Kavanagh raised the prospect of McGregor seeking equity from any new owner.
“Conor will have thought of this and I am sure, when he is sitting down with his new overlords, he will have that conversation,” Kavanagh said. McGregor is among the most popular fighters with the mixed martial arts promotion company, with 3.7 million likes on Facebook and 1.8 million followers on Twitter.
Not a bad idea, altho that equity would be much less liquid so i personally would rather have $5m cash in hand than equity potentially worth 10x that in many years (or potentially worh $0). But that kind of risk averse thinking is why i'll never be rich lol.
Would make sense for new ownership to give equity to a few top fighters to tie their success to the company's and keep them a part of the brand.
Conor's made enough money where he's not going to sign autographs at a Dave n busters for bellator. But I could see bellator making him the Dana white type promoter after his fight career over.
Shy Guy - He has to be trolling at this point. Otherwise that's a remarkable level of stupidity and/or delusion.
This...this is a fringe sport where an athlete can go from the top to pretty much a nobody very quickly. If he loses to Nate again, which he likely will, and then to Aldo or Frankie, so 3 in a row, he's back to the undercard or headlong on FS1.
TexasBadAss - Would make sense for new ownership to give equity to a few top fighters to tie their success to the company's and keep them a part of the brand.
Conor's made enough money where he's not going to sign autographs at a Dave n busters for bellator. But I could see bellator making him the Dana white type promoter after his fight career over.
