Looks like the Rubio situation just went nasty

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  1. hasoos

    hasoos Well-Known Member

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    http://www.hoopsworld.com/HeadlineStories.asp?lc=NBA&c=1&TEAM_ID=&PLAYER_ID=&hd=20090610#STORY_19441

    According to this, Rubio went to sue the team for the buyout rights and then fond out that the team had signed his buyout rights over the the Spanish version of the Internal Revenue Service as payment of a debt. So the buyout is actually owned by them now. I do not know if I have seen a dirtier move in my life than that one. In fact, I would have to think that FIBA will be called in to review this, because it seems to me that the way the basketball team has handled this isn't in the interest of international basketball, and may have violated some ethics.
     
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    If I'm a promising young player, I just crossed Joventut off my list of teams I want to play for.
     
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    You signed a contract, now fullfill the contract. I would be pissed if I were tham as well. Here's the buyout, pay it.
     
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    If it's in the contract, it's in the contract. If he had such high aspirations, he should have signed a shorter deal.
     
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    If Rubio stay for this reason . . . I don't see 100% effort coming from him next year.
     
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    You know it's not that I have a problem with. The problem I have with it, is that they sold his contract without even so much as informing him, and if you have any experience dealing with the IRS, if theirs is like ours, it is almost impossible to deal with them. The facts are that the groups should be able to come to an agreement on a buyout that benefits all. But once the tax guys are involved, they will try and squeeze every cent out of it, because that is what they do. So by doing that, they basically screwed him.
     
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    If I were him, I would just hold out, and F them.
     
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    A contract signed by an uneraged individual that compels them to specific work years into the future.

    Yeah, that flys.

    None of these contracts are legal in any normal sense.

    Underaged signators.

    Monopolies.

    Restrictions on right to work.

    The whole thing is a mess.
     
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    Spain is more socialized than the US. A team here can't just sell off a contract to the US government...yet. Different laws apply in different countries.
     
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    I'm posting from Italy right now . . . driving laws definitely are different here. :)
     
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    I'm jealous. I love Italy.
     
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    Right now I am in the Tuscany hills (Montecatini) for two weeks. . . a much needed vacation to recharge the batteries.

    Have not adjusted to the the time though . . . it's 12:30 PM right now
     
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    That's chianti time in Italy.
     
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    You do know Italy don't you. Got chianti (and olive and cheese) right by the laptop.
     
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    I'm 1/2 Italian. My grandmother was born in Torino. Buon divertimento!
     
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    I should stop hijacking this thread, but very cool. I find the people in Italy to be some of the nicest people in Europe (outside of Rome).

    No parlo italiano . . . parlo ingles? : )

    Ciao
     
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    For the time being. :devilwink:
     
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    Welcome to Europe. I lived there for 10 years, and finally gave up and came back to the US. I pray that its failures are not following me back to the US.

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    I believe his parents signed his contract for him as he was significantly underage when he joined his team.
     
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    I'm not following your reasoning there... The buyout is the agreement, agreed to ahead of time. What's there to negotiate for mutual benefit? Either play out the contract or pay the buyout... Anything short of that is benefiting the player only, not the team.
     
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