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The $5k iiNet Today Tonight story

The internet is no place for feelings or a rational argument.

*dominated*

Hurls, It's just the way things are, "15 seconds of fame" etc. Those who took an interest in your story know you will get/got the money so they have moved on.

You said at the top of this thread that you would stop posting and that was perhaps understood by many to be the end of the matter.

FWIW You shouldn't stop posting on Hoops just because a handful of people have had a crack at you, perhaps if anything this experience should suggest you give more considered posts in the future instead of just punching out random thoughts. Just a suggestion, take it or leave it.

Thanks for giving Hoops tragics something different to read in a fortnight dominatef by Sack Marty threads. Enjoy your winnings.

Thanks anon, that's impressive stuff! How much u charge 4 tattoos?

Here in ADL we saw the story on NYE , seems the other states picked up on the story and showed it on the next night , I read on ozhoops .Maybe of interest. Maybe not .
Here I read some said Hurls should've contacted the NBL , while some said the NBL was on holidays .

( Seems the NBL don't reply to fans ,
like SDOM here , when Groves owned the team .)

I find this an intriguing story as 1 - the chances of it happening are so remote & 2 - both sides have great arguments! If !!NET or the NBL had to fight this it would cost $5000 to bring it to the attention of lawyers & therefore lucky for Hurls it wasn't 50k as he would IMO have lost in court. Hurls did what he thought was right & good on him as he got the desired result. In hindsight i bet he wished he'd waited til' after the xmas break as afterall he had the footage! He could have gone to TV as a last resort & come out looking like a good guy! Afterall Hurls, they also had a good if not better argument than you! I think the result would have been the same no doubt...

"Too frequently large organisations stall in making payments to the little guy - whether it be insurance claims, correcting utility bills amounts, prize winners etc.

By Hurls approaching the media it keeps the bastards honest - and puts other organisations on notice that bad publicity could be coming their way if they remain inefficient in paying out or correcting mistakes.

This saga could have dragged on for months - but the action by Hurls and the media resulted in a quick result."

Agreed!

The NBL & !!NET were portrayed similar to Homer Simpson in the episode where he was reaching for a lolly & got accused of groping the baby sitter!!

dont be suprised if they over talk things to make people look bad when their not.

FOR THE TODAY TONIGHT STROY ON YOUTUBE:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeJNBj4zTVA

Channel 7 have no commercial interest in basketball. Their commercial interests lie in the AFL and securing advertising dollars to support their tv rights. A negative story on one sport is effectively a positive to another in a covert way. What is the commercial value to Channel 7 by running a positive story on basketball? If a rival station has the tv rights to a sport you don't and you are vying for the same advertising dollar would it be wise to run that other sport down?

When was the last time TT did an exclusive hatchet job on the AFL?

I dont think its tacky at all going through the media. What i like most about this is the fact that TodayTonight showed both shots.

The 36ers, iiNet and the NBL were never gonna pay, but after this, they have too.

Could this have been the reason why the MC had a week off. Never will know will we

Jacked off Jarrod!!! Pissed myself.

Just leave Today Tonight to do stories on shonky trades, weight loss miracles and cats stuck in trees. Oh and bad Councils by laws.

Seems this happened on 14Dec2012 .
The NBL told Today Tonight that they were on holidays.
Today Tonight didn't believe that this was true .

I suspect this thread is about to be locked.

this thread is no where near as entertaining as the other one. :(