ElNono
02-01-2013, 03:07 PM
Billy Hunter has been placed on indefinite leave as executive director of the N.B.A. players union, the likely precursor to his outright dismissal.
The action was announced Friday by Derek Fisher, the union president, who made the move in conjunction with four other players on the union’s interim executive committee. Hunter, 70, is under fire for questionable business practices and nepotism, which were documented exhaustively in a recently released audit. Those concerns are also the subject of a continuing investigation by the United States attorney’s office in Manhattan and the federal Department of Labor.
Ron Klempner, the union’s longtime deputy counsel, has been appointed interim executive director in Hunter’s place.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/02/sports/basketball/leader-of-nba-union-is-put-on-leave.html
The action was announced Friday by Derek Fisher, the union president, who made the move in conjunction with four other players on the union’s interim executive committee. Hunter, 70, is under fire for questionable business practices and nepotism, which were documented exhaustively in a recently released audit. Those concerns are also the subject of a continuing investigation by the United States attorney’s office in Manhattan and the federal Department of Labor.
Ron Klempner, the union’s longtime deputy counsel, has been appointed interim executive director in Hunter’s place.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/02/sports/basketball/leader-of-nba-union-is-put-on-leave.html