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OKC part owner Aubrey McClendon dies in single-car crash

Discussion in 'NBA Dish' started by Air Langhi, Mar 2, 2016.

  1. Air Langhi

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    http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/1...er-aubrey-mcclendon-dies-car-crash-indictment
     
  2. Cohete Rojo

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    This has to be connected with the news coming out yesterday, anyways, RIP.
     
  4. REEKO_HTOWN

    REEKO_HTOWN I'm Rich Biiiiaaatch!

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    Didn't he just get charged for price fixing?

    Sounds like a hit or he faked his death to me.


    Maybe he snitched.
     
  5. zeeshan2

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    <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Here's a picture of McClendon's vehicle. According to police, he ran into/off of a bridge: <a href="https://t.co/ce7RUSBQXi">pic.twitter.com/ce7RUSBQXi</a></p>&mdash; Royce Young (@royceyoung) <a href="https://twitter.com/royceyoung/status/705119998117806081">March 2, 2016</a></blockquote>
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    <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Capt Balderrama: no indication McClendon tried to stop his car from wrecking. He was going well above the 40 mph speed limit. <a href="https://twitter.com/NewsOK">@NewsOK</a></p>&mdash; Graham Lee Brewer (@grahambrewer) <a href="https://twitter.com/grahambrewer/status/705119056102236160">March 2, 2016</a></blockquote>
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  6. Icehouse

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    Well that's looks intentional.
     
  7. yobod

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    So his company (Chesapeake Energy) made an agreement with another company to not outbid each other for the same plot of land. Isn't that just smart business? It definitely doesn't justify the 10 year prison sentence he was facing. I wouldn't blame him for feeling like that was a bunch of bull$hit.

    I mean, should Morey go to prison for helping Hinke out? Vice versa? ;)
     
  8. Air Langhi

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    Yes that is very illegal.
     
  9. LonghornFan

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    Um, yeah. It's illegal. It's called Price Fixing and you really have zero defense against it when the FTC finds out about it.
     
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    Collusion is very much illegal. I'm sure you wouldn't view it so lightly if you were one of the landowners they were bidding on leases for. Them coming to an illegal agreement to keep the price you would receive down takes a lot of money out of your pockets.
     
  11. TheRealist137

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    Honestly...I wouldn't be shocked if he faked his own death and dipped.
     
  12. Cohete Rojo

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    Google, Apple, and other Silicon Valley corporations have similar agreements with regards to each other's employees. Perfectly legal. No one went to jail.
     
  13. WFU Guy

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    Not perfectly legal
    http://www.engadget.com/2015/01/16/apple-google-intel-no-poaching-settlement/
     
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    Tweet dated 2012.

    <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Betting on Aubrey McClendon's suicide method after his house of cards collapses is a better long term investment than Chesapeake stock.</p>&mdash; Hatey McLife (@Hatey_McLife) <a href="https://twitter.com/Hatey_McLife/status/197369638257041409">May 1, 2012</a></blockquote>
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  15. Fyreball

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    What?? They were screwing people out of money by colluding, and fixing prices. Landowners were getting squeezed because these greedy scumbags were pinching pennies. Not only is it highly illegal, but it's certainly worthy of a 10 year prison sentence.
     
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    He screwed Seattle out of their team too, not to mention his company has contributed to the massive rise in earthquakes in Oklahoma

    Scumbag & criminal.

    Karma
     
  17. Pass 1st shoot 2nd

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    Does sound like suicide, but not a bad life.

    Leave your family generational money and die at a somewhat old age.

    If he instilled investment mentality to his family's younger generation, A+ life.
     
  19. ISOBall

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    Screws over Seattle then kills himself

    RIP in peace
     
  20. Tfor3

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    Greed, it's not good.
     

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