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Clippers Owner Donald Sterling Fined $2.5M and Banned for Life by NBA[W:545]

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Yeah this is the best part of the entire episode, is that Don Sterling has been a known racist for a while, but it never cost the League money until now. It will be interesting to see what Cuban says because he though a fine and suspension would be acceptable, put taking the team from him is too far. What we have now is a ban and fine, which means Sterling can still own the team, but is probably going to be forced to sell.
I don't think Sterling will be able to keep the team and keep the stands filled, which would force the sale, or transfer to the family. Even with a transfer, the public would probably be against him because of either guilt by association, or wondering if the transfer was done to funnel money to his accounts without association directly to him.
 
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good riddance creep!

I just wish the black community could come together and fix the mountain of problems within their own culture with the same swiftness and high-mindedness. Let's hear some speeches about their outrage for THOSE issues as well. Problem is there is nobody white to blame at the end of those speeches.

Quite the opposite. It's distractions like this that keep the focus on being the victim, rather than that much-needed look in the mirror. It's the political lifeblood of the party in power.
 
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When was that?
In view of the fact that black NBA players have climbed into the stands to batter white fans they took exception to, and gotten away with it, I'd say this ruling is bull****.
 
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Marge Schott wasn't banned for life, only a few years. She also offended many groups - Jews, Asians, blacks, and I can't remember who else. She professed her support for what Hitler did to the Jews. She was also caught on tape using some really ugly words, like the N word and the S word. She called a player a "fruit" (gay analogy).

I don't care about Sterling because he's an icky old coot, but what he did comes nowhere near what Schott did.
She was an awful human being too. It's one of those things, the league can only do so much legally, and it must be within their franchise contractual authority.
 
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As an aside, it'll be interesting in the NFL this year now that they've banned using the n-word on the field of play, and any other "insensitive" language.

Soon, no one will say a word that's not required. Ever.
 
Re: Clippers Owner Donald Sterling Fined $2.5M and Banned for Life by NBA

Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling will be banned for life and fined $2.5 million for racist comments, NBA commissioner Adam Silver announced Tuesday.

The move comes after days of outrage at ugly words attributed to Sterling from a taped conversation with an ex-girlfriend.

The comments, where the owner seemed to say he didn't want his much-younger girlfriend hanging out with Black people on Instagram or bringing them to games, were first by TMZ and then in another recording posted on the website Deadspin.


The NBA had said it was unable to authenticate the tapes, but Sterling's wife told KABC-TV in Los Angeles that it was her husband on the recordings.

At a press conference on Tuesday afternoon, Commissioner Silver said an investigation had confirmed that the voice on the tapes and the "hateful opinions voiced" were those of Sterling.


Clippers Owner Donald Sterling Fined $2.5M and Banned for Life by NBA - NBC News
Banned for life... great. Good riddance.

2.5 million dollar fine? Not so sure about that one.
 
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Methinks you're giving Magic a little too much credit.

His GF being photographed with Magic set the old dude off. There's much more to this story.

BTW: she was also a Dodger's groupie.
 
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Why do you want to use the N word. I really dont get this stuff, if Indians dont want to be called a certain name and Balck people dont want to be called certain names, and Republicnas hate certain names, why do you want to? I really dont care enough to worry about it, I would never use the words anyway. There are plent of words left.
As an aside, it'll be interesting in the NFL this year now that they've banned using the n-word on the field of play, and any other "insensitive" language.

Soon, no one will say a word that's not required. Ever.
 
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Who knows how or who set this up. Millions of dollars maybe billions cause people to do some crazy stuff. Hell he might have planned it himself for some reason...
His GF being photographed with Magic set the old dude off. There's much more to this story.

BTW: she was also a Dodger's groupie.
 
Re: Clippers Owner Donald Sterling Fined $2.5M and Banned for Life by NBA

As an aside, it'll be interesting in the NFL this year now that they've banned using the n-word on the field of play, and any other "insensitive" language.

Soon, no one will say a word that's not required. Ever.

They did? I missed that one.

Meanwhile, back at the ranch, we now know you can't say anything - ever - that may hurt anyone's feelings because it will incite widespread hysteria. I can assume that it will include not saying things in private about anyone - white, black, Jewish, Indian, Asian, female, Christian, Polish, Italian, Russian, etc. etc. etc.
 
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In view of the fact that black NBA players have climbed into the stands to batter white fans they took exception to, and gotten away with it, I'd say this ruling is bull****.

Me too! The Blacks have a propensity for hating White folks for a variety of reasons..
 
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His GF being photographed with Magic set the old dude off. There's much more to this story.

BTW: she was also a Dodger's groupie.

Yup. That's why I said it was the elephant in the room. I think the old coot, who probably keeps his penis in a jar of formaldehyde to keep it alive, saw those pics of her & Magic, knowing Magic wanted to buy them, and he blew up about it.
 
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Marge Schott wasn't banned for life, only a few years. She also offended many groups - Jews, Asians, blacks, and I can't remember who else. She professed her support for what Hitler did to the Jews. She was also caught on tape using some really ugly words, like the N word and the S word. She called a player a "fruit" (gay analogy).

I don't care about Sterling because he's an icky old coot, but what he did comes nowhere near what Schott did.

And it was said in private. No one should have ever heard that.

Thought Police at work.
 
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NBA basketball is such a sad league that their biggest news story of the year has nothing to do with basketball. :rofl:
 
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Marge Schott wasn't banned for life, only a few years. She also offended many groups - Jews, Asians, blacks, and I can't remember who else. She professed her support for what Hitler did to the Jews. She was also caught on tape using some really ugly words, like the N word and the S word. She called a player a "fruit" (gay analogy).

I don't care about Sterling because he's an icky old coot, but what he did comes nowhere near what Schott did.

I mentioned her because it's not the first time a league has come down on an owner for their beliefs or what they've said.
The argument I keep seeing is based on free speech. Marge Schott also was exercising her free speech.
 
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I bet the Pacers are happy aobut it. The greatest meltdown of all time is one game away.
NBA basketball is such a sad league that their biggest news story of the year has nothing to do with basketball. :rofl:
 
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I commented on that in post #49

Seems awful convenient...

It should get the GF in mucho legal trouble.

Her alibi of "he wanted me to tape our conversations" is thin.
 
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His GF being photographed with Magic set the old dude off. There's much more to this story.

BTW: she was also a Dodger's groupie.
I can honestly say that if this does turn out to be some sort of elaborate set up,(which I seriously doubt that it is) I would feel even better about the ending to the story. This man has earned every single bit of humiliation and shame that is being heaped upon him.
 
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I bet the Pacers are happy aobut it. The greatest meltdown of all time is one game away.

It's the Clippers. They melt down every year. Nothing new.
 
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Who knows how or who set this up. Millions of dollars maybe billions cause people to do some crazy stuff. Hell he might have planned it himself for some reason...

Yep, he won't come out on the bad end of the stick here. Likely be up a billion or so at the end of the day.
 
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Why do you want to use the N word. I really dont get this stuff, if Indians dont want to be called a certain name and Balck people dont want to be called certain names, and Republicnas hate certain names, why do you want to? I really dont care enough to worry about it, I would never use the words anyway. There are plent of words left.

Black athletes use the n-word constantly. All the time. And now, they can't in the NFL. It will be interesting.
 
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His GF being photographed with Magic set the old dude off. There's much more to this story.

BTW: she was also a Dodger's groupie.

Maybe he was just concerned about her catching the HIV? :dunno:
 
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