Why was the k2 tv contract such a big deal?

there is a difference between being a haye fan and accepting his excuse.

simply because of his natinality i am a fan, and if he ever does step up and fight the klitschko's i will hope he wins.

that being said from what i can gather the following has took place, correct me if im wrong here.

haye first wants to fight the klitschko's over a year ago, but he doesnt like the contracts offered by vitali because of the split and options, which i can understand. he also cited back injury to pull oout of a fight with wlad, obviously this was bs because setanta had just gone bust costing haye all his money. so he decides to fight valuev which he claims paid better and was less risk. which in the long run means he had a belt and hence could negotiate a better deal with k2.

^^^^^ that seems plausible to me since i followed haye for a long time and know he has a history of taking tough challenges. so i gave him the benefit of the doubt since he then defeated valuev and began negotiations with wlad hence justifying my pre-conceived beliefs.

so wlad offers haye 50/50 with no options which is seemingly exactly what haye was looking for right? wrong.

haye then turns round and says no becaus rtl arent paying enough. even tho rtl are the biggest network in germany, have a fixed contract with k2, and all this was public knowledge hence haye must have known.

so he then demands to keep 100% of the uk ppv buys even tho wlad will obviously be a big part of the promotion, hence contributing to the sales.

so haye is basically giving wlad too options.

1) break the contract with rtl and risk a lawsuit.

2) take the fight for less money than haye receives.

now, if wlad takes option 1) we have to assume that haye actually has found a better option. which from what i can gather is very unlikely, and currently unsourced. plus rtl could then take wlad to court which could potentially cost him the difference that haye's "rival offer" will pay anyways.

if wlad takes option 2) it will be almost unprecedented that a champion, and overwhelming favourite, would take a fight for less money. plus it is scandalous for haye to put that forward since wlad will clearly influence the sales figure.

it looks like a ***** move to me, but he could redeem that by fighting vitali since vitali gets more money from rtl and i really doubt haye could get an offer higher than 3.75 mil. or he could take his mandatory in chagaev like wlad did with povetkin/peter.

but instead haye takes a fight vs audley, and yes whilst this will be lucrative, nowhere near as much so as a fight with either brother would be.

i think it would be amazingly ironic if haye gets knocked out by audley in what is deemed as a high reward low risk fight.

so yes i am still a haye fan, and will support him vs any non-english fighter. but i think it is clearly apparent that he does not want a klitschko. i dont like using the word duck, but i think it fits in this scenario.

 

we used to debate the whole haye/k2 scenario previously, but it is obvious now that haye dont want them.

both sides now have the same story, haye turned k2 down.

 

i dont believe there are anymore legitimate excuses left to defend haye. he said it himself.