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So the PC Police finally come back and bite a rich white liberal democrat right in his friggin ass. Don't feel sorry for him in the least.
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Now that he is banned he will get even more press coverage and we will hear about his idiotic comments for decades. Fantastic :rolleyes:
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While I find him to be an ignorant bigot, I find the punishment to be quite harsh. Those were his private beliefs not meant to be made public. I'm sure he wouldn't have said those thing knowing that it would. That chick is a money grubbing fame whore. They're actually a great fit for one another.
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I think they should have allowed his players to become free agents immediately upon the end of the league year, and if he can assemble a team so be it. But whatevs, I don't really care what happens.
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As bad as this is, what is being overlooked is a tiny little fact that it is illegal to record a conversation, particularly if it is in ones private home, in Cali sans mutual consent somewhere on that tape. Rights were violated. He may have to sell the team, but he will be taking her to her the cleaners for violating his civil rights. Is there any outrage over what she also did?
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He'll sue the panties off the NBA for making it impossible to run his team and losses due to his investments. The NBA will grandstand and make press releases today but will buckle under the real pressure of a legal system.
Owners constitution or not, there are millions or billions at stake here and what you won't hear about is the massive settlement and payout the NBA will be forced to deal with. |
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Donald Sterling is a Republican and has given money to Democrats. His politics don’t matter. |
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I can say this... as much as Cuban is an arrogant entitled douchebag, he nailed it with his statement.
I will admit this... I am a minority. If you were to record me while I was driving, especially in traffic(I have terrible road rage), I'd make Sterling look like an ant. Some things just aren't made to be public. Unfortunately for him, it was. I don't condone what he said, but to practically force him to sell his team, it's way overboard. This reeks of Roger Goodell-ism in a new commissioner trying to make his mark and set an example. A life time ban is way too harsh imo. *PSA announcement* I grew up in a mixed income neighborhood... I don't discriminate. I have white, black, mexican, asian friends... good friends. While I've said some dumb **** in my life, I'm no racist... but I have been ignorant. Now I don't know if the same applies to Sterling, who is a known racial discriminator, I'm just saying it doesn't always go hand and hand. I think people who are passing judgement, especially some of the celebrities, should look at themselves in the mirror and then talk. We've all said dumb ****. If you haven't, well... you must be a saint. If we were to wire up pro athletes 24/7, I'm not sure we'd have competitive sports anymore. |
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What I have a bigger problem with is that he was a bigot and talking about it in the privacy of his home and someone recorded it without his permission and transmitted it to the world....the problem I have is my own privacy and not his. I also do not work a multi-billion dollar corporation with hundreds of employees. He's a sad little man and sad little men have the right to be wealthy idiot bigots in the privacy of their own home. BUT as others have said, he owns a business and it just wasn't meant to be. It can break wiretap laws in every direction, but in private business, the consequences are what they are. |
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The ex-girlfriend doesn't seem very friendly. Well, you put yourself there. Even wearing a "Donald" (Sterling) t-shirt. Wow.
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So your going to punish his players for what he said? Not all would be picked up. Sterling purchased the Clippers in 1981 for 15m, the Clippers are presently worth an estimated 700m-1b..... He will be forced to sell and I've zero pity for any idiot that gets a $700m payday for speaking honestly. |
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Your correct. You can't just outlaw stupid or protect it from itself with laws. You can however discriminate against stupidity and maintain separation. That is usually covered by the CoBC. The NFL calls it protecting the shield. |
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Au contrair. There is always a way to vote owners out. The league can redistribute all of his players until he is no longer owner. That will sink him, he would rather sell it for 1bn than let it vanish. No billionaire or multimillionaire would enter into a co-op business business venture with out the ability to get rid of bad eggs. The NFL has to vote to allow a new owner and they can vote to eject a new owner. |
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My favorite part of the interview is when he said Sterling probably already has dirt on half of the other owners and certain things they had said in private. So kind of a "throw the first stone, if I'm out they are out" defense. I'm not defending him as I think he should be thrown out. But it could get ugly fast for the NBA. Of course, that would be part of the fun. :D |
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I've yet to meet a lawyer that doesn't consider himself a "legal expert". Sterling can have what he likes. A 29-1 vote is a 29-1 vote, and without proof "tape of conversation" it has no weight. They can force him out and if he doesn't want to sell them so be it.... The NBA can void his franchise and allow a new owner to start another. You don't seriously think that the Commissioner banned him with out first consulting the NBA's legal department and the other owners? |
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This has money-grab shakedown written all over it. My guess is more harm will come of this than good. |
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My guess is that his players have used the N-word on the court, more times than he has. |
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I've seen this happen many times. There are multitudes of ways the League can make him "want to sell"... What would your decision be given the below. Your team is worth near 1BN, and your options are to sell or: 1. The League revokes your franchise and starts a new team in another city with a new owner. Your franchise value will be $0. Example (close enough to get the point): There is a Copelands of New Orleans building in Lafayette La. on Ambassador Caffery that has never been open, yet it has stood there for at least 15 years... a few hundred yards down the road is an open and fully operating Copelands of New Orleans. Why was it never opened? Because the owner bought the property and the rights to the building but never paid for the rights to the menu. Did Copelands force him to sell? No but they made sure that building has never opened for business and the owner cant afford to demolish it and start over. Can the NBA force him to sell depends on how you view the word "force"? The league can revoke his franchise and leave him with nothing but bills and operating costs. 2. Your ownership stake is going to be diluted to a fraction of its original value. Your hefty income becomes $1.45/year Forcing someone to sell doesn't always mean them selling against their will, sometimes you can force that person to want to sell. |
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The guy's a douche, yes, but unless the documentation from when he first bought the team is very specific, I think the NBA is in for a long fight.
They'll cite code of ethics, upholding standards, etc, but they are facing a rich, old guy with nothing better to do than be a pain in the @ss. He's got money, time, patience and motivation. He might get voted out 29-1, but then it's going to be appeal, appeal, appeal. |
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Franchise owners are often forced to want out. Andy Cheung, McDonald's Franchisee, Forced Out After Allegations Of Worker Exploitation Owner Of Lodge-Themed Chevrolet Dealer In Norman, OK Sells Franchise Instead Of Changing Style | GM Authority This should satisfy this debate. The NBA can force the sale of its franchises by vote. Report: NBA pressuring Maloofs to sell Sacramento Kings to Seattle*group | The Point Forward - SI.com Vivek Ranadive, Sacramento Kings owner, expects unanimous vote to force Donald Sterling to sell Los Angeles Clippers - ESPN Thank you, drive through. ;) |
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Really the guy deserves to be banned. As well as really thought he was above the law. He and his estranged wife as well.
She tried in a Nightline report posed as a building inspector. And tried to kick out minorities. She seems as bad as he is. |
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The most disgusting part of this whole mess to me isn't the fact that he's a racist, thats been pretty well documented for a couple of decades, and its not that the media has ignored that fact and suddenly jumped on him for it, its because he has a wife and no one is mentioning that little fact.
Dude has a wife and is openly being seen with a young hottie day in and day out and no one thinks that's worth mentioning? For some reason that makes me more sad than him dropping some offensive language in an illegally recorded conversation with his hoar. |
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Racism. Nepotism. Sexism. Sex. Wealth. Power. Prostitute. Freedom of Speech. The legal , estranged, separated wife vs. the newest and most recent girlfriend. Suicide. IRS. Classism-Wealthiest % vs. the Middle Class. Husband/father.
Sports business. Scandal. Entertainers. Ageism. Prostrate Cancer. This story has it ALL. Racism. What he said in private to his paid tr______ girlfriend- escort was not racist. He was telling her what he requested of her. It was a private conversation. He did not want her bringing Black people to the games as in sitting courtside, in the suite by her and him, them. He did not want her putting her pictures taken with guys like Magic Jonhson out on her FB, Intagram. She was his "paid friend" and they simply had a lovers' quarrel over the telephone. I assume that she always being with him, sitting courtside with him, etc., all players, his staff, etc. knew she was his girlfriend and he did not to be humilatated by her. If he had said in an interview,publically, he did not want Blacks, Whites, Handicapped people, Gays, etc. going to the games, that that would be different. All the celeb world, talking heads on the news shows, etc. are all up in arms over this. When WAS a racist proven case with him is the case in which he was fined by the govt. for housing discrimination and more. That was some years ago and no one from the celebs, talking heads in the media, NBA players, the then Commis , this Comiss, etc. said one word. He is a proven slumlord. No one then from NBA players, the then Comiss or this one, celebs, talking media heads never said one word. Nepotism. He has to sell, well, politley putting it , be forced to want to sell his team because he is bad for business for the NBA. The others in the private club will want him out because they do not his problems tainting them , their various business staffs, team, other businesses, fans, city, etc. Sexism. Thing is , where I think legally there might a case is that Shelly Sterling owns 40 % or 50% of the team . I have read both figures. Who are the other owners if there are any of the L.A. Clippers? Why,how is she penalized for him? Talking heads, LaBron James and he said NBA players, etc. have said they want no Sterlings owning the team. SSterling said that is one of the NBA owners' wives have done soemthing , would they, the good ole boys' owners, be forced to sell their team? Ans. NO!!!!! Ok, lets say she is politley forced too to sell. Fine. Then as a compromise, her son-in-law can cont. running that business. Daughter, other kids, if there are any can still own the team. They andn the NBA can bring more minority owners in. Out someone's face up as the owner. She can be a silent owner. So much for silence when she is known player in the NBA and this mess. I think this will be a legal sticking point in trying to politely make her sell. Politely make her children sell.... Suicide . The Sterlings ' son, of their kids, killed himself a few years ago. Drug overdose. All that money and no happiness or peace in life. The estranged wife vs. the current paid girlfriend. The Mrs. sued the V. Svitano current girlfriend thing for fraud, etc. in March. Word is V. Svitano said she would get back and BOY OH BOY, did she!!!! Prostitute. Sterling had his prostitute from a years ago attend NBA business or other business meetings of hers. Set her up in a Bev Hills home. She sued him for things and the house and he won that case. Freedom of Speech/Right to privacy. If anyone here , anywhere says they would not mind their private phone coversations, talk inside their homes, in their cars, in emails , etc. to family and friends released to their cleints, supervisors, neighbors, students, then YOU ARE LYING!!!!! Reporting/taping private talk about a crime to the police is legal. I will say I am NOTLYING and I would NOT want my private calls, emails, talk inside my home, car, doctors' office , etc. released to the public. I did not say what subjects I talk about. Anything. Any subject. Vanessa "V" clearly taped the stupid, nasty, POS old man without his knowledge , set him up , and released it to TMZ. She said she did not release it. Yeah, right. IRS. Wealth vs. The Middle Class. Classism. So Vanessa "V" S. says she was paid off the books to be his archiavist. Ummm, off the books. At $240,000 a year. Ummm, seems to me the IRS might want to look into this of hers and Sterlings Co. Hmmm, but the IRS sure would come after us Little Guys for being late and not filing an extension or something minor. Entertainers of Hollyweird. They are all at the Clippers' games now. The Clippers never had Playoffs and things. they always were at Lakers games. Ageism. Prostrate Cancer. Well, sort of. Sterling is 81. He has Prostrate Cancer. Banning this POS for life, good. Thing is no big deal here. How much life does he have left?? LOL!!! I would say not too much!! Husband/father. It seems this guy all his life was an awful husband and father. |
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