In a hollow defense of the Suns owner's punishment, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver delivered a sad truth: Owning a sports team is 'different than holding a job.'
or any other recent scandal involving prominent stakeholders. But their insolence reeks just the same. And most of them outlast their troubles. It takes something as incendiary as audio of Donald Sterling making racist remarks to get an owner evicted.and fined $10 million. It was a light punishment considering the league’s detailed findings of racism, misogyny and hostile behavior. Sadly, it must have been the best NBA Commissioner Adam Silver felt he could do.
Johnson pointed out that the NBA cannot celebrate Bill Russell, its foundational winner and athlete activist who died in July, and leave the perception that Sarver is so easily worthy of redemption.
On the other side of this public outcry, there is Sarver’s reaction. ESPN reported a “largely acrimonious” punishment process. At the end of every sports investigation into an ownership group, there is always a “How dare you?” confrontation. Silver and the league office don’t govern the governors. In essence, they workthese 30 owners. Sarver is a boss, negotiating punishment as a significant stakeholder in this corporate sports conglomerate.
It’s hard to know whether owners such as Sarver recognize the danger. They don’t have to look around. Their wealth affords them blinders.“In terms of future behavior, he’s on notice,” Silver said of Sarver. “He knows that. Most of the inappropriate activity goes back many years. The Suns’ workplace is a very different environment today.”
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