Robert Sarver is about to do what rich white men do better than anyone else – fail.
Based on Forbes, the disgraced owner of the Phoenix Suns – and Mercury – will make at least $2.5 billion from the sale of its teams. It pays to be a racist and deviant.
Sarver will easily get back the $10 million he lost with a fine – along with a year-long suspension – due to the findings of the federation’s investigation into his franchise. It was revealed that he said the N word at least five times – meaning he could say it more privately – and there were “instances of unfair treatment of female employees” as well. such as “sex related comments”.
However, a story from ESPN’s Baxter Holmes in November 2021 including additional charges against Sarver such as:
• Discuss how his wife performed oral sex on him
• Introduce an employee in front of their colleagues
• Ask a female employee if he “owns” her
• Ask a Black coach why Black players have to say the word WOMEN
• Tell an employee that “these N-words need an N-word” in his reason for hiring a Black coach instead of a white coach
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One Suns co-owner told ESPN: “The level of taciturnity and racism is beyond bland. “What a shame as an owner.”
Despite all that, Sarver is not forced out of the league and will be able to cash in on a huge payday when the team is sold, as he owns 35% of the shares of Suns and has the right to sell to the highest bidder as the managing partner of the franchise. To make things worse, Sarver painted a picture of how terrible he really was when he was all but accused of against him in the language he used in the announcement. about the sale of the team.
“I hope that the commissioner’s one-year suspension will provide time for me to focus, correct, and remove my personal controversy from the teams I and so many fans love,” he said. write. “But in our current climate of zero tolerance, it has become painfully clear that that is no longer possible – that whatever good I have done or still can do, are superior to what I have said in the past. For those reasons, I am beginning the process of finding a buyer for the Sun and Mercury.”
Mind you, when this story was originally broken said the group that Holmes’ work was a “false story” and that it represented “a reckless disregard for truth.” Sarver also denied everything.
Less than a year later and the folks in Arizona were singing a different tune. It also can’t be ignored that the movie may be affecting the team.
“I didn’t believe,” Suns coach Monty Williams speaks at Media Day. “When you see the bullet points and then when you go through it, well, you start thinking about how these things affect people.” On Sunday, the Suns lost their pre-season opener 134-124 to the Adelaide 36ers from the Australian National Basketball League after letting them shoot 24 to 43 (55.8%) from the depth. This is the first time an NBA team has lost to a non-league team in pre-season since 2016.
And guess who else lost their first match after confronting a racist owner?
You guessed it, the Los Angeles Clippers fell in the first three games of the 2014-2015 season after dealing with Donald Sterling – and Chris Paul suffered it all.
When Adam Silver banned Sterling from the league in 2014 and was forced to sell his team after he was found to be a blatant racist – after decades of evidence and other allegations the federation ignored – appellate court support the sale of 2 billion dollars of the team in 2015. The court’s ruling denied Sterling the opportunity to take back the team from his controlling wife at the time. But, despite how much goodwill Shelly Stein (Sterling) tries to buy to separate herself from the man she chooses to marry, this couple still married.
Profiting from racism is like American apple pie. And Robert Sarver is the new Donald Sterling in many ways.
