Phoenix Suns + Mercury owner Robert Sarver has been fined $10 million and suspended one year following a misconduct probe. JeffZillgitt breaks down the details and points out the differences between Sarver's punishment and Donald Sterling’s in 2014.
Sarver used the N-word on at least five occasions – mostly recently in 2017. Each time, Sarver said he was just saying what someone else said, and he was told by others that he can’t say that word even in recounting what someone else said.
He told a pregnant employee she would be unable to do her job upon becoming a mother and made comments about women crying too much.Why isn’t he being forced to sell the Suns and Mercury? In the Sterling case, there was clear racial animus, and Sterling double-downed on his comments, entrenching himself in an untenable position.
Silver earns a significant amount in his role in part for situations like this. He works for the owners and is charged with keeping 30 NBA teams on the same page when there isn’t always universal agreement on league matters. Part of that duty is protecting the league, its owners and their investment.
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