Adam Silver appoints African American CEO to run the Clippers.

the dude is incredibly over qualified.

calm the f down guys.

 

turns out that dick parsons gots a baby mama 29 years younger than him…..should fit right into the nba fraternity..

 

one-dimensional lof misses the big picture once again.

rather, the fact that this guy is "incredibly over-qualified" is yet another tell. dick didn't apply for the job. he's someone's gofer. look up who owns Citibank and think about how strongly the chess pieces are being played against the Sterlings, and who's big enough to make the moves.

 

yawn

what have I said that makes me a lof? go find it so you can psychoanalze it with your sem 1 psych textbook

and you're right man, the world is against the Sterlings! How dare they hit him with that housing discrimination lawsuit

the fact that THIS was the tipping point only when it really started the damage the nba brand is quite telling

sorry that your mate sterling is getting the rough end of it

maybe some insight into how he actively discriminated and shat on blacks and latinos for all those years

but ill forgive you for your lack of empathy, hard to feel such emotions with your head so far up your ass

 

The political chess is what it is. But the board is played above the heads of those who play tic tac toe or hopscotch while attempting to solve “What’s wrong with this picture?” on the cover of Highlights magazine.

 

Crazy conspiracy theories. The illuminati wants sterling out. This jackass had nothing to do with his own outing, higher powers want to take control of the clippers and V Stivino was hired.

 

It depends. If another situation arises where an owner pisses off league sponsors and a group that represents over 80% of the players in the league, which brings about rumored threats of his coach and the majority of his roster no longer wanting to play for him, then sure. IMO, the only reason the league took their stance was because players were rumored to be boycotting playoff games and the majority of the leagues players would catch flack for playing for him.

As far as ownership, you have ownership based on a set or rules that you agreed to when you were allowed to buy-in, and part of those rules allows the others to vote you out.

I don't see your stance as a racist one. I'm black, and I think it's messed up that one can lose their business for something they said in the privacy of their own home. But I also understand the business side of the private league, and if you piss off the majority of the players to the point where they don't want to play there, well what else can you do?

 

Not really. The NBA is just making decisions based on what impacts their bottom line, as usual.

And if that statement caused sponsors to leave and the majority of players in the league to not want to play for him then he would be gone.

And she has not lost major sponsors due to that statement. If anything, allowing Oprah to be an owner may help the NBA reach out to more women and the sponsors that target them.

And if that statement caused sponsors to leave and the majority of players in the league to not want to play for the Kings then he would be gone.

Have they cost the league or TNT any sponsors?

The difference is none of those statements cost a team or the league money. That's really it. The rules haven't changed. Money talks and BS walks.

 

Another reasonable and logical post.

 

Great article on the legal battle

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/nba/news/20140509/donald-sterling-legal-analysis-nba-clippers/

Sterling is going to apparently aid his wife in spending money for no reason trying to fight

 

NBA is here to stay forvever. sending a message - this goes beyond basketball

 

Plato had a political term for those unable to grasp politics: natural slaves.

 

Yeah, this is it in a nutshell. That folks wanna politicize it or play out party politics or project personal faults into the case is a distraction. This is just a money play by the league. The backlash against Sterling, for whatever reason, is costing the league money. So they want him gone.

The NBA sheltered this guy for decades. They knew who he was and there had been articles written about him, how he runs the team, and his racism. The NBA did not care. They only care now, because of the furor, the lost money, and the players threats.

As for treeman's observation about ownership: The concept of ownership in the NBA is not like ownership and property rights in the rest of the economy. The NBA is a cartel the federal government allows to exist via anti-trust exemption. In truth, sports leagues should look more like soccer in Europe and Britain, which have a more 'free-market' look. But, in the US the government allows this exemption so we can have high-level competitive leagues.

The NBA is basically like a pseudo-communist collective in which each 'owner' buys a division/share/team that is allowed to function within the cartel. Participation is based on particular rules and agreements. By abiding by the league rules, one gets access to shared league revenues (as well as the ability to hold municipalities hostage for stadium funding in the name of the league) and other perks of team ownership.

And if you violate the terms, then you are out of the club. The NBA isn't moving against Sterling because his words are distasteful. They aren't moving against him because he is a documented racist, slumlord, and horrible team owner. They are moving against him because he is costing them money. His private activities have come to light and reflect poorly on the league. If the league could avoid the boycotts and potential labor strife by having Sterling 'apologize' and/or go to sensitivity training, they would. But the players, sponsors, and public (ie. the markets) do not appear to be satisfied with that.

Now, what would make a very strong power play for Sterling would be to threaten the NBA anti-trust exemption -- which is why his attorney is a famed antitrust lawyer. If he and his lawyer can devise a strategy that would threaten the exemption or bring Congress into the picture to question the exemption, then he could probably get the league to back down. Then it would be up to the players to make a move.

 

Dick Parsons is terrible. The Clippers choked out of the series after his hiring.

 

I would love to believe that Parsons was appointed for reasons of merit, but I do see some "damage control" motives in this move. Parsons may seem overqualified on paper because he has held CEO titles for some pretty recognizable institutions (Time Warner & Citibank), but if you actually take a minute to examine his tenure there, you start to see some major red flags:

-While at Citibank Parsons implemented policies and procedures that led to a sup-prime lending crisis that led to a $2million+ government bailout to keep Citibank going. He did wonderful things for the bottom line, but: how did he achieve it? Many people speculate that he only avoided federal charges due to his connections with the Rockafeller family (not talking about Jay-Z).

-At Time Warner he oversaw the AOL/TW fiasco, one of the most disastrous corporate mergers ever. Shareholders were pretty pissed...to put it mildly.

So I'm left to believe that race did in fact have something to do with the way this went down. Either that, or the NBA doesnt really research the backgrounds of the people they decide to put in positions of power.

 

My bad...that's supposed to say $2 billion + gov bailout, not million.

 

I get the affecting the bottom line part, but now you are setting yourself up to allowing different rules for people based on their skin color. Sterling could bring all the above situation to light in court and have a case. Eliminating racism selectively is not the way to go, but I get it, $$ talks.

 

It's the internet age, where everyone (especially athletes) think their personal morals should be transferred to everyone else. Extremely wise men like MLK no longer lead the sheep; the sheep lead themselves with twitterverse rage.

The NBA is getting extremely positive publicity out of all of this, and an old racist dude got sacked, so everyone's a winner!