Live Bar, September 15 -yesterday, NBA announced the investigation and punishment results of the previous charges of racial discrimination and misogyny against Sun & Mercury (WNBA team) boss Savo. After investigation by the NBA league, most of the charges against Savo were true. The punishment imposed by the league was: Savo was banned from participating in all affairs of the sun and Mercury team for one year, and was fined 10 million dollars.
As for the result of such punishment, Howard Beck, a reporter from Sports Illustrated, asked Xiao Hua directly, “I think everyone in this room agrees: if we do part of what Savo did, we will be fired, and I guess all NBA employees will be fired if they do something he did. So why, compared with everyone else in the league, have a different set of standards for NBA bosses?”
Xiao Hua replied, “compared with employees, people who own a team have some special rights. I don’t know how to compare this with a job with a one-year ban and a fine of 10 million.”
“This league gave me some power, and I also exercised my power, but I didn’t take away the power of his team. In my opinion, this punishment result is serious. For his reputation, this is a huge public relations image crisis.” Xiao Hua said.
(Steve Galen)