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Post by foxtrot27 on May 3, 2024 7:22:06 GMT
I think you're missing the point bigz. A felony conviction alone is a big deal in the US, especially if one is in the financial sector. Unlike a misdemeanour, it bars you from the formal licensing in te industry.. Also, it appears he was on parole for 15 years! That signals he cut a deal and there is certainly more to the story. Im pretty sure that no league in the States, including the NBA would approve him.
The bloke is bad news given all the other issues but we are just so happy that someone invested money into the BBL, we just turn a blind eye.
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Post by notoriousbigz on May 3, 2024 9:43:39 GMT
I think you're missing the point bigz. A felony conviction alone is a big deal in the US, especially if one is in the financial sector. Unlike a misdemeanour, it bars you from the formal licensing in te industry.. Also, it appears he was on parole for 15 years! That signals he cut a deal and there is certainly more to the story. Im pretty sure that no league in the States, including the NBA would approve him. The bloke is bad news given all the other issues but we are just so happy that someone invested money into the BBL, we just turn a blind eye. I'm really not. For a start we're not in the US, are we? And in truth, who the hell are we to speculate whether there's more to it or not? It's clearly not debarred anyone from the US from investing in him previously (naively I'd say from a business perspective but still). The point is and always has been his business model is questionable at best. Anything else is at this stage irrelevant. The fact the BBL and Lions are losing money hand over fist and the 777 model is in trouble worldwide has absolutely no bearing on the fact the guy dealt a bit of cocaine. |
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Post by eillo23 on May 3, 2024 10:09:58 GMT
I think you're missing the point bigz. A felony conviction alone is a big deal in the US, especially if one is in the financial sector. Unlike a misdemeanour, it bars you from the formal licensing in te industry.. Also, it appears he was on parole for 15 years! That signals he cut a deal and there is certainly more to the story. Im pretty sure that no league in the States, including the NBA would approve him. The bloke is bad news given all the other issues but we are just so happy that someone invested money into the BBL, we just turn a blind eye. I'm really not. For a start we're not in the US, are we? And in truth, who the hell are we to speculate whether there's more to it or not? It's clearly not debarred anyone from the US from investing in him previously (naively I'd say from a business perspective but still). The point is and always has been his business model is questionable at best. Anything else is at this stage irrelevant. The fact the BBL and Lions are losing money hand over fist and the 777 model is in trouble worldwide has absolutely no bearing on the fact the guy dealt a bit of cocaine. Amen. I’ll pass your comments onto Josh when I next see him to collect this months payments for my positive posts in here. Hopefully I get them… |
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Post by irf on May 3, 2024 10:56:01 GMT
I'm really not. For a start we're not in the US, are we? And in truth, who the hell are we to speculate whether there's more to it or not? It's clearly not debarred anyone from the US from investing in him previously (naively I'd say from a business perspective but still). The point is and always has been his business model is questionable at best. Anything else is at this stage irrelevant. The fact the BBL and Lions are losing money hand over fist and the 777 model is in trouble worldwide has absolutely no bearing on the fact the guy dealt a bit of cocaine. Amen. I’ll pass your comments onto Josh when I next see him to collect this months payments for my positive posts in here. Hopefully I get them… Has he paid you last month's yet? |
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Post by notoriousbigz on May 3, 2024 13:08:30 GMT
I'm really not. For a start we're not in the US, are we? And in truth, who the hell are we to speculate whether there's more to it or not? It's clearly not debarred anyone from the US from investing in him previously (naively I'd say from a business perspective but still). The point is and always has been his business model is questionable at best. Anything else is at this stage irrelevant. The fact the BBL and Lions are losing money hand over fist and the 777 model is in trouble worldwide has absolutely no bearing on the fact the guy dealt a bit of cocaine. Amen. I’ll pass your comments onto Josh when I next see him to collect this months payments for my positive posts in here. Hopefully I get them… Hahaha, do I get any commission? |
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Post by irf on May 3, 2024 13:37:09 GMT
Amen. I’ll pass your comments onto Josh when I next see him to collect this months payments for my positive posts in here. Hopefully I get them… Hahaha, do I get any commission? Don't get your hopes up Bigz! Lol |
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Post by reallyoldfeenixfan2 on May 3, 2024 14:16:04 GMT
Just thought I'd repost the original one, days away hah!! |
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Post by milehigh on May 3, 2024 14:31:08 GMT
He never said how many days, one thing is certain we are closer to the end now than we were then.
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Post by LTfan on May 3, 2024 17:35:11 GMT
He never said how many days, one thing is certain we are closer to the end now than we were then. Aren’t we all?  |
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Post by sonjel on May 3, 2024 18:21:27 GMT
“Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right, here I am.....” |
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Post by irf on May 4, 2024 22:41:19 GMT
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Post by milehigh on May 5, 2024 0:18:51 GMT
But, to qote their Shill, this is just normal business and nothing is wrong!
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Post by irf on May 5, 2024 4:03:42 GMT
But, to qote their Shill, this is just normal business and nothing is wrong! It's going to end with long jail sentences for some involved in it |
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Post by irf on May 5, 2024 4:22:55 GMT
Bloomberg are describing the lawsuit as a "600 million dollar fraud accusation"
By 777's biggest lender
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Post by massiveridersfan on May 5, 2024 7:27:39 GMT
Nothing dodgy here at all. Move along please. Certainly there's no corruption involved at all. Not even a whiff. |
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Post by Stephen Abootman on May 5, 2024 11:26:41 GMT
Now I'm thinking some people on here might be drug dealers. Far from it (I havent even smoked a cigarette in my life let alone taken drugs), I just think its such an unbelievably small subplot of the 777 story that in the grand scheme of things its insignificant. 31 grams of coke in the post when he's a college student isn't exactly a stick to beat him with for the rest of his life. Now their business practices/model - there's enough fat to chew there... Exactly. Utterly ridiculous to suggest that downplaying the importance of something that happened 21 years ago is condoning it. Equally ridiculous to believe that thing is the crux of the issue. It's a shame some people apparently can't talk about this subject without repeatedly flinging shit at and attempting to belittle others. |
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Post by milehigh on May 5, 2024 22:59:11 GMT
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Post by spacejammer on May 6, 2024 12:47:25 GMT
Well if BBC Sport is now reporting on it then I think 777 are really in trouble now. I suspect they will survive to the end of the season. However I suggest we all start preparing and getting ready for another rebrand as in the off-season I suspect theirs going to be some fireworks. The only investment I can see from here will be on tickets for a place on-board rocket up to Space where the authorities can't touch them. |
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Post by dexter on May 6, 2024 14:24:40 GMT
Well if BBC Sport is now reporting on it then I think 777 are really in trouble now. I suspect they will survive to the end of the season. However I suggest we all start preparing and getting ready for another rebrand as in the off-season I suspect theirs going to be some fireworks. The only investment I can see from here will be on tickets for a place on-board rocket up to Space where the authorities can't touch them. I completely agree. This is mainstream news now. The end is near. |
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Post by hayesboy on May 7, 2024 11:26:37 GMT
TalkSport currently discussing this topic right now……..they are talking extremely negatively about 777 and questioning everything about them.
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