If you are a blogger, than you are sure to check a certain number of bigger blogs everyday. Most likely you check them several times a day. For me, two of my normal rotation of websites are Cagewriter and Pro Football Talk. It appears that the proprietors of these two sites are about to have some words.

It started earlier today when Mike Florio of PFT took exception to some words that UFC President Dana White had to say about the NFL:

Though White claims he’s not trying to come off as a promoter (fail) or a lunatic (semi-fail), few if any businesses reach their full potential with a captain who dabbles in such overt promotion and/or semi-lunacy. The connection between the leader’s oversized personality and the ultimate ceiling on the sport’s growth might not be obvious or linear; but the reality is that a guy who would be so foolish as to publicly challenge Goliath to a slingshot-free cage match will, eventually, say, do, or fail to do something that will necessarily put a finite limit on the success of the endeavor.

Think of it this way — pro football became America’s true pastime without loudmouthed personalities challenging baseball to a duel or proclaiming that the sport will take over the known universe. And the same wisdom reflected by that deliberate, discreet approach helped gradually position the NFL to become what it is today.

Regardless of the fact that White is shooting very high in terms of overtaking the NFL, Florio’s words were probably a bit harsh. Steve Cofield of Cagewriter wasn’t very happy with to Florio’s words.

He has said the same thing to us in the MMA media hundreds of times over the last five years. And he repeats it in almost every “intro the UFC” interview. To paraphrase: “I want to make the UFC a global sport. The NFL is not global, it has failed internationally. The UFC will NEVER be bigger than the NFL in the U.S., but globally it can be.”

Is that an outlandish statement?

Good for Mike, he got himself some links and hits. I bought into it. And there is zero going on in the NFL right now except waiting for Roger Goodell’s disciplinary rulings on the many crums who pollute the game.

He didn’t get a very positive response from the initial commenters on PFT, nor will I on this site. Maybe the lesson learned is that we’re both wrong.

Those aren’t very nice words from Cofield. However, I can’t help but agree with him. White has said that so many times before about the NFL that it’s not shocking to me that he said it again. It’s also true that Florio has said some things to get hits at times.

This should be fun.