Hoops

Hodge not getting paid WTF

Yes. I think report it all. Good and bad. Like Hodge not getting paid, and Chappell, Tyndale, Fuss, Groves,Venuetix etc.

Pasadena, I don't agree what you say about Boti. He comes across as a passionate supporter of the team and the sport himself. He reports things as he sees them regardless of whether its good publicity or not, but lets face it, he is the only consistent source of bringing awareness to the NBL not only in SA but nationally to the public. You fail to see that what seems to be bad publicity is actually good because it sets everyone talking about it and the interest level increases. Just look at this thread, there is already 58 replies. This is an indication of interest and to the true passionate supporter, it does nothing to diminish your support or interest. It is in your face reporting.

Bretts the man,
the wrong AC number is a well used chestnut, but it seems that the messiah provided the wrong details. But yes, if the payment was due on the 15th and the first attempt was on the 19th, then it the question of why it was four days late should be asked and why there is not a procedure at the club to ensure that these regular payments/transfers and made in adequate time.
Pottsie is there to manage the sixers and like anyone has his fans and detractors, but he should not be seen as the voodoo doll whenever things go wrong at the club. I agree that there is a big difference between Airing dirty laundry in the Crow-vertiser and on Hoops.

Wouldn't it be good if we could call it the Sixer-tiser instead?

I reckon there are just as many Crows stories in the off season as in the season. How many off-season Sixers stories do we see in comparison?

OK, there was a stuff up with some numbers and his account wasn't right.
The big question to ask is:

Should Boti have made it public in such a big article?

IMO, there's too much dirty laundry aired about the club and this stuff is not the stuff that should be in the paper disrupting the club at such a crucial time.

Boti, if you are reading this (which I presume you do to get your intel.), I am a little bit tired of the repeated attacks on Ops Manager Paul Bauer. You have had your cannon shot across his bows to rattle him on many occassions, maybe just leave it at that.

"Sapwell banked it."

LOL DDF - I guess even Sapwell's banking technique can go astray sometimes.

Pretty embarassing for the Sixers though. Keep this up and intl players will start thinking the organisation is like some of those dodgy Russian and East Euro teams who used to commonly shaft their imports.

Lets hope this was just an honest mistake and we aren't in for any bad news before the end of the season. (Other than getting cleaned up by the Dragons or Breakers in the finals of course!!!)

Boti was critical of a Christmas shutdown for a summer sport.
Kinda like that owners pay the salary cap to NBL and they pay the players.
Would stop a lot of problems and no need to put up a million security/guarantee.
Put up about a million licence fee and about a million salary. As only 8 teams, about a 3 month season in the pro league.
( Then they are having that semi-pro league, that Gaze has been speaking about to the media)

4 days late is not acceptable I agree but the Gold Coast game wasn't until the 31st.

Raytri, your comments about being paid before is a bit assumptive. How do you know that he hasn't recently changed his banking details. How do you know that this particular pay may be the first one paid into his account because the 36ers gave him an up front lump sum payment to lure him here with the balance to come at a later stage through bank transfers? You have no idea how he is being paid and therefore can't assume that everything worked well before.

This is all crap on Julius' part and his agent if he was instructed to not participate in training and then had a detrimental affect on the NYE game. For a start, if Mal said the money left his account on the 19th December, surely he could have produced a receipt of some form to show that the 36ers are not deliberately holding back on his pay. Secondly, if that was the case, Hodge could see that the problem was with the bank and should have checked the information he gave out. I don't know why imports don't open up an Australian bank account for their wages and then do the transfers themselves. As for the originator of this thread, you set the tone so it would appear that the 36ers are refusing to pay up. You should be a bit more careful in what you say and how you say it. If the dramas of his pay was responsible for the loss of a game when the money had actually been paid, that is a very poor showing on the player's part and his agent. The only problem I could see with the 36ers paying his money 4 days late is the Christmas rush that may have delayed Hodge getting his money any sooner.

The NBL game review said he was our best.
Ninnis said it was Holmes, and not knowing if Jules was playing or not was disruptive.
Isaac mentioned that owners pay the salary cap to NBL who pay the players, would be a good idea as it solves a lotta problems.

Combination of a few problems.
Payment was due on the 15th , and Mal sent it on the 19th. Wrong account numbers and people on holidays and public/bank holidays.
Badly handled, and Hodge not training, may have caused a game loss.