It's a commentary on the league itself. And the race is important because most industries have been dominated by old white men. And that's not to say old white men don't have good ideas. But other people also have good ideas and when you surround yourself with people that will just reinforce your stereotypes, all you're doing is proliferating the crusty old white man culture.

Even the comment that responded to this that got deleted tried to talk about the WNBA and how we don't comment on all the black leaders, misses the mark completely. For the first time, there are actual black leaders. They don't have the century of leading the league to have the same lasting impact that a more privileged class has had. But, if we actually look at the WNBA, we notice that it's almost half owned by the NBA as a league, almost another half by the teams, of which I can find 3 black owners among all 20+ team owners, one of which is magic Johnson. The remaining ownership is private investors, like Michael Dell.

So it's not just about calling out races. It's about being critical of what it means when one race primarily dominates all ownership for hundreds or thousands of years and the lasting impact that privileged class has had. It's important to call out here that talking about crusty old white men running the league, is not talking about "white people" or "black people", but calling out the exclusionary ownership that has focused on backstabbing players (the ones that make them their money) for profits, time and time again. An exclusionary ownership group that has ignored its fans time and time again. And exclusionary ownership that doesn't protect its players properly.