When Iga Christmas she joined Roland Garros last May, her father Tomasz ¦wi±tek surprised, announcing in an interview with Sport.pl: “The circumstances turned out to be unfavorable for Iga. That is why I submitted a letter terminating the contract with Warsaw Sports Group”. We were the first to announce then that his daughter Iga, the greatest talent of Polish tennis, wants to part ways with the agency that represented her for over three years.
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The dispute continues today, and a meeting between the parties was to take place on Wednesday. It was eventually canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic. The next round of talks is expected next week. According to Eurosport, the mediator will not take part in them, although “Artur Bochenek, the president of WSG, postulated the involvement of a representative of the Polish Tennis Association”.
The dispute over the money of Świątek with WSG
Tomasz Christmas he terminated his contract two days before his daughter’s 18th birthday. It was on her behalf that in 2016 he signed a contract with the Warsaw Sports Group, a foundation and agency that supported the career of a tennis player. WSG provided Swiatek with a coaching staff, tennis court rental, organization of trips and similar matters – in exchange for a percentage share in the income from image rights and bonuses won on the court.
– Our information shows that the matter of sponsors and calculating the costs of preparations and starts of a tennis player from Warsaw has recently divided both sides. Tomasz Świątek believed that WSG could have done more to find serious sponsors for his daughter, he also disagreed with the method of calculating some of the agency’s operating costs, and decided that from some time the agency used the image of Świątek more strongly in negotiating contracts for the WSG itself, and not for a tennis player – wrote Paweł Wilkowicz.
The parties still cannot agree on settlements for the duration of the contract. Jarosław Chałas, representing the Świątek family, filed a lawsuit. – We demand a court confirmation of the expiry of the contract with WSG with all the consequences, also in terms of the settlement of the parties. From a legal point of view, the agreement by WSG was structured in such a way that it never actually came into force – said Chałas in an interview with Eurosport.
Will the parties come to an agreement?
The loaf says the deal is still in place. – We know what our strengths are, what we can do in court. But there is goodwill in us. We do not want to brutally enforce the provisions of the contract. We are aware that they guarantee us certain amounts, although I would prefer to meet halfway and resolve the dispute amicably – he adds.
Bochenek believes that Iga’s father terminated the contract ineffectively and the agency should be compensated. WSG also filed a lawsuit against Christmas. The dispute is of a large amount, although no specific data is available. “Super Express” says that “Bochenek does not want to talk about the amounts, but admits that maintaining a tennis player at this level costs from several to several dozen thousand zlotys a month. The WSG took care of Igê ¦wi ± tek over three years. It is easy to count that in grê the amount may be up to a million zlotys “.
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