Two United States senators have accused the NBA of “putting profit over principle,” which was detailed in a letter sent to commissioner Adam Silver on Tuesday.
The letter sent by Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) to the NBA commissioner comes after an ESPN report detailed the league’s relationship with Rwandan dictator Paul Kagame.
While the league needed Kagame’s help to build its first league outside North America with the Basketball Africa League, ESPN’s article pointed out how the NBA had to look past human rights abuses that the dictator is responsible for in Rwanda
