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Was Sterling's punishment too much? [W:359]

Was the punishment too harsh?

  • Yes

    Votes: 56 60.2%
  • No

    Votes: 37 39.8%

  • Total voters
    93
Married him because of his money? BALDERDASH. He seems like such a nice man; I'm sure it was his effervescent personality that won her over.

Ah, Kobie, there's hope for you yet! Any man who sees the charm oozing from The Donald is a-okay by me.:mrgreen:

I'm just pissed today about the ****ing Rangers. :2mad: I hope The Donald buys them and fires all of their asses.
 
He wasn't convicted. And given the Feds propensity to twist the law to suit their needs I'd maintain a healthy skepticism about his actual guilt even if he was convicted.

1. True, he wasn't convicted, which is why I didn't say he was. He did settle for a rather large sum, and his comments regarding the situation are on record.

2. He's definitely guilty of being an abysmal owner whose team was the laughingstock of pro sports for three decades, and the housing suit wasn't his only transgression.
 
It is rather stupid to assume ANYTHING you say out loud will remain private anymore...particularly when in the public eye.

That he did so makes him rather ignorant, if not absolutely stupid.

I agree. He's an idiot for trusting her. He's just a different kind of idiot from someone like Paula Deen.
 
Ah, Kobie, there's hope for you yet! Any man who sees the charm oozing from The Donald is a-okay by me.:mrgreen:

I'm just pissed today about the ****ing Rangers. :2mad: I hope The Donald buys them and fires all of their asses.

Wow, did they **** the bed. I had a feeling this one was going 7, but they got dickstomped last night. Gotta show up better than that. You can't let a guy like Simmonds camp out in front of your net all night. He might as well have brought a tent.

I'm no Rangers fan (Sabres here :lamo), but can we finally get over this idea that Henrik Lundqvist is a top-5 goalie? Not anymore.
 
Pump the brakes, turbo. Tres isn't defending Sterling. She's raising fair points. Read, then comment.

You, my little Liberal friend, are as charming as The Donald, and that's saying a lot, because he oozes charm out of every pore and orifice.
 
Wow, did they **** the bed. I had a feeling this one was going 7, but they got dickstomped last night. Gotta show up better than that. You can't let a guy like Simmonds camp out in front of your net all night. He might as well have brought a tent.

I'm no Rangers fan (Sabres here :lamo), but can we finally get over this idea that Henrik Lundqvist is a top-5 goalie? Not anymore.

Sabres? BAWAWAWWAWAHAHAHHA <thud>.

The Swedish sieve better lose his ****ing job after last night. He can take ****ing Nash with him wherever he goes. I will bombard Sather with emails if he doesn't can Lundqvist who is overpaid, overrated, and a ****ing nightmare.

I'm going to have a heart attack tonight if they lose, but neither one of them will get past the Pens anyway, who won't get past the Bruins.

Freaking Simmonds. Someone better smash him into the boards tonight. A ****ing hat trick. UGH! :2mad:
 
1. True, he wasn't convicted, which is why I didn't say he was. He did settle for a rather large sum, and his comments regarding the situation are on record.

2. He's definitely guilty of being an abysmal owner whose team was the laughingstock of pro sports for three decades, and the housing suit wasn't his only transgression.

Fair 'nuff though settling may be a financial decision as it can be cheaper than actually mounting a defense.

I'll take your word on #2 - I'm not much of a basketball fan - more baseball and football.
 
Fair 'nuff though settling may be a financial decision as it can be cheaper than actually mounting a defense.

I'll take your word on #2 - I'm not much of a basketball fan - more baseball and football.

I'm pretty much a fan of all sports, and I absorb way more information regarding all this stuff than is clinically healthy.
 
Sabres? BAWAWAWWAWAHAHAHHA <thud>.

The Swedish sieve better lose his ****ing job after last night. He can take ****ing Nash with him wherever he goes. I will bombard Sather with emails if he doesn't can Lundqvist who is overpaid, overrated, and a ****ing nightmare.

I'm going to have a heart attack tonight if they lose, but neither one of them will get past the Pens anyway, who won't get past the Bruins.

Freaking Simmonds. Someone better smash him into the boards tonight. A ****ing hat trick. UGH! :2mad:

Simmonds scored three goals that probably traveled a combined total of six feet after the puck hit his stick. Their defense was abysmal.

I think we're staring a Bruins-Blackhawks final straight in the face. Definitely not the Sharks; they're doing their annual rite-of-spring gag job out west.
 
You, my little Liberal friend, are as charming as The Donald, and that's saying a lot, because he oozes charm out of every pore and orifice.

And his reality show is top notch television. It's like Jeopardy, only if Alex Trebek was a completely irredeemable asshole.
 
Simmonds scored three goals that probably traveled a combined total of six feet after the puck hit his stick. Their defense was abysmal.

I think we're staring a Bruins-Blackhawks final straight in the face. Definitely not the Sharks; they're doing their annual rite-of-spring gag job out west.

Yup!

I want to be careful and not derail this thread so I'll leave you with this thought. Go Blackhawks (assuming the Boys in Blue get their asses kicked tonight, or by the Pens)! I love Quenneville, who shares my passion for horse racing.
 
Coming from the NBA? I'll have to say yes, the NBA is a group of giant hypocrites. I do think Sterling should be punished, but this seems a reach too far. In fact one that seems destined to end up in the courts, particularly when it comes to the forcing of Sterling to sell the team. But then again, if he sells the team he'll only be enriched further, so it is a punishment but one that will line his pockets.

What I can't get, is aside from money, why would a racist want to own an NBA team? :confused:
 
And his reality show is top notch television. It's like Jeopardy, only if Alex Trebek was a completely irredeemable asshole.

Trebek is an asshole. I hate how he doesn't let the contestants talk during their 15 second "get to know you" interview. GRRRRRR.
 
Coming from the NBA? I'll have to say yes, the NBA is a group of giant hypocrites. I do think Sterling should be punished, but this seems a reach too far. In fact one that seems destined to end up in the courts, particularly when it comes to the forcing of Sterling to sell the team. But then again, if he sells the team he'll only be enriched further, so it is a punishment but one that will line his pockets.

What I can't get, is aside from money, why would a racist want to own an NBA team? :confused:

Isn't the irony of that funny, or weird, or something? Not only that, but the old pervert's chippy is also half-black. This guy is a mass of contradictions. He either has the early onset of Alzheimers, or the poor bastard has syphillis and it's affecting his brain.
 
No ...Considering the circumstances,it was not enough.

Morning, Buck. What was missing from his punishment? I think we stopped hanging people for being assholes right around the time we stopped pressing people to death for being witches.
 
Pump the brakes, turbo. Tres isn't defending Sterling. She's raising fair points. Read, then comment.

I like your posts already but here's my beef.

The poster in question stated that it was "hypocrisy" to fry this guy's behind simply because of speech he made.

This guy has a First Amendment right to say what he want and I defend that. However First Amendment right carry responsibilities and consequences.

I'm Black, African American, etc I have been called a nigger to my face, had people cross the street when seeing me, white women get that deer in the headlights thing, etc.

I'm middle class, never been arrested as an adult or Juvenile, I don't even have any traffic or parking tickets. My background is cleaner than most and I dress casually, expensively, no sagging.

This guy's racism has been proven to factually and substantially harm Blacks and minorities. He has gotten away because of his money and influence which makes his racism all that much more insidious. Do you honestly think that this guy has made business and personal decisions that have hurt people very badly??

This is the kind of guy that would see me and based on nothing but my skin color say, "don't offer him the position", "don't award him to contract.", etc

His racism carries the power to damage and this last episode was simply the straw that broke the camel's back.

So when some claims that it is "hypocrisy" that this guy is being shunned and punished, I can't help but question their ideologies.
 
Trebek is an asshole. I hate how he doesn't let the contestants talk during their 15 second "get to know you" interview. GRRRRRR.

You take that back. Alex only cuts them off when they start getting too verbose.

FUN FACT: My absolute lifelong dream has been to get on Jeopardy. And it's gonna happen someday. You do NOT want to go against me in bar trivia.
 
Yup!

I want to be careful and not derail this thread so I'll leave you with this thought. Go Blackhawks (assuming the Boys in Blue get their asses kicked tonight, or by the Pens)! I love Quenneville, who shares my passion for horse racing.

Go Sabres oh thats right season's over bleh

Horse gal, eh? Shoulda guessed. Been to Saratoga several times; always a blast. And I always seem to do well there betting on the ponies.

But yes, enough with the derail, although the thread needed the breather.
 
You take that back. Alex only cuts them off when they start getting too verbose.

FUN FACT: My absolute lifelong dream has been to get on Jeopardy. And it's gonna happen someday. You do NOT want to go against me in bar trivia.

I knew I liked you. Anyone who loves trivia is my kind of person. I'm a trivia junkie....but I won't challenge you. :2wave:

I had a friend who went on Jeopardy maybe 2 years ago or so. She won one night, lost the second night. She told me it's a lot easier playing in your living room than under the hot lights and with a neurotic buzzer in your hand. I was shocked. :lamo
 
Go Sabres oh thats right season's over bleh

Horse gal, eh? Shoulda guessed. Been to Saratoga several times; always a blast. And I always seem to do well there betting on the ponies.

But yes, enough with the derail, although the thread needed the breather.

Tres Borrachos is a race horse. I love The Spa and go for a few days every August.

Yes, this thread needed a breather. It was fun talking to you Kobie. Have a good one - and GO RANGERS!!!!!!
 
Isn't the irony of that funny, or weird, or something? Not only that, but the old pervert's chippy is also half-black. This guy is a mass of contradictions. He either has the early onset of Alzheimers, or the poor bastard has syphillis and it's affecting his brain.
Yes mam. Though I have to say, I do generally find most racist to be a mess of a mass of contradictions. The thing about Alzheimers is that if you were not already a racist before you got it, you don't turn into one overnight owing to the disease. I spent a half decade around Alzhiemer patients, and saw lots of aberrant behavior, but sudden racism where it did not exist before was not part of that. No arguments over syphilis of the mouth though. ;)
 
Yes mam. Though I have to say, I do generally find most racist to be a mess of a mass of contradictions. The thing about Alzheimers is that if you were not already a racist before you got it, you don't turn into one overnight owing to the disease. I spent a half decade around Alzhiemer patients, and saw lots of aberrant behavior, but sudden racism where it did not exist before was not part of that. No arguments over syphilis of the mouth though. ;)

I should have added that I think the old coot needs to lay off the Viagra. It seems to make him hornier than a 3-balled tomcat if he's having fricky fricky with a woman of a race he abhors.
 
I should have added that I think the old coot needs to lay off the Viagra. It seems to make him hornier than a 3-balled tomcat if he's having fricky fricky with a woman of a race he abhors.
LOL. In addition to why would a racist want to own a NBA team? There is another oddity at work here. Why would a Polish Jew who lost family in WWII and ought to know better about attitudes of racial superiority and exclusion, then himself practice it? It is really pretty sad and sick stuff.
 
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