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Magic Johnson reportedly interested in buying the Los Angeles Clippers

That worked out great for the NFL in 1987. Might want to read up on sports history before saying something THAT stupid.

A bunch of Redskins scabs beating Danny White, Tony Dorsett, etc.? Yeah - such a huge mistake that they made a movie about it.
 
I was wrong about that; to be honest, I didn't think they'd have the balls to do it. I'm glad they did. And the "almost did it" is not as hollow as it sounds. From everything I've read and heard (admittedly some of it from inside people that you wouldn't believe me if I told you, and rightfully so), it was real as real gets.

That's a "you're gonna have to take my word for it" thing, and I don't blame you a bit if you don't. But I have it on good authority that they were ready and willing to walk off the court, at least the the Warriors-Clippers game, if something wasn't done. And apparently, it was the Warriors' idea.

I believe you Kobie. I think they were going to boycott the games. Which is what I suggested they do 3 days ago.

I think a small fine and a "let this be a lesson to all of you" would have been more appropriate, as eventually, cooler heads usually prevail.

Until Al Sharpton and the Black Congressional Caucus met as planned last week to....well, what they hell did they plan to do anyway I wonder.
 
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Adam Silver was facing a full-on insurrection from players, coaches and sponsors. This was not Sterling's first offense; this was his last (and most public) strike. He got a pass for three decades (for which many people are responsible), and Silver (who has been commissioner for less then three months) had to act quickly and decisively. And I've met Adam Silver. Trust me, this was well thought-out ... nothing he does isn't. He's the most deliberate person in sports. This was a message, and it won't be the last one. There's a new sheriff in town in the NBA; Sterling was just the first outlaw to get the noose.



Oh god.

Do you think if the mistress of some black player comes out and says that (insert player name here) told her he wants her to stop associating with her church going friends that Silver will fine said player and ban him for life?

I can get you some killer deals on sterling silver if you're interested. ;)
 
No one here is defending what he said. That's all an illusion in your head. What I am doing is making a case that he was set up so he would sell the team.

A very weak case, as many CONs are trying to dismiss the rant as 'old news' because they now are quite willing to say Sterling was a well known racist and bigot... (I just have to shake my head over that one). He made a lot of money outside the NBA allowing him to buy the Clippers, CONs say such men are very smart.... Sterling should be smart enough to know NEVER say anything but face to face- apparently he has had several court cases that only had another person's word he said something racist and he beat the rap.

CONs love to say you can't CON an honest man- LE baits 'terrorists' with phony bombs, they use fake hookers to trap 'innocent' men...

so I'll go along with an old saying we have in Oklahoma... it involves enough rope and a man foolish enough to keep pulling on it... :peace
 
A man said some stupid things that negatively affected a commercial association (NBA) that he had voluntarily joined. The leader of that association (NBA commissioner) punished him (as severely as possible) for that infraction and the other members (NBA board of governoors) will likely vote to force him out. That does not happen everywhere or every day - which is exactly why this is news.

Trouble is, he didn't say them publicly nor wanted them to be heard publicly.

A criminal act brought his *thoughts* to the public's attention. This is where I have a problem.
 
Do you think if the mistress of some black player comes out and says that (insert player name here) told her he wants her to stop associating with her church going friends that Silver will fine said player and ban him for life?

I can get you some killer deals on sterling silver if you're interested. ;)

No, I don't think he would. Owners aren't marketable (well, except for Mark Cuban). On-court talent is.
 
A bunch of Redskins scabs beating Danny White, Tony Dorsett, etc.? Yeah - such a huge mistake that they made a movie about it.

God that movie was awful. I hated The Replacements.

The use of scab players in '87 was a PR disaster at the time for the NFL.
 
I'm just wondering what you think people should do, do you want the world to collectively pretend that none of this ever happened? Does that really seem realistic?

You'd like us to pretend Benghazi never happened and the IRS never happened and Fast & Furious never happened, so why not?
 
A very weak case, as many CONs are trying to dismiss the rant as 'old news' because they now are quite willing to say Sterling was a well known racist and bigot... (I just have to shake my head over that one). He made a lot of money outside the NBA allowing him to buy the Clippers, CONs say such men are very smart.... Sterling should be smart enough to know NEVER say anything but face to face- apparently he has had several court cases that only had another person's word he said something racist and he beat the rap.

CONs love to say you can't CON an honest man- LE baits 'terrorists' with phony bombs, they use fake hookers to trap 'innocent' men...

so I'll go along with an old saying we have in Oklahoma... it involves enough rope and a man foolish enough to keep pulling on it... :peace

The guy's 81 and he sounded demented on that tape. I don't think he realized he was being scammed.
 
Do you think if the mistress of some black player comes out and says that (insert player name here) told her he wants her to stop associating with her church going friends that Silver will fine said player and ban him for life? I can get you some killer deals on sterling silver if you're interested.

SAYS??? or is on tape making a string of racist comments.... as I recall Sterling is supposed to have a 'long history' of racist comments and CONs are climbing all over each other to use that as a reason this is all overhype.

From my position it appears the NBA has a new sheriff in town. That Sterling's fellow owners want him gone, and those CONs trying to now flip the script on capitalism are some of the worst sort of hypocrites. Both Libs and CONs use boycotts as a tool in social protest... the players were demanding action, the fans upset...

Now some may say capitalism is bad from C to m but I doubt most of us do... just feel nothing should be without limits. :peace
 
God that movie was awful. I hated The Replacements.

The use of scab players in '87 was a PR disaster at the time for the NFL.
It made for some interesting and sometimes fun games. ;)

Make one realize why the owners pay so much for talent.
 
Trouble is, he didn't say them publicly nor wanted them to be heard publicly.

A criminal act brought his *thoughts* to the public's attention. This is where I have a problem.

That criminal act (a misdemeanor) that made these comments public is not the problem of the NBA but the resulting player, sponsor and public outcry over those comments certainly is. The NBA has no interest in how that image damaging information became public, as you seem to place some great importance on, but only in how to mitigate (minimize?) that damage to their organization.
 
The guy's 81 and he sounded demented on that tape. I don't think he realized he was being scammed.

Ahhh the 'I'm justa old white guy' defense... :roll:

I'd opine racist rants about your mixed blood mistress having sex with blacks would sound demented no matter your age... ;)

But I'd tend to agree he didn't think he was being taped- too used to getting his own way, a tad arrogant perhaps, but not lacking in mental capacity... :peace
 
SAYS??? or is on tape making a string of racist comments.... as I recall Sterling is supposed to have a 'long history' of racist comments and CONs are climbing all over each other to use that as a reason this is all overhype.

From my position it appears the NBA has a new sheriff in town. That Sterling's fellow owners want him gone, and those CONs trying to now flip the script on capitalism are some of the worst sort of hypocrites. Both Libs and CONs use boycotts as a tool in social protest... the players were demanding action, the fans upset...

Now some may say capitalism is bad from C to m but I doubt most of us do... just feel nothing should be without limits. :peace

Yes, says. That was Sterling's crime here. He said something. He didn't actually do anything to his players or staff. He said something about Magic Johnson.

We all know what he's been saying his whole life. Until his girlfriend released a tape made in private where he tells her who to bring to his games and who to take selfies with, the NBA and all of his players turned their heads.
 
HAHA some of those scab games were fun to watch though!

TV ratings dropped by 20% and the NFL was forced to pay restitution to the networks for lost revenue. And WCH wonders why the league pays for talent.
 
Yes, says. That was Sterling's crime here. He said something. He didn't actually do anything to his players or staff. He said something about Magic Johnson. We all know what he's been saying his whole life. Until his girlfriend released a tape made in private where he tells her who to bring to his games and who to take selfies with, the NBA and all of his players turned their heads.

Ahhh your CON mentality blinds you to how life really works... let me help you... anyone can claim anyone made a comment- proof is lacking in a verbal only comment.

Most of 'we' didn't know Sterling from Adam's alley cat until now. Until now hard evidence was lacking in the two cases I know of- one in a tenant dispute and one in a lawsuit alleging a hostile workplace fighting a firing.

So when hard evidence surfaced- well that tore it and the NEW NBA Commissioner acted.

Capitalism at it's best for a change... :peace
 
Magic Johnson reportedly interested in buying the Los Angeles*Clippers | The Point Forward - SI.com


With Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling’s racist remarks coming to light over the weekend, the emphasis has now shifted to “what’s next” for the controversial owner and his distracted franchise.

One of the biggest discussions has centered around the future of the Clippers and whether the NBA and commissioner Adam Silver will force Sterling to sell that franchise. In that vein, Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo Sports is reporting Lakers legend Magic Johnson and his ownership group are interested in buying the team if Sterling is forced (or chooses) to sell:

Magic Johnson and his billionaire backers, the Guggenheim Partners, want a chance to purchase the Los Angeles Clippers, league sources told Yahoo Sports. “Magic’s absolutely interested,” one source closely connected to Johnson’s business interests told Yahoo Sports on Sunday night


Hmmm, GF last seen taking pictures with Magic Johnson....
It does make for pretty good conspiracy theorizing. However from what I know of Magic Johnson, he is a pretty straight down the line stand up guy. The NBA previously never batted an eye at Sterling's well known racial problems anymore than the NCAA did, so to my mind the idea that Magic was behind this master plan to trap Sterling or catch him expressing what was already public knowledge, just does not come together. But who knows? In Seattle some of my family are positively giddy with the idea the Clippers could possibly make it up there. I told them not to hold their breath.

One thing is for sure though, in 2014 one of the things that you absolutely can't do is be a racist and make racist comments like Sterling's without fallout and as we can see here, paying for it. Which is not a bad thing to my mind.

A very weak case, as many CONs are trying to dismiss the rant as 'old news' because they now are quite willing to say Sterling was a well known racist and bigot... (I just have to shake my head over that one). He made a lot of money outside the NBA allowing him to buy the Clippers, CONs say such men are very smart.... Sterling should be smart enough to know NEVER say anything but face to face- apparently he has had several court cases that only had another person's word he said something racist and he beat the rap.

CONs love to say you can't CON an honest man- LE baits 'terrorists' with phony bombs, they use fake hookers to trap 'innocent' men...

so I'll go along with an old saying we have in Oklahoma... it involves enough rope and a man foolish enough to keep pulling on it... :peace
Can you tell us who these many cons you see that are not quite willing to say Sterling was a well known racist bigot? From what I can see all the well known ones, the usual suspects, are not doing that. In fact from what I can see, there is near universal agreement that the man is a racist. I mentioned in my comments above that I have family in Seattle, and they are all hoping the Clippers get sold and brought their way. I heard just the same sentiment expressed yesterday on the Michael Medved (sp) show, who lives in Seattle. If even the radio "cons" are agreeing the man is racist, then who are these "many" cons you are seeing doing the opposite? Just curious.
 
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God that movie was awful. I hated The Replacements.

The use of scab players in '87 was a PR disaster at the time for the NFL.

It had Keanu Reeves. Of course it sucked.

Having said that, there would be an initial black eye in that situation, but it would recover. You're enjoying the product, not necessarily the players. If LeBron left, eventually it'd be "next man up" and someone else becomes a superstar.
 
Lighten up. Nobody I've seen is supporting this guy at all. BTW, what ever happened to the Chicksy Dicks, anyway?

That's true...I do need to lighten up. The constant barrage of crap on Bundy and Sterling is driving me crazy. It's pretty much controlled the media and DP for the last couple of days.
 
That's true...I do need to lighten up. The constant barrage of crap on Bundy and Sterling is driving me crazy. It's pretty much controlled the media and DP for the last couple of days.

There are more significant issues worthy of discussion. Focusing on the salacious and the resident nut jobs here and there across the country might be entertaining, but it appeals to our lower instincts, and it does nothing to advance discussion of serious situations we have right on our door step every day. Before these two we had the Malaysian plane. They're all news worthy, but not for weeks and weeks non-stop.
 
If that game took place today in the SEC (college football) between Alabama and LSU, it'd be hyped as the greatest defensive display in the history of mankind.

I remember watching that game. It was the closest the NFL has ever come to committing a war crime.
 
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