Nate Diaz Excellent and Suspension: Did your Punishment Fit the Felony?

It's only a matter of your energy before the UFC acted. No reference to a Urban Dictionary or just what the slur means in Diaz's world would prevent the UFC from handing down getting some sort of punishment.

On Friday day time the promotion acted, suspending Diaz 90 days and fining him $20, 000. Your fine, according to the UFC's statement in the matter will be donated so that you can charity.

Let's get the suspension off the beaten track first because that's an effortless one to tackle. A 90-day suspension to get a fighter that last stepped in the Octagon on April 20 together with received a 60-day professional medical suspension following that battle is pretty toothless. It looks good on paper, but the reality can be that Diaz was more than likely not going to fight in the next 90 days and if he was it would be at the tail end of 90 days.

Now a fine, that's another report. $20, 000 for a fighter that taken in $15, 000 in his last fight is often a huge chunk of improve. If you don't agree, please keep in intellect that NBA superstar Kobe Bryant, who pulls down around $300, 000 a performance was fined $100, 000 for ones same slur in 2011. Diaz might notice that $20, 000 missing from his pay around Kobe missed his $100, 000.

Diaz may well not have meant the word to be a homophobic slur, but that doesn't excuse the truth that he used it. For a professional athlete he offers his employer, the UFC, an employer that is still fighting to create inroads in states the place that the sport is not suitable. The UFC doesn't need fighters handing ammunition to be able to its detractors, something Diaz would when he hit "send" upon that tweet.

Comparing the fine Diaz received to your one Bryant received; the punishment may very well be viewed as too severe. Don't think that's a misstep. The UFC needed to send a transparent message to all of its fighters: Step outside of the bounds of the rule of conduct and the punishment can be swift and severe.

The UFC has drawn a line in the sand with Diaz's okay and suspension; expect all fighters to take notice of the severity of this punishment.

For those of you that could say "worse things have been said in the past, " please don't employ that argument. Those were the old days, prior to the written code of conduct. That was before the UFC joined all of those other major professional sports in having a very code of conduct. The great old days are above, it's a brave " new world ", and missteps are going to cost fighters time and money.

Was Nate Diaz used for instance by the UFC? Likely, but someone had to serve being the fall guy. Let's hope other UFC roster took notice and that here is the last time we're all discussing ideas an easily avoidable state of affairs.