Quote Originally Posted by Ron Swanson View Post

They are arguing procedure and law in the same breath when they aren't intertwined. "It used to be that..." means nothing here. MGM is a company that can set its procedures as they wish, TR doesn't dictate their procedure.
I dont think this has anything to do with MGM, it's just a business who, like you said, can do what they want. I could rent out the MGM and go bicycle around the arena for a few hours if I had the money I guess.

TR is pissed at the athletic commission for granting the promotion license without the opponent and contracts signed, and they have every right to be pissed, because that's the rule that's consistent with athletic commissions across the country.

In order to grant you a promoter's license, it stands to reason that they need to know and approve what it is you're promoting. How can they approve what's being promoted if they don't know exactly what's being promoted?

It just goes to show you how much money talks that the athletic commission, which is a government-controlled and funded entity that is supposed to unbiased and completely neutral, is fast-tracking GBP a promoter's license and giving them preferential treatment because they are going to bring a fuck load of money with Mayweather.

The athletic commission's rules and guidelines are supposed to be fair and unbiased, right down the middle. I gaurentee you I wouldn't be able to obtain a promoter's license there for a night of 4-rounders at some small banquet hall without submitting all the fighter's info. It is special treatment for the cash cow.