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James Harvey scathing of Blaze!

Nicely said Anon.

J0yce would also be liable for back-dated income tax if the ATO ever audit his affairs as he was effectively an employee, yet retaining profits in an entity attracting a lower tax rate (I assume so, why else bother with the corporate structure that was put in place?).

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to be open , my personal views re Dewin is 75% based upon his performance in the NBL / Canberra Cannons / Newcastle Hunters debacle, where his (covert) advice to many of the parties involved meant I was gob-smacked to learn his background was as a lawyer. He was astute enough to have none of his comments/advice committed to paper.

The other 25% is based upon my personal experience re his ability to talk a great deal prior to that re furthering basketball in Australia in his role as BA CEO , followed by his inability to back up that talk in real action as and when the time came to act upon his ( many) assertions.

Basically BA ran on the performance of the Opals and the Boomers in Olympics and worlds to attract money from the federal government.

And if Sengstock was on $280,000 a year, then he MAY have been on a salary increase from Derwin, but it would be a close thing , given Derwin's salary in the mid 00's

In any case I was unsurprised to learn that BA's public face has been to back the owners and hope it all goes away.

I think that if anyone researches prior threads they will find my previous posts re what I thought the blaze could be doing - which appears to have been correct

He bagged the shit outta joyce & so did Heal. These 2 are running away 2 a new town but have there own poison on the GC. The only bloke with half a clau said this...



Funny how when the shoe is on the other foot Harvey is happy to air things in public.

Wonder what he would have thought if the Blaze went public with his salary and extras demands outside of the salary cap in the past

Not a pretty situation at all but there is always 2 sides to a story.

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I am happy to be corrected , or at least better informed re Sengstock's departure , perhaps a bit of misplaced nostalgic loyalty there on my part -

However Derwin was the driving force behind the "one basketball" concept of BA taking control /merging /absorbing the previously independent NBL, WNBL , and ABL ( seabl etc) and ( I think) referee national association.

He was "in the room" , if not actually voting - on every major national basketball decision for well over a decade- and getting well paid for it.

Yes , I can now well see why Sengstock made for the exit - I suspect that he wanted to make a very firm stand against the Gold Coast and was told by the other board members to cool it as it "would be bad for the sport" - undoubtedly the Tomlinsons had spun some "she will be right" line to the other longer serving board members such as Derwin - and they delivered what they wanted to believe.

I wonder how long Kristina Keneally will stay as BA chairperson if this really hits the fan. She would have been told a lot of BS coming in as a "newbie" - and this will open her eyes.



Quote from article

Harvey confronted Basketball Australia chief executive Scott Derwin at last week's creditors' meeting. He admitted the seven-figure sum was never guaranteed by the Blaze.

"Every time I saw Scott Derwin on the news it was to support the Blaze owners and the organisation. He never once supported the players or an unfairly dismissed coach who gave 30 years service to the NBL."

IMHO - Derwin has been successful at sucking on Basketball's money glands for well over a decade now.

@Nat - interesting situation if he does. Has he brought the league into disrepute or just highlighted the actions that have brought the blaze and league into disrepute ?

Senstock leaving so suddenly around the time the blaze went in to VA is starting to make a lot more sense.

The league needs more openness and honesty from the clubs, league and the players. How are we going to grow the league and attract bigger sponsors (more $$$ for players) if the public sees the NBL feeding on itself ?

I dont like the Kings (Heal - ewww) but I can guarantee i will be applauding Harvey when he steps onto the CCC - Respect.

I wonder if he will be fined by the league for this..

Good on him, the Blaze and Melbourne have made the whole league look like a joke