They did it the smart way. By giving Kawhi only a slap on the wrist, the player’s union accepted the punishment and now Ballmer can’t take it to arbitration without them.
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edcasting@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Oh wow…guess they figured this scandal was too big to hide, even for the richest owner.
474D@lemmy.world 1 week ago
acosmichippo@lemmy.world 1 week ago
it’s not that it was too big to hide, the reason this happened is the other 29 owners don’t actually want to give players any more money, which they would have to do if Ballmer received no punishment and kept circumventing the cap.