Robert Sarver suspended one year, fined $10 million

[ozgod]

If I were him I'd be looking around to sell the team.

[Csfan1984]

I'd definitely recommend he pass down some of his stake to wife or child to become non-controling governor. Save the sponsorship and some face for the league. Show responsibility on his part for his actions.

[tenn_smoothie]

So ...... he REPEATED racial slurs in direct reference to someone else's use of the words.

He commented on the attractiveness of some female employees.

He yelled at employees on certain occasions (I assume he was not happy with their performance).

Is this an accurate description of his behavior ?

[Csfan1984]

So ...... he REPEATED racial slurs in direct reference to someone else's use of the words.

He commented on the attractiveness of some female employees.

He yelled at employees on certain occasions (I assume he was not happy with their performance).

Is this an accurate description of his behavior ?

That's only what he admitted to. There are other claims but he denys them.

[gouki88]

So ...... he REPEATED racial slurs in direct reference to someone else's use of the words.

He commented on the attractiveness of some female employees.

He yelled at employees on certain occasions (I assume he was not happy with their performance).

Is this an accurate description of his behavior ?

Are you about to come out and defend this POS?

[Roy H.]

So ...... he REPEATED racial slurs in direct reference to someone else's use of the words.

He commented on the attractiveness of some female employees.

He yelled at employees on certain occasions (I assume he was not happy with their performance).

Is this an accurate description of his behavior ?

He repeated racial slurs after being told it was inappropriate.  He didn’t repeat them as if in an official report, but rather because he thought the use of the slur made the story funny.  For instance, somebody exclaiming  “Whites in the front, N—-s in the back!” on a team plane.

He made vulgar, extremely sexualized comments in the workplace.

He singled out women as being particularly weak and prone to cry.

He took his penis out and placed it in the face of male employees.

[nickagneta]

So ...... he REPEATED racial slurs in direct reference to someone else's use of the words.

He commented on the attractiveness of some female employees.

He yelled at employees on certain occasions (I assume he was not happy with their performance).

Is this an accurate description of his behavior ?

Not remotely.

Maybe a few of the things he did is common and acceptable in Tennessee, but it's not in most of the rest of the country.

[ozgod]

So ...... he REPEATED racial slurs in direct reference to someone else's use of the words.

He commented on the attractiveness of some female employees.

He yelled at employees on certain occasions (I assume he was not happy with their performance).

Is this an accurate description of his behavior ?

He repeated racial slurs after being told it was inappropriate.  He didn’t repeat them as if in an official report, but rather because he thought the use of the slur made the story funny.  For instance, somebody exclaiming  “Whites in the front, N—-s in the back!” on a team plane.

He made vulgar, extremely sexualized comments in the workplace.

He singled out women as being particularly weak and prone to cry.

He took his penis out and placed it in the face of male employees.

Any single one of these would probably be a firing offense in most companies. I don't think any of them are defensible. His suspension is certainly not the result of some woke folk trying to kick him out. He can count himself fortunate they didn't give him the Donald Sterling treatment and force him to sell the company.

He'd best spend his year trying to figure out how to sell the company and get out while the getting's still good.

[celticsclay]

I’m fine if he is forced to sell the team. I’m fine if he comes back in a year and doesn’t do any more bad behavior. I think this entered the zone of faux outrage with some virtue signaling. There are multiple players in the nba that have done worse things this off-season alone with half the outrage. Would be interesting if Lebron or Paul tweeted out “this has no place in our game” when rondo pulled a gun on his ex or bridges beat the hell out of a women. People join in and act outraged when it is low hanging fruit.

[Roy H.]

I’m fine if he is forced to sell the team. I’m fine if he comes back in a year and doesn’t do any more bad behavior. I think this entered the zone of faux outrage with some virtue signaling. There are multiple players in the nba that have done worse things this off-season alone with half the outrage. Would be interesting if Lebron or Paul tweeted out “this has no place in our game” when rondo pulled a gun on his ex or bridges beat the hell out of a women. People join in and act outraged when it is low hanging fruit.

I think a lot of players view this through a racial lens.  I think that's what motivates some of the outrage here, moreso than in other events.  Although the report didn't find Sarver to be racist in his employment decisions, he did casually repeat racial slurs for their entertainment value, and there were allegations that the racial dynamics were tense with some of his black coaches.  My guess (I could be wrong) is that for Lebron, that's a more important topic than much of the other things complained about.

[celticsclay]

I’m fine if he is forced to sell the team. I’m fine if he comes back in a year and doesn’t do any more bad behavior. I think this entered the zone of faux outrage with some virtue signaling. There are multiple players in the nba that have done worse things this off-season alone with half the outrage. Would be interesting if Lebron or Paul tweeted out “this has no place in our game” when rondo pulled a gun on his ex or bridges beat the hell out of a women. People join in and act outraged when it is low hanging fruit.

I think a lot of players view this through a racial lens.  I think that's what motivates some of the outrage here, moreso than in other events.  Although the report didn't find Sarver to be racist in his employment decisions, he did casually repeat racial slurs for their entertainment value, and there were allegations that the racial dynamics were tense with some of his black coaches.  My guess (I could be wrong) is that for Lebron, that's a more important topic than much of the other things complained about.

If Lebron has a bigger issue with a guy repeating a racial slur that someone else said compared to man beating the hell out of a woman that is extremely misguided.

[nickagneta]

I’m fine if he is forced to sell the team. I’m fine if he comes back in a year and doesn’t do any more bad behavior. I think this entered the zone of faux outrage with some virtue signaling. There are multiple players in the nba that have done worse things this off-season alone with half the outrage. Would be interesting if Lebron or Paul tweeted out “this has no place in our game” when rondo pulled a gun on his ex or bridges beat the hell out of a women. People join in and act outraged when it is low hanging fruit.

I think a lot of players view this through a racial lens.  I think that's what motivates some of the outrage here, moreso than in other events.  Although the report didn't find Sarver to be racist in his employment decisions, he did casually repeat racial slurs for their entertainment value, and there were allegations that the racial dynamics were tense with some of his black coaches.  My guess (I could be wrong) is that for Lebron, that's a more important topic than much of the other things complained about.

If Lebron has a bigger issue with a guy repeating a racial slur that someone else said compared to man beating the hell out of a woman that is extremely misguided.

Here is the issue.

Edwards use of a homophobic slur and Rondo's situation came in private away from the team and league. Sarver did the things that he did on team property, in the full view of his employees, saying and doing things that created a racist, sexist work environment that had a terrible effect on his employees.

If you're the boss, if you are responsible for the professional environment and atmosphere of your employees, you take on the responsibility of providing healthy, inclusive and legal working conditions. Women shouldn't have to worry about going to work and being hit on by the boss, who could fire them for saying no. People of color shouldn't have to worry about going to work and hearing their boss using racist slurs, where bringing up he shouldn't do that could get you fired or moved to another team.

If you can't run your team giving your employees a proper healthy, inclusive and legal working place of employment, you shouldn't be allowed to own a team.

[greg683x]

I’m fine if he is forced to sell the team. I’m fine if he comes back in a year and doesn’t do any more bad behavior. I think this entered the zone of faux outrage with some virtue signaling. There are multiple players in the nba that have done worse things this off-season alone with half the outrage. Would be interesting if Lebron or Paul tweeted out “this has no place in our game” when rondo pulled a gun on his ex or bridges beat the hell out of a women. People join in and act outraged when it is low hanging fruit.

I think a lot of players view this through a racial lens.  I think that's what motivates some of the outrage here, moreso than in other events.  Although the report didn't find Sarver to be racist in his employment decisions, he did casually repeat racial slurs for their entertainment value, and there were allegations that the racial dynamics were tense with some of his black coaches.  My guess (I could be wrong) is that for Lebron, that's a more important topic than much of the other things complained about.

If Lebron has a bigger issue with a guy repeating a racial slur that someone else said compared to man beating the hell out of a woman that is extremely misguided.

Here is the issue.

Edwards use of a homophobic slur and Rondo's situation came in private away from the team and league. Sarver did the things that he did on team property, in the full view of his employees, saying and doing things that created a racist, sexist work environment that had a terrible effect on his employees.

If you're the boss, if you are responsible for the professional environment and atmosphere of your employees, you take on the responsibility of providing healthy, inclusive and legal working conditions. Women shouldn't have to worry about going to work and being hit on by the boss, who could fire them for saying no. People of color shouldn't have to worry about going to work and hearing their boss using racist slurs, where bringing up he shouldn't do that could get you fired or moved to another team.

If you can't run your team giving your employees a proper healthy, inclusive and legal working place of employment, you shouldn't be allowed to own a team.

Do you really think that’s why Lebron has a bigger problem with it?

[nickagneta]

I’m fine if he is forced to sell the team. I’m fine if he comes back in a year and doesn’t do any more bad behavior. I think this entered the zone of faux outrage with some virtue signaling. There are multiple players in the nba that have done worse things this off-season alone with half the outrage. Would be interesting if Lebron or Paul tweeted out “this has no place in our game” when rondo pulled a gun on his ex or bridges beat the hell out of a women. People join in and act outraged when it is low hanging fruit.

I think a lot of players view this through a racial lens.  I think that's what motivates some of the outrage here, moreso than in other events.  Although the report didn't find Sarver to be racist in his employment decisions, he did casually repeat racial slurs for their entertainment value, and there were allegations that the racial dynamics were tense with some of his black coaches.  My guess (I could be wrong) is that for Lebron, that's a more important topic than much of the other things complained about.

If Lebron has a bigger issue with a guy repeating a racial slur that someone else said compared to man beating the hell out of a woman that is extremely misguided.

Here is the issue.

Edwards use of a homophobic slur and Rondo's situation came in private away from the team and league. Sarver did the things that he did on team property, in the full view of his employees, saying and doing things that created a racist, sexist work environment that had a terrible effect on his employees.

If you're the boss, if you are responsible for the professional environment and atmosphere of your employees, you take on the responsibility of providing healthy, inclusive and legal working conditions. Women shouldn't have to worry about going to work and being hit on by the boss, who could fire them for saying no. People of color shouldn't have to worry about going to work and hearing their boss using racist slurs, where bringing up he shouldn't do that could get you fired or moved to another team.

If you can't run your team giving your employees a proper healthy, inclusive and legal working place of employment, you shouldn't be allowed to own a team.

Do you really think that’s why Lebron has a bigger problem with it?

I really don't give a flying fig what Lebron thinks nor am I interested in trying to dive into his mind to figure out what he thinks.

[greg683x]

I’m fine if he is forced to sell the team. I’m fine if he comes back in a year and doesn’t do any more bad behavior. I think this entered the zone of faux outrage with some virtue signaling. There are multiple players in the nba that have done worse things this off-season alone with half the outrage. Would be interesting if Lebron or Paul tweeted out “this has no place in our game” when rondo pulled a gun on his ex or bridges beat the hell out of a women. People join in and act outraged when it is low hanging fruit.

I think a lot of players view this through a racial lens.  I think that's what motivates some of the outrage here, moreso than in other events.  Although the report didn't find Sarver to be racist in his employment decisions, he did casually repeat racial slurs for their entertainment value, and there were allegations that the racial dynamics were tense with some of his black coaches.  My guess (I could be wrong) is that for Lebron, that's a more important topic than much of the other things complained about.

If Lebron has a bigger issue with a guy repeating a racial slur that someone else said compared to man beating the hell out of a woman that is extremely misguided.

Here is the issue.

Edwards use of a homophobic slur and Rondo's situation came in private away from the team and league. Sarver did the things that he did on team property, in the full view of his employees, saying and doing things that created a racist, sexist work environment that had a terrible effect on his employees.

If you're the boss, if you are responsible for the professional environment and atmosphere of your employees, you take on the responsibility of providing healthy, inclusive and legal working conditions. Women shouldn't have to worry about going to work and being hit on by the boss, who could fire them for saying no. People of color shouldn't have to worry about going to work and hearing their boss using racist slurs, where bringing up he shouldn't do that could get you fired or moved to another team.

If you can't run your team giving your employees a proper healthy, inclusive and legal working place of employment, you shouldn't be allowed to own a team.

Do you really think that’s why Lebron has a bigger problem with it?

I really don't give a flying fig what Lebron thinks nor am I interested in trying to dive into his mind to figure out what he thinks.

That’s fair.  The response was just a bit confusing given the comment you quoted.  Personally I think physically assaulting a woman is much worse than making sexist and racially insensitive comments in the workplace, regardless of whether they occur on company property or not, and deserves much more outrage.  But they’re all bad.