Frank Trigg: Rampage’s UFC Contract Should Be Canceled
Trigg had this to say on the whole Rampage Jackson situation:
There’s always consequences,” said Trigg (pictured on the right). A guy like Dana has to hold everyone to a higher standard. Especially with a guy like (UFC owner) Lorenzo Fertitta in the office full-time. It may be a one-time offense. I don’t think Rampage meant to do these things but he did something wrong and needs to be reprimanded
He also had this to say in reference to if Rampage suffers no penalty:
If you’re pulling a guy out like Jesse Taylor out (of the Ultimate Fighter 7 Finale)…they canceled his contract and gave him three months to think about it. If this (Rampage case) goes to court, (White) has to cancel his contract. If you’re acting like an idiot outside your sport you should pay.
While I agree that if the charges stick…Rampage should be punished in some form or fashion. We have to take into account that all the details of the situation are not known at this time. Especially the whole Rampage is medically unfit to be booked portion. So I think it’s premature to say that his contract should be canceled. Furthermore, that would be retarded…considering that promotions such as Affliction and EliteXC would waste no time in trying to snatch up one of MMA’s biggest stars. The whole Jesse Taylor situation is different also…Dana White knew he was going to bring Jesse Taylor back to the UFC. That whole he’s being kicked out of the UFC ordeal was simply a way to get ratings for the stale TUF television show on Spike.
Also, fighters are human just like athletes in the NBA, NFL, and so on. Let’s not get outlandish when someone from the MMA world has a run in with the law. They are going to make mistakes just like the next person. Hopefully everyone will learn from that situation and not make the same mistake.
Props to Yahoo.com for the quote and audio. The entire interview can be found here: Here http://werlv.com/pages/1968436.php
July 16, 2008 at 8:20 pm
Also another slight difference is the fact that Jesse Taylor technically hadn’t earned a contract with the UFC yet right?
Then after the show ended it’s not like the UFC could have left Jesse sitting out there with out a contract for very long.
If the UFC didn’t sign Jesse to a contract pretty quickly after the show rapped then another organization would have tried to sign him and capitalize on the whole he got kicked out of the UFC part of it. Not to mention he was actually supposed to be in the finals.
So I don’t think comparing the two situations is quite fair.
Other than the fact if the UFC doesn’t keep Rampage under contract somebody else will pick him up instantly.
July 17, 2008 at 7:58 am
Well, I think all of the fighter’s chosen for the show sign some sort of contract with the UFC prior to taping of the show. Like the guy that had the mat herpes…the UFC had to let him go so he could sign with EliteXC.
July 21, 2008 at 2:32 pm
Trigg is an ass! WHO EVER KNOWS WHAT ANOUTHER IS GOING THROUGH. Waiting to learn what happened and why before we start selecting punishments is only the decent thing to do.
I am ashamed for trig turning on a top of the heap UFC guy without waiting for the whole story.
Could Trigg be jealous now that UFC fans have tired of seeing tapping from rear naked chokes and he has no UFC contract.
Jealously raises it’s ugly head? He is also a lousy announcer. That is the contract that should be canceled.
July 21, 2008 at 2:41 pm
LOL@ Bob Nelson…tell’em why you madd!!!