One problem with the NBA players’ agreement to work with team governors on voting rather than a concrete systemic reform in their communities is that to ownership and players, voting can mean very different things.
A new investigation by John Gonzalez at The Ringer draws into stark reality the discrepancy between the types of changes NBA players are advocating for when they take to the streets or the microphone and what NBA team governors support with their votes and donation dollars. As Gonzalez put it, “It’s hardly news that billionaires who own sports teams donate heavily to politicians and their political action committees, and it’s no surprise that the overwhelming amount of that money is earmarked for conservatives and their causes.