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hifiguy

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1. He's not part of a team or a league, for one huge thing.

Reply to TSIAS (Original post)

Tue Sep 9, 2014, 08:05 PM

Sep 2014

Boxers answer only to themselves, the cable networks that carry their bouts, and their managers. And if a cable provider can make millions by having Boxer A at the top of the card in a PPV, they will do so.

Players in the big three pro sports leagues - NBA, MLB, NFL - have to abide by policies imposed by the leagues, which are collectively bargained by the players' unions with the teams.

That Rice wasn't indefinitely suspended the minute the league saw that tape is ridiculous.

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Why is Floyd Mayweather lauded while Ray Rice is banished? [View all] TSIAS Sep 2014 OP

He's not part of a team or a league, for one huge thing. hifiguy Sep 2014 #1

Well, must have been white privilege. cwydro Sep 2014 #2

Lauded? Chakab Sep 2014 #3

He has legions of fans TSIAS Sep 2014 #5

No, he does not have "legions of fans." Chakab Sep 2014 #6

I post on there all the time TSIAS Sep 2014 #7

Not to defend Mayweather, who's a scumbag, habitual woman beater, but Chakab Sep 2014 #4

The worst part of Mayweather's history exboyfil Sep 2014 #8