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Darius Gudelis, Ryto’s main shareholder, and Antanas Paulauskas, a sports lawyer, spoke about it on the “Invisible Side” program.
“There is a lot of business in basketball, especially when it comes to rescues of this size, NBA clubs, talent. Then comes a business that is not always ethical and honest, it is not always guided by long-term goals, to win here. and now without scrupulousness. Work, investments are not taken into account and in this place our organization has made the right decision to defend their interests and become a certain precedent not only for Lithuania, but also for Europe. We have also consulted with the leaders of the FIBA Champions League if we are making the right decision. There is support to clarify the situation and we want the truth, “said D. Gudelis on the program.
“It’s natural to want to get what was basically stolen from the club. It is a lot of money stolen, a huge compensation that the club would have received if the player’s transition from “Morning” to “Pistons” had been smooth and as it should have been according to the legal relationship between the club and Sirvydis. “- considers A Paulauskas.
D. Sirvydis represented “Rytas” last season, but in the spring the first rumors spread about a possible separation of both sides.
Initially, the basketball player’s representatives accused Rytas of failing to comply with the terms of the contract and stated that he was terminating the contract. His main accusation was that Vilnius residents were still in debt from Mr. Sirvydis’ rent for the apartment and utility bills.
Rytas received the first letter about the debt on March 19, and already on March 25, without responding to the first, received the second, in which the termination of the contract was announced.
“I am glad that the club was able to represent the first wave and clearly demonstrate that the alleged public service debt is not really a mistake for terminating the contract,” Gudel now recalls.
The lack of termination of the contract for this reason led to further investigation into the ways in which the young man could leave.
“Their tactics have changed and they have taken a new step: they have offered to sign a new contract, where the conditions for the player do not change at all, the salary is the same.” bonuses the same, there is only a supplement to the contract: if Mr. Sirvydis goes to the NBA, 425 thousand. The refund of 1 million euros goes to the personal account of your representative. Instead of the city of Vilnius, the Vilnius club, Lithuanian basketball, as compensation for the success story goes to a personal representative on a personal account. No need to tease in any way or speak with clues, just a contract comes with an official email.
Therefore, today we can boldly speak about it and provide evidence, documents that, in case of not being able to steal, is somehow cleverly tried to circumvent. And if you want a player to go to the NBA, you pay me, ”says Gudel.
The surname of agent Marius Rutkauskas appears in the documents displayed in the public exhibition.
According to A. Paulauskas, such letters show that already in March, some dirty and malicious thoughts prevailed in the heads of the agents and representatives of D. Sirvydis on how to begin to remove the basketball player from the club to enter the NBA market.
D. Sirvydis had signed a six-year contract with “Rytas” and played only two under him.
Values and principles did not allow Rytas to sign a new contract, because it would have been unfair to give an agent a ransom, says D. Gudelis.
He also recalled a response from D. Sirvydis to him: “If you don’t agree, we will find another club in Europe that will and we will continue to win.”
This was followed by a month-long correspondence to no avail.
“If Rytas made rational offers that were quite logical, based on a valid contract, then they came from offers of opposite origin, where the exchange amounts were drastically reduced, the whole sequence of actions showed that they were trying to save. It is not clear to In favor of whom, the future club or the agents Initial action suggests perhaps in favor of the agents.
The correspondence took place for a month before he saw that the club would not give up and would sign an agreement to waive future severance payments. Then they found that club, in this case Hapoel, which agreed to pay a European ransom and thus legally remove Mr. Sirvydis from the Morning, the lawyer said.
Hapoel of Jerusalem paid the 190 thousand hired. There was already talk that he would not stay here and would soon go to the Detroit Pistons.
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This was based on strong ties: One of D. Sirvydis’s agents is Mike Tellem, whose father holds a senior position in Detroit and is a former owner of Hapoel.
Finally, a few weeks ago, it was announced that the Pistons had bought a Hapoel basketball player for an estimated 600,000. EUR amount.
According to D. Gudelis and A. Paulauskas, “Rytas” feels robbed in this situation – extracurricular agreements determined that D. Sirvydis went to the NBA. This sequence of actions basically “took” some 400 thousand people from Vilnius. euros.
“Basically, there was an indirect transfer from D. Sirvydis to the Pistons. In other sports, like soccer, this type of arrangement is extremely common and is officially prohibited. This is considered an illegal activity and is called bridge crossing. It is considered that all the people involved in such a transition are committing legal crimes. In this case, it is an instrument transferred from football to basketball “, says A. Paulauskas.
Rytas has already started a legal fight in which only D. Sirvydis can suffer.
“The club would not raise this issue in public if it did not believe that it could achieve something. We believe that every opportunity exists to restore justice and return part of the compensation to the club. The fact that this may require great effort and the initiation of large legal disputes in the Court of Arbitration for Sport, which is envisaged as an institution to resolve this dispute with Mr. Sirvydis.
I will point out that in this situation, D. Sirvydis would be the victim. Not “Pistons”, not “Hapoel”, but D. Sirvydis, who probably is, was conspired by these people under a legal train, which can also cross it in a certain sense “, emphasized A. Paulauskas.
D. Gudelis is convinced that this story and the NBA transition scheme were not invented by D. Sirvydis himself.
“It just came to our notice then. We know David as an honest and trustworthy young man with his head in basketball. He probably doesn’t think about how to make money from ransoms or some kind of fraudulent deal. We wish him every success. But he has to set a precedent, ”he says.
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