Black players in the NBA have 30% greater odds of leaving the league in any given season than white players who have equivalent performance on the court, a new study finds.

The results were driven mostly by bench players, who are the majority of those in the league, but who average less than 20 minutes of action per game.

These findings suggest that even in the NBA – a league in which Black players make up 70-75% of those on the court – African Americans face discrimination, said Davon Norris, lead author of the study and a doctoral student in sociology at The Ohio State University.

Read the complete story by Jeff Grabmeier at news.osu.edu.