Unlike the drug and violence scandals that filled the NBA in the 80s, by the 90s, the negative news related to basketball was all tainted with the stench of money.
Not only the NBA, but other professional sports leagues, as well as the NCAA, were also suffering from the erosion of money.
America is a peculiar place, on one hand, it's the country with the most developed capital in the world, the core of global finance.
From the 1990s onward, world history essentially revolves around America, unfolding with finance and the green US dollar as the lubricant of the spinning axis.
On the other hand, America is far more conservative than one might imagine; even many years later, they still endlessly argue over issues like abortion, with the influence of conservative religion never fading in grassroots communities.
