Anonymous
Years ago
During the post match press conference, bevo and Conklin voiced their displeasure at not receiving exit rows on the flight to Perth. Conklin calling it tragic and saying journalists wouldn't understand.
Is this capital city bias?
Hawks never show up in Perth, plus Wildcats are flat track bullies. Nothing has changed so stop with the excuses.
The company that book the flights for the NBL (it's a 3rd party arrangement) can only book flights once the fixture comes out, for obvious reasons. With the fixture coming out so late in the piece I know some flights early in the season already had the emergency exit seats reserved by other flight customers leaving them the ability to only book standard seating for the players. If theNBL released the fixture earlier the booking agent would have been able to secure EE seats for the NBL
Gaikokujin
Years ago
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Reality
A couple of hours ago
Not enough elbow room for Conklin?"
LOL best comment ever :)
https://twitter.com/nicktan77/status/1051409715471704064
kr
Years ago
Not enough elbow room for Conklin?
Crocs fan here and that is still Gold haha!
AD
Years ago
I thought we were back with Qantas? Or is that only a sponsorship?
(Would seem weird though)
Realistically, it is pretty poor. Where the smallest in the group is at or above average height, and you have guys like Ogilvy and Andersen, they need some extra length. It shouldn't be that hard to remove a row or two and slide the chairs to create extra room.
Classic Dazz, no airline is going to remove seats for one interstate flight. Clueless.
David Andersen posted a tweet with a video of him on the plane with no leg room. These Hawks are a bit sooky.
Isaac
Years ago
My knees lock in against the seat in front of me and I'm 6’3". And (hate to surprise you) I don’t play professional sport for a living. I think it’s a valid gripe for half their team, especially veterans managing their body through a season.
LoveBroker
Years ago
In fact what is the official NBL travel protocol? Anyone know?
Is it :
a) All players are guaranteed an exit row seat?
b) The travel company will do their level best to book exit row seats?
c) Or no such guarantees exists and it's down to supply and demand on the flight.
AKA
Years ago
B and C LoveBroker. Due to the late release of the schedule the booking company couldn't book flights for the season until late in the piece. It should only affect the earlier flights in the year as the emergency exit seats had already been booked by regular Joes.
Isaac
Years ago
Tim Robinson from Fox:
@NBL apologised to @illawarrahawks after they didn't receive exit row seats for their trip to @PerthWildcats. It was said the booking was late. Hawks players usually request 6 and receive a minimum 4 exit seats on flights.
LV
Years ago
If the last minute booking is the excuse due to a late fixture by the NBL, then how do they get exit rows for the playoffs?
"then how do they get exit rows for the playoffs?"
They just book flights to and from Perth, then take a stab in the dark for the rest.
LoveBroker
Years ago
They just book flights to and from Perth, then take a stab in the dark for the rest.
UseTaHoop
Years ago
Surely Illawarra would be priority picks to be given exit rows.
You have to agree that you're capable of opening the exit.
Conklin could easily elbow it open.
If the Hawks got exit rows, would they have lost by 25 instead of 40?
For league parity every team should be given the same number of exit row seats per flight as their ladder position the previous season
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