Something must be different. It is patently obvious that Sprewell is black and Knight is white. Some have asked for his head on a platter, but only his head. Yet this was the common undercurrent in the wake of the Sprewell incident. Athletes were lumped together, the errors of a few an indictment of the whole.
Most college coaches are white.
Most athletes in team sports are black. To ignore this is to have your head in the sand. And yet, I am aware of the differences. Knight is older, his life more defined, perhaps, than Sprewell's. Because he has been in a position of authority for 30 years, he has had a chance to have more of an effect on more people's lives.