▁of ▁black ▁athlet es ▁and ▁team ▁own ers ▁has ▁not ▁changed ▁much ▁with ▁Black ▁people ▁account ing ▁for ▁ 7 0 % ▁of ▁the ▁NFL ▁players , ▁ 8 1 % ▁of ▁the ▁NBA ▁players , ▁and ▁ 8 % ▁of ▁the ▁ML B ▁players . ▁Team ▁ownership ▁is ▁still ▁below ▁ 1 0 %. ▁However , ▁one ▁thing ▁that ▁changed ▁with ▁time ▁is ▁the ▁term ▁for ▁ownership ▁in ▁the ▁NBA . ▁In ▁efforts ▁to ▁be ▁polit ically ▁correct , ▁NBA ▁commission er ▁Adam ▁Silver ▁has ▁declared ▁that ▁the ▁organization ▁will ▁no ▁longer ▁use ▁the ▁term ▁“ owner ” ▁and ▁will ▁now ▁refer ▁to ▁own ers ▁as ▁govern ors ▁and ▁partial ▁own ers ▁as ▁alternate ▁govern ors . ▁ ▁As ide ▁from ▁a ▁lack ▁of ▁black ▁own ers , ▁own ers ▁make ▁hundreds ▁of ▁times ▁what ▁the ▁players ▁make . ▁This ▁is ▁similar ▁to ▁the ▁NFL ▁dispar ity ▁between ▁own ers ▁and ▁the ▁players . ▁According ▁to ▁a ▁report ▁by ▁the ▁Green ▁Bay ▁Pack ers , ▁the ▁NFL ▁earned ▁$ 7 , 8 0 8 , 0 0 0 ▁from ▁TV ▁de als , ▁and ▁split ▁it ▁among ▁its ▁ 3 2 ▁teams ▁even ly . ▁This ▁means ▁that ▁each ▁NFL ▁owner ▁“ made ▁$ 2 4 4 m ▁last ▁year ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 6 ”. ▁By ▁contrast , ▁the ▁“ aver age ▁NFL ▁player ▁made ▁$ 2 . 1 ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 5 ”. ▁The ▁own ers ▁of ▁these ▁teams ▁are ▁making ▁hundreds ▁of ▁times ▁what ▁the ▁players