The recent problem with Donald Sterling, owner of the LA Clippers, has led me to think again the exemption of the NBA and other national sports associations from the Sherman Antitrust Act.
I wonder how a black player might have felt when unable to avoid being drafted into an organization run by a known white racist.
Especially because the NBA organization is based in part on a 'constitution' which until now has not been publicly available, and which still involves this:
Owners are required to sign a series of moral and ethics contracts that bar them from expressing views that are considered detrimental to the league, according to a person familiar with the league’s policies who asked not to be identified because of the sensitivity of the process. Those documents, unlike the constitution, remain confidential. An N.B.A. spokesman declined to comment.