Agent lashes out at Australian Players' Association for bad deal with NBL

Daniel Moldovan: “Besides the NBL finals, there was no lost revenue due to COVID-19, so why are we predicting doom and gloom six months before the scheduled start of next season?"

Lighthouse Sports Management agent Daniel Moldovan lashed out at the Australian Basketball Players’ Association in the light of the player pay cuts amid the coronavirus pandemic.

In an interview with Basketball Forever, Moldovan said he had never seen a worse deal agreed to by a players’ association in any sport anywhere in the world.

“Besides the NBL finals, there was no lost revenue due to COVID-19, so why are we predicting doom and gloom six months before the scheduled start of next season? Why are we in a rush to negotiate a new deal with drastic pay cuts for players at the height of a pandemic?”

“Australia has done one of the most remarkable jobs in the entire world with regards to this virus, so the country should also be one of the quickest to resume some semblance of normal life and thus enable the economy to gather steam again.

“With this in mind, why couldn’t negotiations take place in June or July?”