If you wonr why took 40 years for the hight-rankg gay NBA exec to e out of the closet, look no further than Kobe Bryant or Tim Hardaway. It wasn't easy for Rick Welts, print and CEO of the Phoenix Suns, to e out.
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PHOENIX SUNS PRINT RICK WELTS ANNOUNC HE'S GAY TO SPIRE YOUNG ATHLET SUFFERG SILENCE
If you wonr why took 40 years for the hight-rankg gay NBA exec to e out of the closet, look no further than Kobe Bryant or Tim wasn't easy for Rick Welts, print and CEO of the Phoenix Suns, former print of the L. Dodgers, the send-rankg NBA executive, -creator of the WNBA and NBA All-Star Weekend, to e, a sport where Kobe Bryant lled a referee a "faggot, " and where Tim Hardaway proclaimed, "I hate gay people. "Welts, handsome at 58, who got advice om longtime pal Bill Rsell before revealg his secret to the world, thks such moments of homophobia are anomali basketball.
"Gog out to anythg related to work, or g to gam was difficult, as was gog to predomantly gay tablishments. Phoenix is the untry's sixth largt cy, but has an odd gay culture. The gay muny has no geographic center.
“While is difficult to intify wh precisn what motivated Sarver’s workplace behavr scribed this report, certa patterns emerged om wns acunts: Sarver often acted aggrsively an apparent effort to provoke a reactn om his targets; Sarver’s sense of humor was sophomoric and appropriate for the workplace; and Sarver behaved as though workplace norms and polici did not apply to him, ” read the report om the New York-based vtigatg firm of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz.