Suns and Mercury owner Robert Sarver has been suspended for one year for workplace misconduct. But what happens when he comes back? Rosenberg_Mike examines
Robert Sarver is a jerk, a horrible boss and a sexist, and calling him racially insensitive is underselling it. When a white man uses the n-word in a workplace in any context, is told that it’s hurtful in any context, and does it again, anyway, as the NBA says Sarver did … well, the word for that is. I don’t care that the NBA’s report says there was “no finding that Mr. Sarver’s workplace misconduct was motivated by racial or gender animus.
Silver did that once, very early in his tenure, to Clippers owner Donald Sterling. But that doesn’t mean it’s easy. Silver had several leverage points in that situation. Sterling was caught on tape making undeniably racist comments. When Silver banned him and said he would try to force a sale, Sterling’s wife, Shelly, was able to take control of the team and sell it. Otherwise, Donald could have taken the NBA to court, and it’s not clear how that would have turned out.
Forcing Sarver out sounds good until you actually try it. That would have put the NBA in a long legal battle with a murky chance of winning. As part of the larger pattern of misconduct, that’s pretty awful. But Sarver’s legal team would probably try to use the legal process to get every inappropriate joke and comment from an owner into the public record, to show Sarver was being held to an unfair standard. That would create an enormous headache for the NBA.
This punishment is significant. I understand if people think it is not significant enough. My question is: What happens next?
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