05/15/2026
𝐎𝐅𝐅𝐈𝐂𝐈𝐀𝐋 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝐁𝐔𝐋𝐋𝐌𝐀𝐆
BullMag rejects WATL’s April 10 and May 15 statements, including the allegations, conclusions, and disciplinary measures announced in them. WATL has tried to frame this as a neutral disciplinary matter. It is not.
WATL is a private organization using internal authority to restrict a company operating in the same commercial ecosystem. The investigation was directed by Mario Zelaya, WATL’s Commissioner, while WATL controls sponsorship access, vendor access, product approvals, promotional platforms, and sanctioned events. That is a conflict.
WATL’s own Code of Conduct requires disciplinary matters to be reviewed by individuals with no conflict of interest. Yet WATL has not identified the committee members, disclosed what conflicts were reviewed, or clarified Mario Zelaya’s role in directing, influencing, approving, or finalizing the outcome. Instead, WATL announced conclusions without providing the basic information needed to determine whether the process was neutral, independent, or fair.
WATL also demanded broad access to BullMag’s confidential business records, customer data, order history, refund records, fulfillment records, sponsorship records, sales-channel information, operational capacity information, and Shopify access. BullMag refused to hand that information to an organization operating in the same commercial ecosystem. That refusal was proper. Protecting customer information and proprietary business records is not obstruction.
WATL also claims it has “continued to receive reports” regarding outstanding orders and money owed. It gives no explanation of whether those reports are new, duplicate, resolved, anonymous, or repeated submissions involving the same matters. That language is vague enough to imply scale without establishing it.
WATL has now encouraged reports to law enforcement and consumer agencies while acknowledging it has made no determination of criminal conduct. That distinction matters. WATL cannot use the weight of a criminal implication while avoiding responsibility for the implication itself.
The proposed BullMag axe registration program and future restrictions are equally indefensible. WATL has not alleged that BullMag axes are unsafe, noncompliant, or competitively improper. If the equipment is not the issue, then restricting the equipment is not athlete protection. It is market control.
WATL is using this dispute as an opportunity to limit BullMag’s presence inside its ecosystem while dressing that restriction up as community protection. A serious governing body does not use product approvals as a weapon, hide the identity and conflicts of its decision-makers, or demand transparency from others while refusing to provide it itself.
A fair organization does not demand confidential records from a business while refusing to disclose its own conflicts. A responsible organization does not invite criminal suspicion while admitting it made no criminal finding. And a trustworthy organization does not use equipment approvals and platform control as pressure tools against a brand it does not control.
WATL can publish accusations. It cannot manufacture credibility. Evidence, transparency, and a fair process are required. WATL has provided none.
To our customers and supporters: WATL does not decide BullMag’s future. Our customers, our products, and the market will. We will continue to build and innovate.
Thank you,
John Kautter
BullMag Founder
