As NFLPA head DeMaurice Smith oversees the biggest week of the football season, NHLPA head Don Fehr reflects on his settled lockout and MLBPA head Michael Weiner readies for spring training, the executive director of the National Basketball Players Association, Billy Hunter, continues to fight for survival.
In a story by Bloomberg News on Tuesday, reporter Scott Soshnick obtained letters showing that Hunter has effectively fired several members of his own family who were employed by the Union or associated companies in various capacities. Hunter purged family members from union roles after a report was critical of nepotism at the organization.
Those let go include his son, daughter and daughter-in-law, who were paid a combined total of almost $4.8 million to them and their professional firms since 2001, according to public records.
Soshnick wrote: “Robyn Hunter, the director’s daughter, ceased working at the union on Jan. 25, according to the letter. Megan Inaba, his daughter-in-law and director of special events and sponsorships, will leave on Feb. 17 after the National Basketball Association’s All-Star weekend.
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Ball Bouncing Wrong Way for NBA Union Chief Billy Hunter
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