Tue Aug 2, 2016, 02:27 PM
NWCorona (8,541 posts)
Judge refuses bonuses for executives at bankrupt Sports Authority
Source: Reuters
A U.S. bankruptcy judge refused on Tuesday to allow Sports Authority to pay up to $2.85 million in bonuses to four executives for overseeing the winding down of the national sporting goods chain. Englewood, Colorado-based Sports Authority filed for bankruptcy in March with hopes of keeping some of its 464 stores open, but battles among lenders and suppliers eventually scuttled those plans. Its final stores closed last month. "I think it’s just inappropriate to pay senior executives a bonus when all the employees are losing their jobs," said Judge Mary Walrath during a hearing in Wilmington, Delaware. Sports Authority said the bonuses were essential to ensure executives squeeze the most value out of its assets by adhering to a budget and preventing waste. Read more: http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN10D214 "Sports Authority said the bonuses were essential to ensure executives squeeze the most value out of its assets by adhering to a budget and preventing waste." I'm so tired of that excuse! Like the people who ran the company into the ground will somehow miraculously maximize the return on the liquidated assets.
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NWCorona | Aug 2016 | OP |
Angry Dragon | Aug 2016 | #1 | |
exboyfil | Aug 2016 | #3 | |
cstanleytech | Aug 2016 | #5 | |
NWCorona | Aug 2016 | #7 | |
Beartracks | Aug 2016 | #20 | |
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin | Aug 2016 | #2 | |
cstanleytech | Aug 2016 | #4 | |
laserhaas | Aug 2016 | #11 | |
cstanleytech | Aug 2016 | #17 | |
muriel_volestrangler | Aug 2016 | #30 | |
laserhaas | Aug 2016 | #32 | |
laserhaas | Aug 2016 | #33 | |
LisaM | Aug 2016 | #6 | |
Eugene | Aug 2016 | #8 | |
wallyworld2 | Aug 2016 | #9 | |
laserhaas | Aug 2016 | #12 | |
wallyworld2 | Aug 2016 | #15 | |
laserhaas | Aug 2016 | #21 | |
laserhaas | Aug 2016 | #10 | |
MrModerate | Aug 2016 | #13 | |
laserhaas | Aug 2016 | #23 | |
dembotoz | Aug 2016 | #14 | |
laserhaas | Aug 2016 | #24 | |
Demonaut | Aug 2016 | #16 | |
laserhaas | Aug 2016 | #25 | |
Demonaut | Aug 2016 | #27 | |
laserhaas | Aug 2016 | #29 | |
laserhaas | Aug 2016 | #31 | |
muntrv | Aug 2016 | #18 | |
TonyPDX | Aug 2016 | #19 | |
laserhaas | Aug 2016 | #26 | |
sarcasmo | Aug 2016 | #22 | |
laserhaas | Aug 2016 | #28 |
Response to NWCorona (Original post)
Tue Aug 2, 2016, 02:29 PM
Angry Dragon (36,693 posts)
1. are they saying these execs will not do their job unless paid more??
Response to Angry Dragon (Reply #1)
Tue Aug 2, 2016, 02:31 PM
exboyfil (17,501 posts)
3. Exactly
Shirking on their fiduciary duty. Not only should they not get bonuses, I would look to claw back their prior compensation for malfeasance.
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Response to exboyfil (Reply #3)
Tue Aug 2, 2016, 02:34 PM
cstanleytech (24,547 posts)
5. WTB + infinity symbol!!!!
Response to exboyfil (Reply #3)
Tue Aug 2, 2016, 02:40 PM
NWCorona (8,541 posts)
7. I've come across this golden parachute excuse many times.
It's supposed to be an "incentive" to do an even better job than they were already doing. Or excuse B, to keep them from jumping ship to another company.
Both excuses don't pass the smell test. |
Response to NWCorona (Reply #7)
Tue Aug 2, 2016, 05:15 PM
Beartracks (12,022 posts)
20. I don't understand. If the company folded, the execs are leaving anyway...
... aren't they? What "job" is there left for them to be "incentivized" to do?
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Response to NWCorona (Original post)
Tue Aug 2, 2016, 02:30 PM
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (94,856 posts)
2. I should fucking hope so
Rewarding incompetence?
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Response to NWCorona (Original post)
Tue Aug 2, 2016, 02:33 PM
cstanleytech (24,547 posts)
4. Actually they probably would work to maximize it for those bonuses but if
they are the same ones who ran it into the ground in the first place they don't deserve any bonus and courts should hold the executives entire pay back and if they want to get paid at all then then they better work their ass off otherwise they can say hasta la vista to their pay just like their employees that they screwed with their mismanagement.
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Response to cstanleytech (Reply #4)
Tue Aug 2, 2016, 03:51 PM
laserhaas (7,805 posts)
11. Uh..er..by the way..its owned by Romney
or that is to say..owned by Bain Capital
That's owned by Mitt Romney |
Response to laserhaas (Reply #11)
Tue Aug 2, 2016, 04:51 PM
cstanleytech (24,547 posts)
17. So I should care why?
Response to laserhaas (Reply #11)
Wed Aug 3, 2016, 07:11 AM
muriel_volestrangler (99,031 posts)
30. It looks like they sold their share in 2006
In January 2006, Sports Authority agreed to be purchased in a leveraged buyout by affiliates of Leonard Green & Partners, a private equity investment firm, in a transaction valued at $1.4 billion.[11] Shareholders approved the deal in May 2006. Upon completion of the merger, Sports Authority ceased to be a publicly listed stock. Thus, no public bonds are outstanding and Sports Authority no longer files financial statements with the SEC.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sports_Authority |
Response to muriel_volestrangler (Reply #30)
Wed Aug 3, 2016, 07:16 AM
laserhaas (7,805 posts)
32. Also a standard Bain maneuver..like Toys R Us n eToys
Romney fears public company laws..they take it private
Which most investors never do SEC laws also are international treaties |
Response to muriel_volestrangler (Reply #30)
Wed Aug 3, 2016, 07:24 AM
laserhaas (7,805 posts)
33. If you will take notice relation tween Green & Bain
is incestuous ( Jack Bush of Sankaty/ Bain was also at Jumbo and JoAnn..that was Bain & Leonard Green)
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Response to NWCorona (Original post)
Tue Aug 2, 2016, 02:34 PM
LisaM (27,017 posts)
6. So they are saying that they hired executives who won't do their jobs
Unless you somehow give them added incentive to do so?
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Response to NWCorona (Original post)
Tue Aug 2, 2016, 02:41 PM
Eugene (56,496 posts)
8. But, but retention bonuses are the Capitalist Way.
These people are valuable. What kind of a country do we live in
where we can reward executives for running a company into the ground? ![]() |
Response to NWCorona (Original post)
Tue Aug 2, 2016, 03:41 PM
wallyworld2 (375 posts)
9. $2.85 million
It's really not an incentive to keep the doors open
I've been through two companies going bankrupt and if it were not for the teamsters and their pension plan, I would have gotten nothing. On the other hand the people responsible for the bankruptcies all got bonuses when we went out of business More of this It would only be better if employees got a chunk of that $2.85 million when the doors closed. After all they did their jobs when owners and management could not. |
Response to wallyworld2 (Reply #9)
Tue Aug 2, 2016, 03:53 PM
laserhaas (7,805 posts)
12. This same pathetic judge gave everyone double pay
1000 frigging employees..double their salary..in our eToys case
So that they would all be pissed off..at me..when I let them go |
Response to laserhaas (Reply #12)
Tue Aug 2, 2016, 04:35 PM
wallyworld2 (375 posts)
15. I don't understand
Response to wallyworld2 (Reply #15)
Tue Aug 2, 2016, 10:47 PM
laserhaas (7,805 posts)
21. I ran./ owned eToys while in bankruptcy
Romney tried to acquire the assets ( finally did....by fraud)
The plan before I took control..was for BainCap/ Kay Bee to buy eToys for $5.4 million; which I stopped and compelled them to bid tens of millions. Meanwhile my attorney/ eToys attorney (MNAT com) was also...secretly ...working for Mitt & Goldman Sachs So they con me to hire a guy (Barry Gold) to take care of suing Sachs that was actually ( secretly) working for Romney and Michael Glazer at Stage Stores MNAT was eToys attorney and Paul Traub was creditors attorney Traub was working at Stage Stores for Barry Gold Paul Traub and Barry Gold were also partners Barry Gold and Paul Traub were also at Jumbos 1st bankruptcy. In eToys they pretended to be opponents ( actually lied under oath {confessed}) Even with all them being part of the fraud..we still forced Bain/ KB to bid tens of millions of dollars; which (obviously) pissed off Mitt. So ...pretending to be adversaries...MNAT asked for permission to destroy eToys Books & Records..and permission to double the salary of every employee (while in bankruptcy) Walrath approved One day later...with everyone complaing..( who wouldnt complain about lising double pay)..they locked me out and Barry Gold took over Even after we found proof and forced them to confess the fraud..Judge Walrath said she didnt care These are Romney's "retroactive" secrets he could go to jail for |
Response to NWCorona (Original post)
Tue Aug 2, 2016, 03:49 PM
laserhaas (7,805 posts)
10. Ha Ha...Former Chief BK Justice Mary ( friggin) Walrath
Boy oh boy...do I have bones to pick with her {dis}Honor
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Response to NWCorona (Original post)
Tue Aug 2, 2016, 03:54 PM
MrModerate (9,753 posts)
13. How about fiduciary responsibility . . .
which, if violated, gets you thrown in the pokey.
How about that as a motivator along with your already very high salary? |
Response to MrModerate (Reply #13)
Wed Aug 3, 2016, 06:59 AM
laserhaas (7,805 posts)
23. In Walrath's court..the law doesn't apply
We compelled vonfessions of intentionally lying under oath ...and Walrath said she didn't care.
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Response to NWCorona (Original post)
Tue Aug 2, 2016, 04:14 PM
dembotoz (15,611 posts)
14. would kinda hope the $$$$ would go to the creditors and suppliers that are left holding the bag
a large bk can have a ripple effect on other companies that need to make up for goods that were delivered that they will never be paid for.
not really a domino effect but yes a domino effect small business rule number 17...never put all your eggs in one basket |
Response to dembotoz (Reply #14)
Wed Aug 3, 2016, 07:00 AM
laserhaas (7,805 posts)
24. Tell me bout it
Trusting courts to do the right thing
Is a fools folly |
Response to NWCorona (Original post)
Tue Aug 2, 2016, 04:38 PM
Demonaut (8,620 posts)
16. Get this!!
"The company asked to keep the identities of the executives under seal to "minimize detrimental impacts on employee morale," which prompted an outcry from some of the 14,000 former staffers. "
what complete bullshit!!!!!!!!! |
Response to Demonaut (Reply #16)
Wed Aug 3, 2016, 07:02 AM
laserhaas (7,805 posts)
25. It is standard Bain Cap. roami g manager procedure
To try to coceal...the dirty deal
Do you have a list of the names? |
Response to laserhaas (Reply #25)
Wed Aug 3, 2016, 07:05 AM
Demonaut (8,620 posts)
27. I wish I did, I worked for the company in 80's, then known as Gart Brothers (acquired by Sports
Authority)
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Response to Demonaut (Reply #27)
Wed Aug 3, 2016, 07:10 AM
laserhaas (7,805 posts)
29. Congress coined a phrase about this type rackets
They called it a "Bankruptcy Ring" (Third Cir. case In re Arkansas)..noting that...in reality..lawyers / professionals would seize bankruptcy estates as their own piggy banks at direct detriment of clients and creditors
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Response to Demonaut (Reply #27)
Wed Aug 3, 2016, 07:13 AM
laserhaas (7,805 posts)
31. We've been trying to bring Walrath's protected good ole boys
Groups..down..for a decade plus
PACER locked me out from seeing dockets When i hired attorney to get me back in...the docket filings began to vanish ( marked "unavailable" or " not found in database" ![]() |
Response to NWCorona (Original post)
Tue Aug 2, 2016, 04:58 PM
muntrv (14,505 posts)
18. What they call "bonuses," I call skimming off the top.
Response to NWCorona (Original post)
Tue Aug 2, 2016, 05:02 PM
TonyPDX (962 posts)
19. Bain Capital got anything to do with this? It's got their smell all over it. n/t
Response to TonyPDX (Reply #19)
Wed Aug 3, 2016, 07:04 AM
laserhaas (7,805 posts)
26. Look at my notes ..above...Bain Capital..Traub & Barry Gold
All involved in 1st Jumbo Sports Bankruptcy
Bain Cap has a rinse..lather...repeat formula of fraud |
Response to NWCorona (Original post)
Tue Aug 2, 2016, 10:54 PM
sarcasmo (22,767 posts)
22. Way 2 go Judge Mary Walrath .
Response to sarcasmo (Reply #22)
Wed Aug 3, 2016, 07:05 AM
laserhaas (7,805 posts)
28. Hope you are being sarcastic...sarcasmo
You wouldn't praise MFW
if you knew MFW as we know MFW |