Competition or Collective Bargaining - What would benefit MMA fighters more?

Last week I noticed a great deal of “debate” on Twitter between supporters of Project Spearhead and members of the Mixed Martial Arts Fighters Association. Since combat sports, monopoly, and labor are three of my favorite subjects to discuss, (and if you follow me on Twitter, you know I am not joking) I was looking forward to seeing the two sides thrash it out.

I didn’t find the back-and-forth, though, that informative. Instead it was mostly boilerplate talking points, misinterpretations, some wild accusations, and a lot of insults. This is unfortunate, for the two groups are proposing disparate strategies, which, if enacted, could easily result in very different outcomes for fighters. For…