
Blaze future to be decided tomorrow Thurs 14 June
Anon, which Blaze assistant volunteered his time? Not Pero, thats for certain, and certainly not Radliff. They may have had two support staff volunteers, Mick Conlon and Junior (the real team manager).
Paying so many office staff and Fat Ass Joe to do the job which other clubs have minimal staff undertaking is part of the problem.
Now that one of his own kids is seeking to get back over 300k which was invested into the company shows how far gone this so called "business" really is. Owen, Jack & Ben Tomlinson pouring their inheritance into the Blaze will keep them afloat, but none have any business sense what so ever and it will only be a matter of time before they really sink for good.
Regardless of what anyone says about j0yce, the man is a first class bloke who made some poor coaching decisions in his second season with the club. Granted he didn't have the budget Joey has been given to work with, otherwise he'd still be at the helm today. He has given over 25 years of service to Basketball in this country as a player and coach. Who has earnt the respect of so many during this time and now is giving back to the sport again through his development role with Basketball QLD.
What the Tomlinson family is doing to him is a disgrace and BA seriously need to look at the reasoning behind the lcub going into VA. Whether it is legally right or not should not be the issue, morally it is a dog act and people wonder why Basketball continues to flounder on the sporting landscape in this country.
Once again our great sport is the laughing stock of professional sport in this country.
BOOT THE BLAZE TODAY NBL!

" but it is legal and it stops an NBL club from dying "
To be honest, I am a huge fan of the NBL, but I don't give a rats ass about preventing the Blaze from getting their license revoked.
Any owner that can get $12m in debt and continue to utilise the entire salary cap (and then some all including the full-time office staff and expensive assistant coaches they pay for) and then not uphold a legal contract, does not deserve a license in ANY PROFESSIONAL SPORT.
Ever heard of the quote "live within your means". The Hawks are a great example of this. They only spend what they can. The Blaze go out and throw big coin at Wortho, Adris, Gibson, Petrie etc, either not realising or forgetting that they owe someone 300k and various other creditors millions.
I don't care about stopping the club from dying..
We are trying to progress with Basketball in this country, not regress, and to be frank, these kinds of owners do not deserve a license in the NBL.
I used to hate it when clubs left the comp ala South Dragons or Singapore, but now, I realise that if their owners and entire financial structure is broken, why should we let them in?
BA should take a hard line to this behaviour.

Obviously cowboys are still able to operate within the NBL. Until the whole private ownership issue is sorted the League remains on shaky ground.

They shouldn't be allowed in the league.
No wonder people (outside of basketball circles) question the credibility of Basketball in Australia.
How a team could avoid having to fully pay out a LEGAL CONTRACT, then continue to be in the league is unconscionable and disgusting.
This kind of activity reminds me why people question the reputation of BA.
