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

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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
 
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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


So who owns the Clippers, and would anybody know the difference if the answer is "nobody?"

Seems a bit harsh.
 
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Harsh, but it doesn't surprise me.
 
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From riches to rags in four days. wow.
 
Re: Clippers Owner Donald Sterling Fined $2.5M and Banned for Life by NBA

So who owns the Clippers, and would anybody know the difference if the answer is "nobody?"

Seems a bit harsh.

I thought he owned them, rocket. I'm confused as well, and hope someone can answer.

It's very harsh.
 
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Fairly predictable.

Remind me to never tell off a girlfriend who is literally half my age over a smart phone with a recorder. Wow.

Remember when Isaiah Thomas said if Larry Bird was black, he'd be just another good player? Would that get him banned now, too? Does this apply to players for anything they say, too?

Slippery slope, but here we are.
 
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He owns them but it seems his ownership is subject to the provisions of the NBA constitution.

It's harsh but from the press conference I just saw it's naturally all about money. Seems lots of sponsors pulled their support because of Sterling's statements. They probably needed to have someone tossed under the bus.
 
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The NBA is awesome. This is the same NBA who let DeShawn Stevenson play even after pleading "no contest" to having sex with a 14 year old girl, who he got drunk.:thumbs:
 
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




Wow.

This is way more than I ever expected would happen.
 
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The NBA is awesome.
This is the same NBA who let DeShawn Stevenson play even after pleading "no contest" to having sex with a 14 year old girl, who he got drunk.:thumbs:
Donald Stern let this go on for far too long in all ways.
You should be applauding a first-year commish.
Don't think this is the end; it is a new beginning and your charges and others should be looked at.
E$PN is currently talking of equally harsh penalties for players and coaches going forth ?
 
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Good.
 
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He owns them but it seems his ownership is subject to the provisions of the NBA constitution.

It's harsh but from the press conference I just saw it's naturally all about money. Seems lots of sponsors pulled their support because of Sterling's statements. They probably needed to have someone tossed under the bus.

Of course it's about the money. The NBA is a brand and the if the brand is damaged all owners suffer. It's why they have the laws in the first place.
 
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The NBA is awesome. This is the same NBA who let DeShawn Stevenson play even after pleading "no contest" to having sex with a 14 year old girl, who he got drunk.:thumbs:

more deflections

How surprising!!
 
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Fairly predictable.

Remind me to never tell off a girlfriend who is literally half my age over a smart phone with a recorder. Wow.

Remember when Isaiah Thomas said if Larry Bird was black, he'd be just another good player? Would that get him banned now, too? Does this apply to players for anything they say, too?

Slippery slope, but here we are.

Barkley's "But we are a black league" was also racist.
 
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Such a nice guy too.
 
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Barkley's "But we are a black league" was also racist.

I took it to mean "we are a league densely populated by blacks."

Larry Johnson, on the other hand, needs to get his ass punished too.
 
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A bit more than I expected, but not too surprising. He was really hurting the brand over the last few days.
 
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I was at the gym doing high intensity interval training while watching the tube, I almost fell off the machine. :lamo

He got his skull cracked, good. This is the free market at work, little or no? government involvement I believe, isn't this what we wanted? The relevant people involved in issues decide what is right and wrong?
 
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more deflections

How surprising!!

You wonder why right-wingers obsess so much over some old guy being called racist.
 
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WOW!!!!!!!

im surprised at the severity because i read LOTS of speculations and since the NBA constitution is private it was all rumor and leak stuff. But a lot of guesses were 1 million dollar fine and a year suspension.

SO a life time suspension and 2.5 million dollars is surprising based on the previous rumors but at the same time not totally shocked. I thought it was going to be something hardcore and its merited.

Not suspending him for life and trying to force him out really would hurt that franchise s long as he owned it and the NBA.
 
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I can understand the banning, but why the fine? The guy's messed up in his head, but he didn't cause physical harm or defame anybody.
 
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When the advertisers started lining up to defect from the NBA, I knew the ax would be swift and complete.

The NBA gets very poor TV ratings already. Advertisers wouldn't think twice about jumping ship. They have the NBA by the short hairs.

This decision was entirely about money.
 
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You wonder why right-wingers obsess so much over some old guy being called racist.

No, I don't wonder. I know exactly why they're obsessed about it
 
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He is 80 something isnt he? I htink he can just appoint someone to run the team and still profit from it.
WOW!!!!!!!

im surprised at the severity because i read LOTS of speculations and since the NBA constitution is private it was all rumor and leak stuff. But a lot of guesses were 1 million dollar fine and a year suspension.

SO a life time suspension and 2.5 million dollars is surprising based on the previous rumors but at the same time not totally shocked. I thought it was going to be something hardcore and its merited.

Not suspending him for life and trying to force him out really would hurt that franchise s long as he owned it and the NBA.
 
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