The principals
Hunter will hold the line for players union this summer
Posted: Wednesday June 24, 1998 04:23 PM
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(AP) |
G. William Hunter
Executive Director, National Basketball Players
Association
Billy Hunter, a former U.S. attorney who has represented clients as diverse
as newspaper heiress Patty Hearst and NBA badboy Latrell
Sprewell, will be the NBA’s worst nightmare this summer.
It will be up to the 55-year-old Hunter to hold the players’ union line
during its negotiations with the NBA and its owners. It’s not unfamiliar
territory.
Hunter has litigated cases throughout the nation, he’s founded a couple of
different law firms specializing in civil and business litigation, he’s
represented several Fortune 500 companies and has been the legal
representative for several California cities and municipalities on bond and
public financing issues.
Hunter, a former NFL kick returner with the Miami Dolphins and the
Washington Redskins, was hired as the NBPA’s executive director in 1996. He
has the backing of some of the biggest names in the sport, including Michael Jordan
and NBPA President Patrick Ewing
-- two superstars who failed in a bid to decertify the union under a
previous director.
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