I’ve been a UFC fan for about 25 years. Despite all the shit that has been going on with Dana and Trump, I’ve tried to stick with it. Even bought a Paramount sub to continue watching. But I’m having a super-hard time with all the fighters being required to say something to the effect of “First of all I need to thank my lord and savior Jesus Christ”.
This seems like a big push by Dana and right-wing politics to force some weird religious reckoning on fight fans, and casual viewers alike.
Do they think that a huge cadre of rando-fans will be like, “Oh shit, I should go to church tomorrow, because I need to spread the Gospel after Danny Badass told me to thank Jesus” after watching a fight?
Thoughts? Opinions? Left and right encouraged. I really want a cross-section of both sides here. Thanks!
Go read the side bar. It explicitly says posts discussing frustrations are acceptable.
And beyond UFC, people I nvoking god for their hard-earned success is very frustrating to me. Whether it’s the athletes thanking whatever god for their win (what does that say about the loser? Arrogance.) or anyone else.