The UFC Isn't Like Subway

Let's say you wanted to start a Subway Restaurant.

You would have to do all of the financing, pay for a location, hire and pay for the employees to work in the Subway, purchase the food for the subs, and do a little local marketing.

In return, Subway provides you with a nationally recognizable brand name, a pre-set menu that you can choose to follow, and advertising and marketing at the national level.

In exchange for all of the benefits, you would have to pay the franchise a set percentage, but it's usually quite small since there are so many Subway restaurants. And after signing on the dotted line, you now own your very own restaurant and call the shots like you're your own boss!

Aren't franchises amazing?

In fact, Subway's business model is very similar to the NFL, NHL, MLB, NBA, and every other major sporting organization in America's business models.

They're all franchises.

If you wanted to, you could start you're own team, build a stadium, sign some athletes, and have your very own NFL team. Of course, it would cost a bit more than starting a Subway, but you get the idea.

But the UFC has very little in common with Subway.

You see, the UFC is NOT a franchise but rather a corporation. And that is the key difference between the UFC and every other sport organization in America.

Every major sporting organization in America is franchise. The UFC is not.

And that is the major difference between the NFL and the UFC.

In the NFL, they welcome competition. They have rules set into place to ensure that games are compelling and exciting. Most cities should have their very own professional football team because the more competition there is, the more games there are to watch, the better the teams have to be, the more tickets that get sold, and the more beers that get drank.

The UFC, on the other hand, is against any and all competition. As we've witnessed, the UFC does everything in their power to hurt the business of their rivals. They want to be the sole promotion in the United States and dare I say world.

The differences are because the NFL is a franchise and the UFC is a corporation. And this distinction is exactly why the UFC is not like Subway (or the NFL, NBA, NHL, MLB, etc.).

And exactly why a UFC monopoly will hurt, not help MMA.