Carl English is suing the former owners of the St. John’s Edge basketball team, claiming they still owe him more than a hundred thousand dollars.
English returned home to play for The Edge in 2017, following a successful professional career overseas.
The standout for Hawaii in college, as well as Canada’s national team, received a hero’s welcome upon his return, winning MVP of the National Basketball League.
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But as he pondered retirement in early 2020, his role changed and he signed a two-year contract worth $180,000.
It saw immediate payment of $30,000, plus half the revenue, or $36,000, from the sold-out Carl English Appreciation Night at then-Mile One Centre, when his jersey was raised to the rafters.
Carl English’s jersey hanging from the rafters at Mile One.
The contract also promised monthly payments of $5,000.
But in the statement of claim filed in Newfoundland Supreme Court, English says he only received one of those payments, leaving just over $130,000 outstanding.
Atlantic Sports Enterprises of Vancouver, and former Edge owners Irwin Simon and Robert Sabbagh, who both live in New York, are named as the defendants, but it’s not clear if or when they’ll file a defence in the case.
Neither side is talking while the matter is before the court.
