▁class ▁stand point , ▁it ▁is ▁very ▁difficult ▁for ▁there ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁black ▁owner ▁as ▁“ very ▁few ▁black ▁people ▁are ▁part ▁of ▁these ▁billion aires ’ ▁boys ’ ▁clubs ”. ▁ ▁Many ▁of ▁the ▁ra cial ▁problems ▁shown ▁in ▁sports ▁are ▁present ▁because ▁of ▁the ▁lack ▁of ▁divers ity ▁in ▁ownership . ▁The ▁pre domin ant ▁presence ▁of ▁white ▁male ▁own ers ▁in ▁sports ▁drives ▁a ▁w edge ▁between ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁organization . ▁The ▁narr ative ▁port rayed ▁by ▁ownership ▁in ▁sports ▁pain ts ▁the ▁same ▁picture ▁of ▁slave ▁and ▁owner ▁from ▁ 4 0 0 ▁years ▁ago . ▁D ray mond ▁Green , ▁Power ▁forward ▁for ▁the ▁Golden ▁State ▁War riors , ▁ign ited ▁deb ates ▁on ▁the ▁relationship ▁between ▁team ▁ownership ▁and ▁players . ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 7 , ▁Green ▁stated ▁that ▁the ▁NBA ▁should ▁really ▁consider ▁the ▁term ▁“ owner ” ▁and ▁its ▁usage ▁d ating ▁back ▁to ▁ch att el ▁sla very , ▁considering ▁the ▁majority ▁of ▁NBA ▁players ▁are ▁black ▁and ▁nearly ▁all ▁team ▁ownership ▁is ▁white . ▁This ▁has ▁been ▁a ▁fact ▁virt ually ▁the ▁entire ▁history ▁of ▁sports ▁organizations . ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 4 , ▁Black ▁people ▁account ed ▁for ▁ 8 0 % ▁of ▁the ▁NFL ▁players , ▁ 6 5 % ▁of ▁the ▁NBA ▁players , ▁and ▁ 1 8 % ▁of ▁the ▁ML B ▁players , ▁but ▁less ▁than ▁ 1 0 % ▁of ▁the ▁Team ▁own ers . 2 5 ▁years ▁later , ▁the ▁percentage