RE: SFX betrayed but will get the last laugh?

["Liles, Donald" <liles@hr.upenn.edu>]

I thought it was hilarious that agents got shafted last night.
Somehow, and yes I know it is only a pipedream, the NBA needs to find
a way to make the agents less powerful. It will never happen, but I sure
do tire of agents in today's world of pro sports. I am glad that someone
upset SFX. I wonder though, if someone backed out of a deal why on earth
did Haston get drafted so high? Just my opinion, but I shocked when he went
prior to Tinsley, Cook, et al.



-----Original Message-----
From: Francis Hsu [mailto:francis@ai.mit.edu]
Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2001 3:26 AM
To: celtics@igtc.com
Subject: SFX betrayed but will get the last laugh?


SFX, whose agents handled 10 of the first round picks, is apparantly pissed
off at an unnamed team for backing out of not one, but two, guarantees.
Excerpt from the ESPN report:
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However, one other team, SFX agents say, turned its back on a
prearranged with SFX Wednesday night.

"One team that promised us a guarantee flat out lied and then lied
again in the second round," said SFX agent David Bauman, who
represents Radmanovic, Kirk Haston and Raul Lopez. "Apparently in the
end, their word is not their bond ... and we will never deal with them
again."
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Ouch, that's gotta hurt.  Anyone have any ideas which team?

Francis