Donald Sterling receives lifetime ban from NBA

[Sirhornsalot]

I have a ton of mixed emotions on this, none of it compares to the legal stuff I've seen discussed here. My head hurts after reading all that.

1. It's a man's property, yes. But there is responsibility in being an NBA owner.

2. You cannot have an owner in the NBA who is racist. Of all the professional sports leagues, the NBA may have the highest percentage of Black American players. I cannot see how the NBA can be associated with a racist owner. No way.

3. The tough part is the fact that this was a private conversation. But what do you do now when the cat's out of the bag? Tell the nation to disregard that last comment?

4. Agree on the thoughts of a pandora's box being opened. If you're going to punish this, then other instances need to draw punishment, too. Not necessarily equal to this punishment (by the NBA), but punishment of some kind.

5. Money can buy a lot of things. But it could not buy this guy wisdom. If he could have been loyal to his wife, perhaps he would have never had to say stuff like that to a mistress?

6. I feel so bad for the players. If I'm a black NBA player for the Clippers, I want to play. But I don't want to earn a single dime for that scumbag. What do you do? I'm not sure this isn't your primary reason why the owner has to go.

 

[echeese]

Reminds me of a saying my grandfather used to say, "A whiskey glass and a woman's ass makes a horse's ass out of many a man."

You will likely see that again . .. . 

Silver's move is PR. . . 

I'd be impressed if he slammed Larry Johnson at the same time. . . . .Oh you don't know about Johnson's racist remarks????    

I'm curious where all this moral outrage was in 2006 when Sterling was hit with the largest housing discrimination fine in US history. . . . .

PS, I am not a fan of political correctness. . .OTOH, I do not disagree with Silver's actions. . his job is to protect the league and not taking strong action would be a PR nightmare. . . 

I am largely mocking posters and the nation who are "outraged" by racist comments from a Jew but either oblivious or accepting of racist comments from an NBA executive. . . . . .and largely who ignored as the rest of the NBA did. . . .Sterling's far more egregious ACTIONS (instead of drunken remarks to a gold digging bimbo) in 2006.

 

[Randolph Duke]

The commissioner has to extract the league from this mess. Right now, I don't see how he does it. If racially insensitive comments made in private can subject an owner from banishment from the league, how does the commissioner explain how the exact same comment made by a player is not similarly actionable? If comments that are racially offensive deserve such treatment, does the commissioner really want to have to explain that offensive comments related to sexual orientation don't qualify for similar treatment? Does the commissioner want to ban owners or players for ever having made past comments of an insensitive nature directed at any particular demographic? If we agree past statements of a racially insensitive nature made in private is where the purge begins, where does it end? 

This is a PR nightmare for the league. Silver should have suspended Sterling for two years, subject to extension upon further consideration, and let the fans, sponsors and players decimate the team as a financial asset to the point Sterling was losing too much value by remaining associated with the team and had to divest. It is just a matter of time before another group highlights an insensitive statement made by another person associated with the league and demands their career be ruined. Heaven forbid if Lebron or Michael Jordan ever uttered the word "fa*got" in private. Heaven forbid if any player ever, in a private conversation, referred to a female as a "bitch" or a "whore."

The last thing any sports league should be involved in is policing insensitive comments made by its members in private. 

 

[java]

This morning I saw a report that Sterling was going to litigate. Last night I read articles on Grantland about Sterling. I also read the recommendations from the Rockets' owner.

To sum it all up, if half of the information in those articles is true, this guy is a miserable human being. The writers called him a racist and a pervert. I don't understand why Silver didn't listen to the Rockets' owner and announce that he was suspending Sterling for a period of 2 years (review after 2 years) and granting the players free agent status immediately after the playoffs. That seems like it would have avoided the pitfalls Duke is referring to.

At any rate, Sterling is a whiny joke of a man.

 

[Chris Flanagan]

Even if the private conversation in question was recorded illegally?  I believe you, I just want to understand.  Is the NBA governed by their own laws? If that's the case, then I can see it.

Courts usually don't step in and dictate the governmental structure of an organization with obvious exceptions. Now, Donald Sterling is gonna get paid. Likely near the billion dollar range with the TV contract potential and being in LA. Not likely he is out his investment. He'll still be an old white racist, just an old white even richer racist. 

 

[Juan]

 

[Aaron Carrara]

LOL'd at that one.  And I'm a Cowboys fan.

 

[Juan]

This story just got even worse.
And that's a pretty bad opening sentence.
 
 
 
http://nypost.com/2014/05/01/disgraced-clippers-owner-donald-sterling-is-battling-cancer/

 
"Disgraced Clippers owner Donald Sterling is battling cancer"
 
This could wind up being a pretty short ban.
 
Disgraced racist Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling is battling cancer — surprising those around him by beating the final buzzer for as long as he has, sources told The Post on Thursday.
 
“They thought he would die two years ago,†one source said of Sterling, who on Tuesday was banned for life from the NBA for his now-infamous recorded racist rant.
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[Juan]

This is almost too bad to post

From "Die Hard With A Vengeance"

 

[java]

I don't watch 20-20, but when I saw this link it was more tempting than Amy's Ice Cream (less than a Longhorn gam, fyi).

http://deadspin.com/v-stiviano-appears-on-20-20-says-donald-sterling-is-n-1571171738?utm_campaign=socialflow_deadspin_twitter&utm_source=deadspin_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow

I lol'd. His 'silly rabbit'. B.W.: Is that what he calls you? _priceless

 

[Juan]

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[killrjoe]

Hey PD, silly and pathetic because black racism doesn't exist?

 

[Juan]

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[SFlonghorngirl]

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The Chinese have too much money.  They buy too much shit.

 

[Juan]

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