Oh, they would have put you on hold?? How dare they not drop what they were doing to address you immediately??

I think you deserved the money as you were given a second shot. I also think you went about it the wrong way. You can't very well act surprised that iinet found out about it just two days ago when you never let them know.

It should never have been up to me to tell them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That is something the NBL is MEANT to deal with. The day i hit the shot, i was told I would be called that Monday... I wasnt told "Hey, you better call IINET"

As for on hold. Well, I dont suppose people at the help center would have much knowledge of what the Quickshot deal is. People at the top would, people that I would have thought would ALREADY KNOW about the situation!!!!!!!!!!

if iinet only found out 2 days ago.. it means it took the NBL 2 weeks to even notify them. So at very least.. they are guilty of slackness... there was 9 days leading to the christmas break within which to do something.

Ha. Fair Call. No, This will be the last thread I post in. I guess that would have been a more concise statement.

Nbl is a joke, run by monkeys

Sack all the staff bar kristina and get ppl from afl to turn the league around.

Yes, you're right. They should have kept you informed, and it shouldn't have been up to you to notify iiNet. Sorry, I said that because there is a misconception that they and the NBL both refused to pay.

As much as I personally wouldn't have gone down the TT route myself, the issue could have been avoided with a simple phone call to you to say that it will be sorted as soon as possible, given that it was a busy time of the year.

Glad you got your money, and the NBL needs to start acknowledging their fans and supporters, and show some more respect if they want to put off any more bad publicity.

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

Hurls...I originally believed iinet should have paid you to avoid bad press.

Looking at the TT segment I can't help but lament that you went to such a low in order to seek payment.

Really could have shown some class and waited a little longer.

Oh well....more money for rims and tattoos right?

a win for the low brows....all finished,move on.

I just googled this 1 st time. Seriously you did not try hard. The story was embarrassing not just for that guy but KG looked like a knob as well.

NBL Directory

National Basketball League

Sydney Office

Street address: Level 2, 191 Botany Rd, Waterloo NSW

Postal address: PO Box 7141, Alexandria, NSW, 2015

Phone: (02) 8396 5500

Give it up Hurls. You get one shot at making the half court shot. The person who gave you the 2nd shot is just a court announcer and has no affiliation with iinet. You lost buddy.

I suspect this thread is about to be locked.

The court announcer was in charge of the shot and decided to give Hurls another shot, that justifies him being rewarded the money.

I didn't see the Today Tonight segment but I have no doubt going by how they treat every story that they edited every decent comment Hurls made and turned it into a tragic story or shame, big business rorting the system blah blah blah, its what sells advertising and its what they do.

I wouldn't blame Hurls for any of this, he didn't give himself the second shot, he didn't pay up the prize money within a reasonable amount of time, he didn't not immediately give him information as to when he would receive the prize money and he did not contact him regularly to update him on the situation. That is the role of the business's responsible, Hurls should never have had to make a single phone call in my opinion.

I always thought they would just keep the 5k in petty cash in the front office, pay it in cash or cheque or whatever and be done with it.

Wonder if the guy at the Hawks game is going to have as much trouble as you

End of the day Hurls you did what you had to do.

There's a saying I learnt when I used to work for a large company;

"The squeaky wheel gets the grease"

Anyone would want the $5000, you know it, I know it and so do they.

Pay the man!

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

for those who miss it
http://au.news.yahoo.com/today-tonight/money/article/-/15744140/nbls-money-shot-disaster/

I support Hurls being paid by one of iiNet or partly the 36ers or a combination, but not in turning to Today Tonight so quickly. Impatient and tacky.

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

i find it funny the only news story that ive seen go that long about basketball in a long time is such a negative one

Jacked off Jarrod!!! Pissed myself.

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

It was probably the referees fault... boo them!!!

Jacked off Jarrod!!! Pissed myself

The MC was in the US. Someone mentioned that he'd met LeBron.

Hurls, just watched the clip. I now think you did the right thing and you spoke we'll in the story. Glad it ended well for you.

If the NBL doesn't want this bad publicity, they need to do better than always come up with excuses as to why they don't respond to fan feedback, or in this case, a legitimate query.

He was given another shot, told it was for $5000, made it, had his details taken and was later told they were discussing the payment. That's not "pretty clear cut" anon.

At the discretion of the MC, Hurls was given a second shot at the money, legally that made it an official part of the competition. When he hit that second shot he won the 5 grand. Anon #395427, missing the first shot didn't make it the end of the story.

Mystro, post deleted. Troll elsewhere please.

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?

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

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

I have no problem with him going to TT.

The NBL, Sixers and iinet product did not get damaged as this is a non issue. At the end of the day all that happened was he was paid late, big deal!

The matter is finished with.

god theres a lot of whinging bitches on here.

give the guy a break. he made the shot, he wanted his money. he got it. end of story. well done mate.

cant believe there's a section of you heroes that are still trying to give this guy grief for his actions. how jealous can you guys be!

Well said anon #395480. Jarrad should not have been expected to contact anyone re the payment. It seems it was a bit of bad handling on the part of the NBL and associates. They should have kept Jarrad informed as to what was happening, perhaps telling him that they would contact him in the New Year due to Christmas closure - not leaving him to wonder what was happening. To all of you disputing his win - it's easy to be critical when you're on the outside looking in............

Most of us agree he deserved the $5k, it's unclear whether anyone actually denied him the cash - lack of communication during the holiday period maybe? Almost all of us agree TT was not the method to go about coaxing payment, at east so soon. We're glad it's a non-issue now, it's not in anyones interest for it to drag on and the bad PR very much defeats the purpose of the competition.

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!!

No, the NBL acted like the episode where Flanders hippie parents said "we've tried nothing and we're all out of ideas."

Agree with the sentiments in this thread:
- Hurls deserved the cash;
- But there was no need to go to Today Tonight to talk about it, especially as there had been no communication that he wouldn't receive the money. If anything it just sounded like confusion/miscommuncation. If the NBL had flat out said he wasn't getting the cash then maybe it is more Today Tonight-able.

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.

Enjoy the money Hurls.

HoldenV8

At the discretion of the MC, Hurls was given a second shot at the money, legally that made it an official part of the competition

It makes no difference that channel 7 have no interest in Basketball.

EC, agree completely!

At least the NBL actually got some airtime

"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!

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...

This whole saga is like the gift that keeps on giving... until KG turned up.

However the whole thing wouldve redeemed itself if i saw KG shooting some hoops and sharing a hug with his mate Hurls. Sadly i think these two were denied the right to share each others company.

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 .)

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

Oh check it out some old stooge reckons he drained a second attempt on an Internet forum. Good on ya mate. Convienently your shot wasn't witnessed live by 4,500 people so that works out well for your posts legitimacy.

Also amazes me you've played basketball for years and never even thought to attempt a half court shot before?

Well I loved all the hero stories until now. really do.... I never heard so much as a whisper at the game from you people though. Shows how gutless you all really are, There I am in all my element at the game... in among 4 thousand of you people and not 1 of you have the nerve to say anything like this to my face, whilst knowing exactly who I am, where I sit... and what I look like.


HA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

atleast I have the nerve to stand up for what I believe in. The same cant be said for you clowns! now go and debate amongst yourselves the politics of something that is painfully obvious and realise your a bunch of lifeless drones for doing so!

Once again, I love criticism, But I dont hear a word of it in person!

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.

*dominated*

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