My take on the IPT and conversation with Harry Platis

I thank you for bringing up the topic. As one of the IPT Referees I'm always interested in whats going on. We have not been paid either.
 
jodcue said:
I thank you for bringing up the topic. As one of the IPT Referees I'm always interested in whats going on. We have not been paid either.

Feel pity for you guys!

Get in touch with Linda, maybe the lawyer could help you too!
 
jodcue said:
I thank you for bringing up the topic. As one of the IPT Referees I'm always interested in whats going on. We have not been paid either.
Did they at least pay for your flights & hotel rooms or did you guys have to foot all of your travel expenses?
 
So now KT is informing his employees by e-mail that they will be fired tomorrow. Radio Shack did the same thing. Not very classy at all. I guess after you take away the facade he really is low class.
 
jjinfla said:
So now KT is informing his employees by e-mail that they will be fired tomorrow. Radio Shack did the same thing. Not very classy at all. I guess after you take away the facade he really is low class.

The first time i heard him speak off the cuff, i knew he was low class and uneducated. Besides his suits, his facade isnt even that good.

What he does have is huge amounts of drive and no conscience and that can make you rich.
 
Smorgass Bored said:
Roy Steffensen asks:
I got this email from Deno just hours after I send mine: <snipped>

So the question is, would anyone help me create some questions to Deno? After all he has promised to answer me.


Don't waste your three questions as I have been accused of doing... OK ?
Doug

Very seriuos issues.LOL
 
jjinfla said:
So now KT is informing his employees by e-mail that they will be fired tomorrow. Radio Shack did the same thing. Not very classy at all. I guess after you take away the facade he really is low class.

Good morning Jake.
 
As badly as everyone wants to see justice served, don't be surprised if KT gets off with just another bad mark on his evil career. He is truly a rotten guy and leaves nothing but trouble and disappointment in his wake. It is time for pool players to quit chasing rainbows and start a legite tour. It will take a long time to make it happen, but we've seen what happens with instant gratification. Ask the women. They seem to do pretty well and a viable men's tour will enhance the ladies tour.
 
ironman said:
Has stuff been deleted again? Twice in one month?
Yep! I can somewhat see why the other was deleted... until the person that was offended makes the offense public, there's no need to say anything, but this last post that was deleted.... Uncalled for IMO but as I said in another thread... it's not my forum and not my call. :rolleyes:
 
Timberly said:
Yep! I can somewhat see why the other was deleted... until the person that was offended makes the offense public, there's no need to say anything, but this last post that was deleted.... Uncalled for IMO but as I said in another thread... it's not my forum and not my call. :rolleyes:

Dam it! Now I don't know if I'm winding my butt or scratching my watch!!!
 
Legal fund by the pros...

Ya know, so much negative crap has happened in our sport it would seem that good things will come because of these most recent developments... that is if those in position (to do so) take action.

Affective legal action would mean bringing the pros together and standing up for what is right. This is not something they have done in the past. They were took by the PBTA, Camel, now potentially the IPT and even as good as the WPBA is, the heirarchy there has passed on some raunchy deals for the women.

With this said, if Harry is willing to intiate action for 30K, all IPT players should hustle up the money fast. He would be more than glad to help our sport see a better future, but we cannot expect any one person to do it on their own.

I also think it is good that all this info about the non-payment by the IPT is being shared. I disagree that this will help the other side (IPT) posture for legal action by the players.

Why do I say this? Regardless of what happens finacially with the IPT, I believe it is on record that the original IPT players were made share holders of the tour and they were made promises by the founder. Would this not make non-payment to its shareholders from ALL products being advertised, promoted and sold by and for the IPT founder an obvious fraud?

If so, and if I were a IPT shareholder I would pay the 150 bucks even if I didn't recieve a dime. It would be worth it to know that the next step would be criminal proceeding against those responsible within the IPT.

Then our players would be unified and have won a great battle for our sport.

FIGHT FOR WHAT IS RIGHT!

It is not always about money, but principal. Any principal would be a giant step forward for our sport.
 
Timberly said:
I stated what while at the Open there were quite a few players that referred to Deno as a "pompous pr!ck". I've also heard from a few people that the staff in general are not very fond of him. Last night I was given a new word that I think is more fitting... Napoleonistic.


I said two days ago that I was sick of this stuff and that if something ground breaking happend, give me a call. Otherwise I was done fooling with all of this for awhile. I'm simply disgusted and burned out. Well... I got a phone call last night telling me that someone else wanted me to call them, that they had some IPT updates from a staff member. I haven't had a chance to call that person but some of what was relayed to me was that most of the staff are being laid off. Linda's post confirmed that.

Last night the Q & A section was still up and there were roughly 8 to 10 qualifiers listed for this wkend. The Q & A is gone, the qualifiers are down to three, and all the contact emails have been taken down with the exception of Deno's.

If I'm given anything different than this or can further confirm what Eydie or Linda has said, then I'll post it. Otherwise I'll go crawl back under my rock and take a break from the whole mess.
I knew you lived under a rock.
 
Timberly said:
My phone call confirmed all that Linda has said in her 2nd post. The only thing new that I have to add is that the employee's were sent an email today telling them that they'll find out at 2:00 PM Chicago time tomorrow which staff members are going to be laid off.

It's quite possible that a few of them will be singing like birds tomorrow so we might actually find out the truth to some things as opposed to the gibberish KT has given to date.

I've also been able to confirm that what Eydie posted on Tue is the truth (not that I doubted it but the info was offered up to me) as opposed to the complete opposite statement KT put out on Tue. and that MS has been repeating.


Yep, it's the gospel... I left a message for Deno to call me today to no avail.

Deno, I really do need to talk to you, I know you are busy, but I don't want to put some issues out here without discussing them with you first. Please give me a call..

Eydie
 
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