-- According to a report at pwinsider.com, a number of Impact talent have reached out to indicate that they have yet to be paid for the January TV tapings, while some also allege that they weren't paid for the November Bound for Glory PPV until the aforementioned January TV tapings. This has sparked fears among the talent that their next pay won't come until the April TV tapings and worse, that this will be the new payment schedule moving forward.
-- Ed Nordholm, the President of Anthem Sports - the parent company of Impact Wrestling - released the following statement in response to the concerns:
"Talent is not behind on their pay. We generally provide for talent to be paid as independent contractors in the month following a month in which services are rendered. This was an improvement over previous management, where talent cheques were issued only as the actual episodes aired (could be as much as 12 weeks after tapings before final instalments were delivered).
We instituted a payment policy last year to pay for all services rendered in a month in the following month, regardless of when the shows would air. Accordingly, cheques for January were mailed earlier mid-month; cheques for November were mailed mid-December (and I understand got caught up in Christmas mail delays).
We realize that one unexpected impact of moving our corporate offices to Canada has been a further delay with mail services going cross-border. We are working to streamline our talent payroll processing so future events will be paid closer to the beginning of each month after services are rendered."
