“Clouded Leopard’s Labor Dispute and Uncertainty Surrounding Warcraft’s Future in Taiwan Basketball”

The Taoyuan Yongfeng Clouded Leopards fell to the top of the T1 league, embarrassing “Warcraft” Howard (Dwight Howard) who shouted to win the championship before the start of the season, and whether Warcraft will continue to stay in the Clouded Leopards and even Taiwan basketball has also attracted attention from the outside world. Today, although Cloud Leopard has spent nearly 40 million on Warcraft, it is shocking that labor disputes broke out between the team and local players! There are also family members who broke the news that the new general manager Yan Xingshu, who is about to take office, forced the players to sign an early termination agreement.

According to an exclusive report by “One Ping News Network”, the players’ families complained to the media that the team forced seven local players to terminate their contracts early, and even the dormitory was eager to quit the lease. The local players are so stingy, and bluntly said that behind the grand event of professional basketball is full of bitterness.

The Taoyuan Clouded Leopards, which will only become an army in 2021, were funded and established by Clouded Leopards Energy Technology Co., Ltd. In the first year, the team won the 5th place among the 6 teams in T1, and the record belongs to the latter class. Last year, the 37-year-old superstar player “Warcraft” who was selected for the NBA All-Star Game 8 times was recruited in a big way last year, which caused a sensation in Taiwan. The then general manager Su Yijie once revealed that Howard’s monthly salary exceeded 200,000 US dollars (approximately NT$6.15 million) Yuan).

When “Warcraft” first came to Taiwan, there was a “Warcraft Frenzy” in Taiwan. The huge exposure effect also made it difficult for the Clouded Leopards to get a ticket at home. The Clouded Leopards became the most watched basketball team in Taiwan. 86 to 93 loss to Taiwan Beer Yingxiong, suffered an 8-game losing streak, this season’s score is 6 wins and 24 losses, and it is the leader of the T1 league, which is one place behind last season.

Regarding the future trend of World of Warcraft, Cloud Leopard CEO Zhang Jianwei once said that the team is working hard to keep Howard and strengthen the team. At the same time, he also confirmed that not only Cloud Leopard wants to provide Warcraft with a contract for the next season, but Warcraft who did not play on April 21 After the game, he said: “I hope to return to this team.”

However, the matter of Warcraft’s continuation has not been done well, and now it is reported that as many as 7 local players in the Cloud Leopard team have been ruthlessly terminated by the team. Some players’ families complained to “Yiping News Network” that there were originally 7 players in the Cloud Leopard team. The contract of the local players is until the end of August or September, but recently the team suddenly asked them to sign a contract, agreeing that the contract will only last until May 31, which made the players very surprised.

The family members of the players also said that the seven players who were forced to terminate their contracts early are all young players with relatively low salaries. According to the professional basketball market, they are estimated to be around T1’s minimum monthly salary of around 60,000 yuan, so the combined monthly salary is less than 500,000 yuan. That’s all, according to the contract until September, it is equivalent to paying 4 more months of monthly salary, the total amount is less than 2 million. Considering that Yunbao Investment Company is not a money-losing company, it is even unwilling to complete the 3 or 4-month contract. Unbelievable.

Moreover, the Cloud Leopards currently have only 14 local players in the team. After deducting Su Yijie, who has left the team, and Lu Caiyulun, who is on loan from Taiwan Beer Yingxiong, there are only 12 local players left in the team. Now they have to terminate the contract with 7 of them in advance, which means that the whole team With only 5 local players remaining after May, how will the Cloud Leopards cope with the next season?

The landlord of the team who rented the dormitory for the players in Taoyuan City also broke the news to Yiping News that there are 3 rooms in the Yunbao player dormitory rented from him. The contract was originally until September this year, but last week he was suddenly told to move forward. He was very surprised by the termination of the contract. The landlord also revealed that Yunbao rented three rooms from him for only 20,000 yuan a month. They heard that Yunbao rented the house for Howard, and the monthly rent was as high as 150,000 yuan, but now they refuse to pay even the 20,000 yuan. Frankly speaking, I doubt that Cloud Leopard still has the heart to run the team?

In addition, the family members of the players also broke the news to CTWANT that the general manager of the Cloud Leopards in the new season will be taken over by Yan Xingshu, the “basketball wizard”. Therefore, the new official has three fires, and the team’s series of operations are through the hands of Yan Xingshu. The family members added that Yan Xingshu first invited the players to Neihu’s company to negotiate, and then went to the player’s dormitory to find the seven local players at the end of April, at least three of whom had been forced to sign an early termination agreement.

As for how the team forced? The family members relayed the player’s statement and pointed out that Yan Xingshu claimed to the player that if he did not sign the early termination agreement, it would be difficult to get subsequent salary, and the company would also send a letter of deposit certificate, which would be handled by the legal affairs and brought to court.

In this regard, Cloud Leopards also responded to the complaints from the players’ families, saying that the team had already negotiated with some players to terminate their contracts by agreement at the end of the season, and assisted some players to transfer to the SBL Super Basketball League team. Properly processing.

As for the early termination of the player’s dormitory, Cloud Leopard pointed out that the venue for the new season will be changed, and the future dormitory will be decided after the new venue is confirmed. The team has notified the players in advance. However, the family members of the players revealed to CTWANT that the players had heard that the dormitory would be terminated in advance, but the team only informed the dormitory that they would not evict people.

And Yunbao also emphasized that since joining the T1 league, the team has been actively improving player treatment, improving the viewing environment, and through various marketing activities, hoping to improve the quality of fans watching the game. The team does not understand why there are related falsehoods Rumors emerged.

Zhang Shuren, secretary general of the T1 League, came forward to clarify that this labor dispute was informed by Yunbao that all players had signed a letter of intent agreeing to the contract conversion. The contract cannot be terminated early.

Zhang Shuren also added that when T1 was established, all six teams had signed agreements to play for at least 3 years, otherwise the 10 million deposit would not be refunded, and as far as he knew, Cloud Leopards had a new manager team. Will definitely continue to fight.