Post by Banana Cat on Jun 19, 2012 3:51:28 GMT -5
So far the game has only been postponed, but I have a feeling it won't get played at a later date. This may likely end up as a forfeit win for Laredo. More to come I guess as this plays out.
Dittman owns three league teams btw, which is now half the league since Houston folded. He owns Corpus Christi, Rio Grande Valley, and Laredo. Corpus Christi is his longest running franchise, so you'd think he'd take care of them before the others. Who knows though, maybe his other two are struggling as well and it just hasn't come out publicly yet.
www.kristv.com/news/hammerheads-players-say-management-isn-t-meeting-obligations/
Dittman owns three league teams btw, which is now half the league since Houston folded. He owns Corpus Christi, Rio Grande Valley, and Laredo. Corpus Christi is his longest running franchise, so you'd think he'd take care of them before the others. Who knows though, maybe his other two are struggling as well and it just hasn't come out publicly yet.
www.kristv.com/news/hammerheads-players-say-management-isn-t-meeting-obligations/
Hammerheads Players Say Management Isn't Meeting Obligations
by Lindsay Curtis / kristv.com
Jun 18, 2012
Hammerheads Refuse To Play In Laredo - KZTV
CORPUS CHRISTI - Tonight's Corpus Christi Hammerheads game in Laredo is postponed after the players refused to board a bus. They say the team isn't taking care of them, but the owner says that's not the case.
When we met up with the team today, the bus scheduled to take them to their game in Laredo was more than two hours late. Many of the players tell us they have not been paid. During our interview, Stephen fillmore said he's finished as head coach of the team. He and his teammates listed several reasons why the Hammerheads are fed up with their management and prepared not to get on the bus to Laredo. "We are without trainers. We're without any kind of doctor service. And for most of the players that are living in housing we have to take ourselves back and forth between practice and it's starting to really wear on people," said player George Frisch.
In addition to covering the cost of meals and transportation, many players say they haven't been paid in several weeks. They also say they don't believe management is paying rent for their team housing in Portland as promised. Several players say they've received three eviction notices on their apartment doors.
Chad Dittman, owner of the team, says the players' claims are not true. "With the apartments, everything is being worked out and the rent's being paid. There's no issues as far as anybody being evicted or anything like that," he said. Dittman says almost all the players are caught up on their pay checks. He says anyone who hasn't been paid will get their check tomorrow. He added the team has full medical coverage.
He also said the bus will show up and the Laredo game will happen
Late this afternoon, we returned to the Hammerheads' parking lot. The bus had arrived, but nobody was on it. Despite what the owner told us, we've learned tonight's game against the Laredo Rattlesnakes has been postponed
by Lindsay Curtis / kristv.com
Jun 18, 2012
Hammerheads Refuse To Play In Laredo - KZTV
CORPUS CHRISTI - Tonight's Corpus Christi Hammerheads game in Laredo is postponed after the players refused to board a bus. They say the team isn't taking care of them, but the owner says that's not the case.
When we met up with the team today, the bus scheduled to take them to their game in Laredo was more than two hours late. Many of the players tell us they have not been paid. During our interview, Stephen fillmore said he's finished as head coach of the team. He and his teammates listed several reasons why the Hammerheads are fed up with their management and prepared not to get on the bus to Laredo. "We are without trainers. We're without any kind of doctor service. And for most of the players that are living in housing we have to take ourselves back and forth between practice and it's starting to really wear on people," said player George Frisch.
In addition to covering the cost of meals and transportation, many players say they haven't been paid in several weeks. They also say they don't believe management is paying rent for their team housing in Portland as promised. Several players say they've received three eviction notices on their apartment doors.
Chad Dittman, owner of the team, says the players' claims are not true. "With the apartments, everything is being worked out and the rent's being paid. There's no issues as far as anybody being evicted or anything like that," he said. Dittman says almost all the players are caught up on their pay checks. He says anyone who hasn't been paid will get their check tomorrow. He added the team has full medical coverage.
He also said the bus will show up and the Laredo game will happen
Late this afternoon, we returned to the Hammerheads' parking lot. The bus had arrived, but nobody was on it. Despite what the owner told us, we've learned tonight's game against the Laredo Rattlesnakes has been postponed