The Man Behind the Commissioner's Rulings

                               The Man Behind the Commissioner's Ruling

        The article "The Man Behind the Commissioner's Ruling by Harvey Araton who states that the commissioner Adam Silver of the N.B.A were force to make a discussion about the disgrace of the Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling because of the remake he make that he do not want any black
person at the Clipper game.   The mayor of Sacramento a farmer N.B.A. Kevin Johnson   talk about the growing the anger among the players and make it clear to Silver about what action to take so that the situation would not get out of control.  Once the story were out Johnson informed Silver that t only thing for Sterling is to leave the Clippers.  Johnson also found other ways to pressure by saying they would bobcats the game and James of the Miami Heat  saying that there is no room in the league for Sterling.      With social media the new were out faster then 10 years ago.   The player  have a voice and if come power.  The player were not satisfied with the first ruling  for Sterling because it was not enough and they were planning to boycotting all the Tuesday games.   They want silver to do the right thing because it was not only the Clipper issue said Roger Mason the vice president of the union and we are moving forward.  Johnson send out a lot of twitter massages and said the boycotting were not talk about with Silver,but he make the decision on is own and it were the right thing to do.  "Whether they were expectation or demand or a mixture of both was no longer the point.  the player had earned a seat at the table and in certain ways , had earn it.

By the New York Times
Harvey Araton
May 1, 2014