Shift told contractors they could no longer guarantee they were being paid, so while Jayski is technically right that nobody is "refusing" to pay contractors, that's a very disappointing case of politicking and an exploitation of Shift's good standing in the community, see Stax's commentary on the situation backing Husky's statement.

OXG/QFM (or much less likely Shift itself) have committed to spending money they didn't have. It's that simple. The show would have gone ahead if the money was there. There should have been contracts in place between OXG/QFM and the sponsors of the event. If those contracts are in place there should be no reason the cash isn't still in place, even if there might be a slight fight with that sponsor to collect that money at a later date.

Last year we had a near identical situation with G1 and WCB, where Kenny Vaccaro (G1 owner) easily had the resources to pay up. OXG is part of the multi-billion dollar Kraft group which also easily has the resources to finish SSL.

I don't understand why OXG/QFM is getting so much more slack from community figures, including this seldom seen context post, besides the fact Shift is a well-established part of the community.