While Russell violates workers' most basic rights in its Honduras factories, the sporting goods company makes millions every year from the sales of its Official NBA Spalding basketballs and Huffy Sports backboards. Over 50 universities, including 5 of the top 7 schools sending players to the NBA, have cut ties with Russell over its worker rights abuses. Why is the NBA letting this kind of company get rich off the game?

Since 2007, Russell—the largest private employer in Honduras—has repeatedly violated international and domestic labor law, culminating in the company shuttering its Jerzees De Honduras factory in retaliation for workers exercising their freedom to form a union. Russell left 1,800 workers jobless simply because they joined together to fight sweatshop conditions in the garment industry.