The North American League legend blamed the league for not applying harsher penalties in cases of discrimination.
LeBron James criticized the National Basketball Association for not being more forceful in its sanction against Robert Sarverowner of the Phoenix Suns who he was suspended for one year and fined $10 million for racist and sexist comments To their workers.
“I have read the stories about Sarver several times. I have to be honest… Our league is definitely broken here.”wrote on Twitter the star of Los Angeles Lakers. “I don’t need to explain why. Read them and decide for yourself. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, there is no place in this league for this type of behavior. I love this league and I have a lot of respect for our leaders. But it’s not OK. There is no place for misogyny, sexism and racism in any work environment“he added.
LeBron confirmed “Worthless” whether the person engaging in this behavior is the owner of a team or a player. He noticed it too it is not a good example of competition like the NBA seeking to defend a series of values. It declared a penalty against Server -also owner of phoenixmercury of WNBA and the largest shareholder of Majorca of Spanish football – the day before, on Tuesday, September 13.
Ten million dollars is the maximum fine established in internal terms of NBAbut in social networks there are a notable controversy when comparing the penalty to the measures imposed in 2014 against Donald Sterlingthen owner of Los Angeles Clippers. In the eye of the storm for racist comments leaked to the media, Sterling was banned for life from the NBA, fined 2.5 million and forced to sell the franchise.
The serious accusation of LeBron James in the NBA for racism and machismo for the case of Robert Sarver
In the case of Serverthe declared penalty is the result of a american league research emerged from an ESPN report published in November 2021, which discussed more than 70 workers and former employees of Sarver accused him of racism and machismo within a toxic work environment.
The investigation of NBAwho reviewed more than 80,000 documents and interviewed 320 people between current and former employees, concluded that Sarver used a very serious racist insult against the African-American population on at least five occasions. The league also determined that he did a lot sexist and derogatory comments about womenHe made sure of his behavior “embarrassing” also included “Scream” and “abuse” to its workers, mentioning that “his behavior clearly violated common standards in the work environment”.
“The allegations and conduct described in the findings of this independent investigation are disturbing and disappointing”expressed Adam Silver in a statement announcing the penalty. And in addition: “I hope the NBA community will take this opportunity to reflect on what this great game means to people and the values of equality, respect and inclusion it strives to represent. On behalf of the entire NBA, I ask I apologize to all those affected by this misconduct”. In this punishment, Sarver will not participate in any Suns or Mercury action for a year nor have any kind of role in the day-to-day operations of both franchises.
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