Comment by NBA Players Association Director Raises Idea of Player Ownership

The new executive director of the NBA Players Association, Michelle Roberts, is asserting, as paraphrased by ESPN, that club owners are expendable. Commenting at Salon.com on Robert's remarks, Matthew Pulver writes that the implication of her position is that the players should be the owners of the teams. He writes, "such a remedy for the league might rouse the imagination of Paul family libertarians, Bernie Sanders-wing progressives, and many in the great swath in between. 'Why can't we all own where we work?' Americans might start to ask."