Options for the UFC and the Nevada State Athletic Commission in the face of the Jon Jones Scandal

[Morpheushasleftthebuilding]

The NSAC and Zuffa would both lose any credibility they have left if they let this slide.
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whenever had the NSAC any credibility?

 

[MMAHAWK]

I'd love to see this fight but
They can't let him fight. It was hard enough trying to explain to my few remaining casual fans that the first positive coke test was out of comp so it doesn't count. While dumbfounding at least it could be explained. This has no defense and will be very disappointing if allowed to happen.

 

[ChaosOverkill]

It's been settled Dana just said Stripped and Suspended AJ vs Cormier on

 

[WoodenPupa]

UFC controls the media, so not much is coming out

Good point...reminds me of the Sundusky/Penn State ethical trainwreck. Penn State knew for a LONG, long time that Sandusky was a diddler (the complaints went back to the 1990's). As Wikipedia says,

"three school officials were charged with perjury, obstruction of justice, failure to report suspected child abuse, and related charges: school president, Graham Spanier, and athletic director, Tim Curley.[2] Shortly after the scandal broke, Spanier resigned. The Penn State Board of Trustees fired Curley. The Board of Trustees also fired longtime head football coach, Joe Paterno."

The cover-ups always go to the top of the ladder. In this case it was so clear that the main objective was to keep everything quiet, and they were able to do that for an amazingly long time.

That is such a different case from this fiasco, of course, but I'm only using the Penn State example to point out modus operandi across the board. When high $$ is at stake there simply is no such thing as moral transparency until it's absolutely forced. It's all game theory, basically trying to minimize the damage for as long as possible. And it's almost possible to forestall the worst even when the worst is inevitable.

 

[Jonny Quest]

I hate to say it but the smartest thing Bones did was to run.

 

[MMAHAWK]

I hate to say it but the smartest thing Bones did was to run.

Crazy how that works

 

[Jonny Quest]

Crazy how that works

Lol, it really is.

 

[WoodenPupa]

It's been settled Dana just said Stripped and Suspended AJ vs Cormier on

Boy was I wrong. Long analysis wrong analysis.

 

[lookoutawhale]

Hit the nail on the head. Anyone else they would've been cut, called a moron by Dana, been blasted publicly, etc etc. Dana is a bitch ass and the UFC is turning into a Joke. They used to be the standard for mma and used to make mma proud now they are killing it and making it look stupid as hell.

the ufc uploaded footage of Anderson getting the steroid news live on TUF Brazil to youtube as a teaser to get people to watch the next episode.