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Old 07-02-2007, 01:44 AM
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Thumbs down Philly's new team owners....

So I read about the Philly team... well two hours later the owners are ..... Duane A Quamina .... a local pastor ....an administrative assistant to a camden pa councilman.... has lots of claims of international appointments.

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Beryl J. Wolk
Google his name and you get a marketing company, ready to take your money and make you rich! This guy is out there, click on A Better World! Dude will make a video for you to sell whatever as long as the check clears.

Boy , Joebot #2 you can pick them!

Remember our troops, jack and cheryl

BTW I listened to the interview with Bradbot #1, it is very funny. So a multi million dollar company director of operations has a "chart on his wall" to track the times he makes contact with the owners? WTF? This is a guy with a college degree in math? This is a ludicrous but it makes me laugh! Too bad injured players with no health insurance, fans with no tickets or refunds, owners with life savings gone have to deal with the deception. jh

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Old 07-02-2007, 06:41 AM
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In Brad's defense, the man has 60+ teams to keep track of. You have to give the man credit for being organized and keeping track of who needs to be contacted and when. Man, with 60 teams, my head would be spinning wondering whom I had contacted and when, and when the next time I needed to check in with them is.

Again, he seems to have his act together, and at least he is trying to do something with this league.
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Old 07-02-2007, 09:45 AM
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My guess is that Mr. Newman has met his match with this crew. I think they are setting him up for a massive lawsuit. He should have investigated.
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Old 07-02-2007, 10:15 AM
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In Brad's defense, the man has 60+ teams to keep track of. You have to give the man credit for being organized and keeping track of who needs to be contacted and when. Man, with 60 teams, my head would be spinning wondering whom I had contacted and when, and when the next time I needed to check in with them is.

Again, he seems to have his act together, and at least he is trying to do something with this league.
I agree. Mr. Hester has a lot to do, and I believe he has a genuine desire to improve the ABA.
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Old 07-02-2007, 10:31 AM
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I Agree, with 60+ teams to worry about, and teams folding left and right, its hard to stay on top of that

And I also agree that Brad has some brains and wants to improve the league, but he has one problem, Joe Newman, Joe is in complete control and quite frankly I dont think any one elses voices are heard, Brad could have a good plan and good ideas, but with Joe in charge, nothing will change

Maybe Brad should overthrow Joe and become CEO lol, I think he could do a little better job than Joe

Joe has ruined the league, and the only way to start to improve, to start going in the right direction is getting rid of him as CEO, but that wont be easy! (im getting tired of saying this lol)
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Old 07-02-2007, 10:51 AM
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Brad must feel like Sisyphus when it comes to dealing with the scheduling and teams. He has 60+ teams right now, and who knows how many teams will come and go over the course of the season?

I have spoken with Brad many times, and he has a genuine desire to improve the league but has a mammoth task ahead of him.

Brad is one guy I won't rip on as he is one of the few in the upper management of the ABA who is working towards a better league.
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Old 07-02-2007, 12:08 PM
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This is yet another set of "great owners" who will be disavowed by Joe should they ever dare to challenge his great almightyness.
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Old 07-02-2007, 06:37 PM
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Thumbs down Philadelphia new owners

Well this is my first post But it looks like the same story when it comes to the ABA over 3 years later The last time we had a team 2004 {Philadelphia Fusion } I was basically laughed at when I called about tickets or any other questions. I already tried to email the owner about the Philadelphia sounds at the email listed and it came back as undelivered mail
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Old 07-02-2007, 07:12 PM
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This is yet another set of "great owners" who will be disavowed by Joe should they ever dare to challenge his great almightyness.
Are you sure you don't mean "almightymess??
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Old 07-02-2007, 08:07 PM
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Thumbs down scheduling...tracking...charts

Well, my posting last evening about Brad does not mean I think he is not trying to do the right thing but rather the means is a reflection of the league. I am certain that the NBDL , NBA, CBA use modern software to track all activities. Brad in his interview said he was tracking his contacts with team owners with a chart on the wall. Even an old 53 year old firefighter knows how to use MS Explorer to track my daily schedule of activities, set reminders and track scheduling of 45 firefighters and their work hours. It just seem to me that clear answers to the questions asked were not forthcoming. I think because Brad is not allowed to do much unless Ole Joe says he can go forward. I do like his idea to return to the Great Eight Tournament. These owners have limited budgets, those who will survive and need a clear understanding of the playoff system well in advance to budget for the travel. I however laughted at the 175.00 flights to Hawaii, play two games in three days and have a day at the beach! But then you only need to book a room for two nights -fly in and play-day off-play and fly out.
I just do not see this sad league surviving untill playoffs or even November. It is a shame and a disgrace to the faded distant memory of the real ABA.
Remember our troops, jack and cheryl.
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