Robert Sarver is receiving criticism for his statement about the sale of the Mercury and Suns
owner Robert Sarver following a league investigation into workplace misconduct, he announced that he will sell the two franchises. As has been the case with many of the statements he has released throughout the probe into his conduct with the two franchises, the announcement that he will sell them is also catching some significant criticism.
The investigation found that Sarver had used the n-word at least five times “when recounting the statements of others” during his time with the Mercury and Suns. It also found that he , including “instances of inequitable conduct toward female employees,” which included “sex-related comments,” the league said in its release. Sarver also reportedly engaged in “inappropriate physical conduct toward male employees.
“As a man of faith, I believe in atonement and the path to forgiveness. I expected that the commissioner’s one-year suspension would provide the time for me to focus, make amends and remove my personal controversy from the teams that I and so many fans love,” Sarver said in“But in our current unforgiving climate, it has become painfully clear that that is no longer possible—that whatever good I have done, or could still do, is outweighed by things I have said in the past.
Sarver’s decision to sell the teams comes just over a week after the NBA’s decision to suspend him, hardly enough time to determine whether the supposed “unforgiving climate” would allow him to eventually redeem himself. It also comes after NBA commissioner Adam Silver declined to entertain the idea of forcing Sarver to sell the Suns.
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