The Dallas Mavericks are an
American professional basketball team located in Dallas, Texas. For those of
you who do not know, the Mavericks compete in the National Basketball
Association (NBA). The Mavericks have a rich history being recognized as the
leagues ninths most valuable basketball franchise in the NBA, valued at around
$1.9 billion. The Mavericks are owned and operated by American businessman Mark
Cuban. Cuban has always had a great reputation of running and investing in big
time companies over his years as a businessman.
Recently, there was a big issue regarding
the former team president and CEO Terdema Ussery, who is described by many as a
serial sexual harasser in an article written by "The Ringer." Over the past few years there has been many occurrences
of Ussery terrorizing female employees. Other employees involved with sexual
harassment for the Mavericks were writer Earl K. Sneed and senior VP of human
resources Buddy Pittman. Pittman has never sexually harassed anyone within the
company but has not followed through with reports of such crimes. In the past,
Sneed has had issues with domestic violence and sexual harassment cases with
former partners of his. In 2014 he was dating a female involved with the
Mavericks where he physically and verbally abused her. When she went on to tell
her story to Buddy Pittman (VP of HR), the case went nowhere and Sneed
continued to be employed with the Mavericks.
After the coming out of all of
these stories of sexual harassment and domestic violence issues within the Mavericks
organization, Mark Cuban had his hands full. While Cuban was not linked with
any sexual harassment himself, he is now under a microscope due to the behavior
of many of his employees. When this case opened up, Cuban took a huge step in
firing Pittman from the Mavericks due to his lack of professionalism.
Mark Cuban is a man with a great
reputation and has always done his best to be the most professional
businessman possible. With this story coming out it has definitely put a
bruise on his name and I think it will put a sour taste in many people’s mouths.
With time, I believe that Cuban will continue to take steps in the right
direction for the Mavericks and make sure anyone involved is taken care of
accordingly.
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