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This study was inspired by the ongoing discussions of the involvement of racism in the NBA. The goal of this study is to determine the presence of racism in the NBA through a careful study of player and coaches wages based on their productivity. Previous studies from the 80's as well as 90's have shown that there have been incredible wage gaps between white and black players in the NBA (those wages being in favor of the white players). Using a study of 276 players and 30 coaches from the 2009-10 season, salaries will be put into a regression model while holding player and coach productivity constant. Player and coach salaries will be the dependent variable along with eleven independent variables in the player regression model and 6 independent variables in the coaches' regression model. The results showed that there is a small difference in wages between white and non-white players but not enough to make valid claims of wage discrimination. For coaches, the regression results shows that race does not have a significant effect on salaries but there is still a noticeable salary gap between white and non-white coaches, in favor of white coaches.

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