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Insight into why Fat Dan Rafael hates Haymon fighters and PBC
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Originally posted by Pigeons View PostDan Rafael is a joke. He's Steve Kim-lite. His Twitter and ESPN page are literally and open promotion for HBO affiliated promoters (TR, GBP, ME, RNS), except for Andre Ward. Just like Steve Kim, he hates Andre Ward.
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Originally posted by paulf View PostA professional journalist wouldn't start a ****ing beef with a boxer. And a journalist that beefs with boxers shouldnt be calling other people unprofessional.
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Originally posted by Mitchell Kane View PostPretty weak start to a 5-part series.
There was maybe one line that was even remotely interesting...Originally posted by Pigeons View PostPretty weak quote. Haymon doesn't owe NBC anything. Haymon is paying NBC for airtime. As long as he made the payments, he fulfilled his end of the deal. If NBC is interested in a licensing agreement with PBC, then I'm sure Haymon would be happy to share his business plan.Originally posted by HeroBando View PostThat's not the way to get a Tv deal, alienating network executives. At least play nice till you seal the deal
So it was that Haymon, his longtime attorney Mike Ring and Waddell & Reed fund manager Ryan Caldwell found themselves across from NBC Sports Chairman Mark Lazarus and Jon Miller, president of programming, late in 2013, discussing a plan that would showcase Haymon’s fighters on the network on weekend afternoons and Saturday nights....As he laid out his plan, which would include not only NBC but other broadly distributed networks, it became clear that Haymon’s company might have to bleed upward of $100 million — and perhaps two or three times that much — as it built a brand and an audience, a proof-of-concept phase that would then enable him to cash in on the rights fees that continue to trend upward across sports.
Caldwell was there to show NBC that Haymon Boxing had the wherewithal to not only launch the PBC, but sustain it, with the pledge of upward of $425 million from a $40 billion fund that he co-managed for Waddell & Reed, the same fund that had invested about $1.5 billion in Formula One.
For all that Haymon brought to the meeting in terms of vision, it was Caldwell who had what NBC needed to see that day.
Miller went back to the PBC to fine-tune a plan. Then he went to Los Angeles to present it to NBC’s entertainment division, pitching it on the idea of freeing up prime time on Saturday night —- not so tough a sell because the network has gotten killed there for years. Miller had to convince them he could do better than what they already had, making the pitch that a show like the PBC — which might initially attract an older audience — could serve as a strong lead-in to local news and then “Saturday Night Live.”
It looked cost-effective enough to make it worth the risk.
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Originally posted by HeroBando View PostThat's not beef, everyone thinks he should grow up. Not to say Rafael won't get unprofessional, but coulda picked a better example. He really had it in for Haye and beat the toe thing to death
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Originally posted by HeroBando View PostThat's not beef, everyone thinks he should grow up. Not to say Rafael won't get unprofessional, but coulda picked a better example. He really had it in for Haye and beat the toe thing to death
@danrafaelespn You should know as much as anyone, boxing is never that "simple" So say something constructive, otherwise, silence. 🍔🍟
— Carl Froch MBE (@Carl_Froch) July 5, 2015
@Carl_Froch And if @eddiehearn needs any phone numbers I'm happy to help.
— Dan Rafael (@danrafaelespn) July 5, 2015
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Originally posted by about.thousands View PostIs this professional? Should a reporter be picking twitter fights with a boxer because that boxer won't fight a guy the reporter wants him to fight? Is Rafael a reporter or promoter?
@danrafaelespn You should know as much as anyone, boxing is never that "simple" So say something constructive, otherwise, silence. 🍔🍟
— Carl Froch MBE (@Carl_Froch) July 5, 2015
@Carl_Froch And if @eddiehearn needs any phone numbers I'm happy to help.
— Dan Rafael (@danrafaelespn) July 5, 2015
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