NBA Commissioner Adam Silver backed off on Wednesday scissors Bypass Salary Cap Planning through an endorsement agreement for the Star Forward Kawhi Leonard.
Silver, who spoke to the media after a meeting of all 30 team owners in New York, said the NBA investigation would need to clearly prove that the Clippers violated the rules for owner Steve Ballmer to be punished.
“If we were to honor a team, owner, player or member of any member of the league, then the burden would be to join the league.” Silver says. “I think the burden should be taken, as with any process that requires a basic sense of equity, and in essence, it is the party that brings these allegations.
“I think, in terms of basic fairness, I would not be willing to act if only misconduct occurs.”
The Clippers and Ballmer are Under the Alliance Investigation It is said to be in Pablo Torre’s podcast That Leonard received $28 million in payment because it was a sustainability company that had agreed to a $300 million sponsorship agreement with the Clippers and offered a $1 billion naming right to the arena instead of becoming an Intuit Dome.
Wish turned out to be a fraud company, co-founder Joseph Sanberg Agree to plead guilty Deceive multiple investors and lenders.
Silver said he would be reluctant to take action against the Clippers if the investigation remains questioned after the situation, which would be explored by an experienced law firm on exploring sports franchise, Wahtel, Lipton, Rosen and Katz.
“Introduction of a company that specializes in internal investigations adds a certain level of expertise and creates a separation between the investigations of alliances and teams.” Michael McCanna sports law expert and a visiting professor at Harvard. “Investigators have a background in prosecution and have a deep understanding of the documents to be requested and the questions to be asked.”
McCann and other legal experts said the investigation will focus on whether Ballmer’s $50 million investment in ambition is the company’s effort to turn around and provide Leonard with $28 million in cash and $20 million in ambition stocks, essentially doing nothing.
Ballmer’s allegations and his obvious obsession with ambitions – a $300 million sponsorship arrangement signed with the Clippers Almost granted naming rights Become Intuit Domejust revealed to be a fraud company run by scam artists.
McCann said the investigation needed to find concrete evidence that Ballmer or someone else on behalf of the Clippers directed a desire to reach an agreement with Leonard. The only evidence of the Torre podcast is rumors – an audio clip of an anonymous former aspiring employee said others in the company told them that the endorsement agreement was “to be about bypassing the salary cap, haha. There was a lot of laughs when laughing.”
Loud is often used for written communication, so if the allegations are raised in email or text, the next step for investigators is to interview the person who wrote the book and determine if Ballmer is involved.
It is presumed that the investigation will study all of this. When performing probes, silver is often methodical and hopefully acts based on what can be proven, rather than a perception of wrongdoing. But he is also responsible for protecting and growing the franchise value. Anything that could damage the integrity of the league will be a huge concern for him and the team owners.
“The silver has many very interesting relationships that protect and nurture: other owners, his company sponsors, media networks that are distributing content.” David Carter, Professor and President of Sports Business at the University of Southern California Sports Business Group. “Everyone who is attached to the alliance is interested in achieving this. So he has to balance the different stakeholder interests and he is very good at doing this.
“So I have a feeling – working with a law firm – reaching the bottom of the law firm and then deciding whether to deal with any punishment.
Leonard joined the Clippers in July 2019 Three years, $103 million contract After leading the Toronto Raptors to the NBA championship. The 6-foot-7 striker from Moreno Valley signed a four-year, $176.3 million extension in 2021, when Aspiring to sponsor a deal with the Clippers and Ballmer and became the company’s minority owner.
After signing a three-year, $153 million extension a year ago, Leonard will pay or sign a contract with three teams’ professional salary of $375 million over 14 years.
The NBA investigated the allegations that the Clippers paid Leonard or his representative and uncle Dennis Robertson, a deal he first joined the team in 2019. No misconduct was found, although this week was Toronto Star Report Robertson made the Raptors’ request in 2019: “It is reportedly consistent with what Leonard has gained from his ambition.”
The star reported that Robertson asked for $10 million in sponsorship revenue each year, but Leonard didn’t want to do anything for the money. The Raptors rejected demand, and Leonard signed demand with the Clippers.
If the tailoring offense is considered to constitute a aggregate salary cap, they may be forced to seize the draft pick and be fined. Ballmer and other team executives may be suspended, and perhaps Leonard’s contract may be void.
Silver will be carried out carefully.
“The purpose of conducting a comprehensive investigation is to find out if there is really misconduct,” he said. “In a public-facing campaign, the public sometimes concluded that it turned out to be completely wrong. I hope anyone else Mr. Ballmer is in now, or the way Kawhi Leonard is treated for this, and I would like to treat me too if people make allegations against me.”
