Bernard Tomic

[Sedat]

Excellent take on the situation by Richard Hinds - https://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2019-...&section=sport

[Topdog]

Again the Hewitt interview fails to deny any of the allegations....
If Tomic has genuinely tried to blackmail Hewitt he should have been reported to authorities

[bornadog]

Again the Hewitt interview fails to deny any of the allegations....
If Tomic has genuinely tried to blackmail Hewitt he should have been reported to authorities

Isn't blackmail a criminal offence.

[Topdog]

Isn't blackmail a criminal offence.

It most certainly is. Even if he went to the tennis authorities Tomic would have copped a big ban

[westdog54]

Hewitt hasn't refuted a single thing with that interview. He still can't/won't answer anything about the conflict of interest with his management company (the only thing that really matters in all of this garbage), and the pissweak media won't dare push those buttons in question time.

The allegations about harassment from Tomic are a deflection - of course the deadshits in the media will lap up that angle so they don't have to do any hard work and ask any difficult questions. If it has taken place, why hasn't there been any charges laid?

He said outright: "I don't have a management company" No".

I fail to see how he "hasn't refuted anything".

And this might be hard for you to believe, but not everyone who is wronged by another person wants to get Police involved.

[angelopetraglia]

Let's stop talking about Tomic. He really doesn't deserve any of our attention.

[jeemak]

He said outright: "I don't have a management company" No".

I fail to see how he "hasn't refuted anything".

And this might be hard for you to believe, but not everyone who is wronged by another person wants to get Police involved.

I think if I'm reading Sedat correctly, you need to concentrate on what Hewitt and the principal directors aren't saying.

No, Hewitt doesn't have a stake in the management company, but we don't know whether he receives an inducement, incentive or a reduction in his own management fees for referrals of players under his influence. Where things become unstuck, is the principals denying that they manage any of the players Tomic listed through their management company. This means that Hewitt or a related third party manages them and all receive indirect compensation for the pleasure, or he doesn't or they don't and Tomic is full of piss and wind.

The latter is comfortably the more probable situation, but Tennis Australia should probe the accusations.

[Topdog]

He said outright: "I don't have a management company" No".

I fail to see how he "hasn't refuted anything".

And this might be hard for you to believe, but not everyone who is wronged by another person wants to get Police involved.

So get tennis Australia involved

[boydogs]

It most certainly is

Well I'm screwed then. Told the missus I'm not taking the rubbish out until she puts dinner on

[Twodogs]

I think if I'm reading Sedat correctly, you need to concentrate on what Hewitt and the principal directors aren't saying.

No, Hewitt doesn't have a stake in the management company, but we don't know whether he receives an inducement, incentive or a reduction in his own management fees for referrals of players under his influence. Where things become unstuck, is the principals denying that they manage any of the players Tomic listed through their management company. This means that Hewitt or a related third party manages them and all receive indirect compensation for the pleasure, or he doesn't or they don't and Tomic is full of piss and wind.

The latter is comfortably the more probable situation, but Tennis Australia should probe the accusations.

Yep, that's how I read it too. Hewitt is using weasel words and we need to concentrate on what wasn't said rather than getting distracted by what he did say.