[NBA Gossip] Donald Sterling Hates the Blacks, Including Magic

Hopefully Sterling kills himself soon.
I'm fully expecting it at this point. His franchise is plummeting in monetary value by the hour.

 

Kia and Statefarm are not dropping Paul and Griffin and have both stated so.

I believe the same Marketing company who makes those ads are the ones who asked for them and others to be pulled from the Clippers but they have plenty of success to keep those going.


He said you should see many more coming within the next 48 hours. Also Sprint just dropped their sponsorship

 

The elephant in the room is ... a 20 year old calls him "Sweetie" and he sounded like he is so boyish. I would say there is more strange things about Sterling than those comments. Plus, what's that culture, "you know", he is alluding to? Who are those people that his gf must know.

 

I would argue that fans not going to the games is a bad solution or response or whatever.

You're really punishing the city, the players, and the fans more than you are Donald Sterling. He's proven over the years that he doesn't care about the success of his team - he's going to make money regardless.

If the fans don't show up, they miss out on seeing their team - they don't go for the owners, they go for the players. The players play for each and the fans - not the city. By not attending, the fans would just lose their players and the players would lose their fans. Sterling isn't really affected all that much.

And if the fans try to sell their tickets to recover some of their investment, then it just drops ticket prices to allow all the racists that agree with Sterling to go the games for cheap.

 

Uncalled for. Statements like this aren't any better than what Sterling said. Two wrongs don't make a right.

 

Q: What penalties can Silver issue?

A: Under the provisions of the bylaws, Silver has two sets of powers that he may use. Under either, he can issue a lifetime suspension and a substantial fine. Under Paragraph 24(l) of the constitution that was adopted by the NBA owners on Oct. 26, 2005, he can issue a fine of up to $2.5 million, can suspend an owner indefinitely and can order the forfeiture of draft picks. This provision applies to situations that are not covered by specific rules within the constitution. In another provision, Paragraph 35(A)(c), Silver can issue an indefinite suspension and a fine of $1 million to any owner who "makes ... a statement having or designed to have an effect prejudicial or detrimental to the best interests of basketball." If Silver wants to hammer Sterling, he can assert that Sterling's statements are so egregious that they go beyond the misconduct contemplated in Paragraph 35 and allow Silver to assess the greater penalties found in Paragraph 24. Sterling can argue that he merely made a statement, but the statement at a minimum allows a lifetime suspension and a $1 million fine.

Q: Is it possible for Silver and the NBA to terminate Sterling's franchise ownership?

A: Yes. Under the terms of Paragraph 13 of the constitution, the owners can terminate another owner's franchise with a vote of three-fourths of the NBA Board of Governors, which is

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Thought it could be a possibility as with any board

 

Why was the whole conversation taped?

 

Seconded.

Don't perpetuate hate and intolerance. Rise above.

 

It's been reported that Sterling had her tape conversations for reference. He is so deluded that he didn't see how that could come back to bite him.

 

LOL the first year the Clippers could win it all and the NBA has the option of closing down the franchise.

 

Wow, if that's true, who is Steriling's lawyer. Sterling ...is more than just a racist. The GF on the phone sounded like deposing him. Bit by bit, cracked him open, with that petty tone here and there.

 

Many Clippers fans are thinking the same thing. Better him than the franchise.

 

BOOM.

Do it.

 

Agreed. There is no place for that dude in this world. It's not hateful for someone to say he should kill himself...that would imply that he hates himself. It would be hateful to call him all the names he refers to his players as.

 

Seems unlikely to me. He's far too narcissistic, I think. If it gets to him that badly, he'll sell the team so he has more cash for hookers.

I think it's more a sacrifice than a punishment. And, I think it would be effective. Sure Sterling still collects his league revenues, but he gets a lot of his revenues from ticket sales. More importantly, I think, it puts enormous pressure on the league to throw him out. If people are still going to games, there might be some temptation for the league to let him off with a lighter punishment (fined, banned from games, whatever) and figure the public will forget over time (just like they did the last umpteen times). Since I've always wanted Sterling out, and this is a good opportunity to do it, I'd like to see the maximal amount of pressure put on the league to do the right thing.

But, your last point is dead-on. A public boycott can't be enforced. People won't want to have spent that money for nothing. They'll show up.

As for who is playing for whom -- it's Sterling who gets the trophy in the end, if the Clips make it through. Can you imagine the headlines and their place in history if the Clips won it all?

 

That an angry mob is calling for Sterling's head doesn't mean he deserves death, nor does it excuse any subsequent behavior that deviates from societal norms.

Combating hate with hate allows for exactly the type of environment in which Sterling and others like him flourish. He is a racist who lives a life of hate and ignorance and therefore understands only hate and ignorance. Encouraging him to commit suicide is equivalent of feeding the trolls. Resorting to hate as a defense against his vitriol is the first sign that he's won.

 

I'm not sure everyone is against Donald Sterling. Recording someone over the phone and staging something is very controversial. To be honest everyone has said something inappropriate at one time or another.

 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>&quot;The loudest statement that they can make as fans is to not show up to the game.&quot; - Mark Jackson on Game 5.

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Who does he think he's fooling? lol, trying to take away their home court advantage.

 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Heat enter court all wearing warmups inside out, showing no team logo, in solidarity with Clippers players.</p>&mdash; Ira Winderman (@IraHeatBeat) <a href="https://twitter.com/IraHeatBeat/statuses/460912220763729920">April 28, 2014</a></blockquote>
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But there are degrees of impropriety. Not everyone makes or has made racist remarks.