Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban has agreed to contribute $10 million to women’s organizations but will not face any other punishment stemming from what NBA commissioner Adam Silver called “disturbing and heartbreaking” allegations of harassment and violence toward female employees within the organization, the league announced Wednesday.
Cuban, in an interview with ESPN’s Rachel Nichols that aired Wednesday on The Jump, apologized to those who were victims of assault.
Here's Part 1 of my interview with Mark Cuban, on just how he let things get so bad with the Mavericks: "There's no way to downplay it and if someone showed me this from another company and asked me to read it – I would say you can't make a bigger mistake." pic.twitter.com/toR4ZbrdAZ
— Rachel Nichols (@Rachel__Nichols) September 20, 2018
While Cuban himself was not cited in any of the incidents of harassment or misconduct, the NBA said that he didn’t pay enough attention to the business culture within the Mavericks’ organization.
Here's Part 2 of my interview with Mark Cuban, where he says he has "no excuse" for some of the decisions he made in letting down the women who worked for the Mavericks, and whether Adam Silver asked him to sell the team. pic.twitter.com/mxnC4zKxCg
— Rachel Nichols (@Rachel__Nichols) September 20, 2018
After the incident, the NBA said it reviewed its policies and procedures related to respect in the workplace, and required all NBA teams to do the same. The league also established a confidential hotline for team and league employees to report workplace misconduct.
Cuban told ESPN that Silver never discussed him selling the team, nor did Cuban ever consider it himself.
No, he pays for his mistakes. Easy for a billionaire to do.
