Quote Originally Posted by amat
I don't think that's a very strong argument. I mean, he's arguing against mandatories and for them at the same time? And if he was Austin's promoter he wouldn't be singing this song.
If I can interpret (even if I'm completely wrong), perhaps Duva means the mistreatment of mandatories and the term "mandatory" itself. It weakens the division to have someone called a mandatory but they don't get the fight next and it further weakens the division to call someone a mandatory who hasn't exactly battled his way to the top. There needs to be a transparent means of ranking fighters that even the most passing of fans can grasp onto, but as it stands, it seems like the passing of money from one hand to another (whether true or not) seems to be the only consistency.