Ja Morant Can’t Follow the NBA Rules

Teisha LeShea
4 min readMay 17, 2023

If he doesn’t like them, he should leave.

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I want to begin this article with terminology before I get into my thoughts and opinions on Ja Morant.

A public company is a company that has shares on the stock market for the public to invest in said company. A private company does the opposite; the people who create the company can also invest in that company. Investopedia states, “private companies can generally only issue equity to existing shareholders, employees, or professional investors.”

Where does the NBA fall when it comes to private or public? The NBA is a Monopoly which means you control price changes and make it difficult for competitors to enter the market. Thirty teams make up the NBA the total net worth of NBA owners is approximately $120 billion. Adam Silver is the NBA’s current commissioner. He’s responsible for the NBA’s image, suspensions, and media interviews and oversees the bargaining contracts.

If you’re not knowledgeable about sports, you are not aware of the rules and regulations of professional sports organizations like the NFL or NBA. Each organization has a Collective Bargaining Agreement that outlines the terms and conditions of employment for all professional players in the league, as well as the rights and obligations of the team and player union.

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