I say that because in this video, these two men explain only a little bit about the power structure within professional basketball, but quite a bit about the power structure in the community.
They go into detail about control. Starting at a young age, particularly in the black community, you have forces at work that are going to try to direct a person's path. If a young black man is a star at basketball, the 'machine' gets him, and moves him up - if he serves the purposes of the pyramid like structure that runs the show.
Then, when they get to the top, it seems like they've been bought off. Why is that?
Rauf goes into some detail about how there are few honorable men running things within the NBA. He had a difficult path, and not only because he was belatedly diagnosed with Tourette's, but also because he took a position where he wouldn't stand for the anthem. Rauf wouldn't follow the beat of the "go along get along gang" as Kwame Brown calls it - and he paid for it.
While listening to this and hearing them talk about the 'club' that runs the NBA, I couldn't help but think of the ridiculous stunt they pulled off to get Donald Sterling out and Steve Ballmer in as owner of the LA Clippers.
This is a great conversation, not just for sports fans, but for anyone who is curious as to why things in certain areas of American society are the way they are. There's a lot of truth in this, which is why I wonder how long Brown's channel will stay up.
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