NBA bans Donald Sterling for life, fines him $2.5 million for racial comments
 

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The NBA has banned Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling for life and fined him $2.5 million for racial comments he made to his reported girlfriend. The NBA will immediately begin working to try to force him to sell the team.

"The hateful opinions voiced by that of the man [on the tape] are those of Donald Sterling," NBA commissioner Adam Silver said. "?I'm personally distraught the views expressed by Mr. Sterling came from within an institution that has historically taken such a leadership role in matters of race relations."

As part of the ban, Sterling is not allowed "to attend any NBA games or practices, be present at any Clippers office or facility, or participate in any business or player personnel decisions involving the team."

Several groups hoping to purchase the Clippers are already stepping forward with a bidding war expected to exceed $1 billion for the franchise, league sources told Yahoo Sports. Among those groups, Magic Johnson and Guggenheim Partners will be front and center in pursuit of the Clippers.


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I keep wanting to make jokes in bad taste about it, but it's too soon I think. What a prick that guy is.

That would be hysterical if Magic ends up buying it, and then it turns out that he instigated the tape. Not that I think he did, but he is a smart businessman… who knows!

well you cannot talk behind closed doors now. That is like me saying I am going to kill my fucking boss because he is a fucking loser to my girl friend and she records it without me knowing and I lose everything because of that.
Yeah what he said is wrong I agree but it is not about that. Now people can record what you say without knowing and this happens?
People talk shit. That is why it cannot be used in court if you do not know you are being recorded. unreal

They must have some really bizarre legal language in place if they can fine you millions for comments that you made in private.

i started to change my opinion about NBA.some bad move by them

Parking.

Nope, there have been previous allegations and law suits.
All that can be considered now, so it's not just about the private conversation;
although we know this is the "straw that broke the camel's back".

Plus all these things come with "reputation clauses".
Damaging the reputation of the NBA/team etc...

No matter how it happened, there is a reputation issue now.

How is doing something that 80% of the players agree with a bad move?
A bad move would be doing nothing and risking a strike by the players.

Regardless of what he said it was a private comment. as long as he is not putting anything into action, then the NBA should fuck off.

Its a crock.

I have a feeling Magic set this all up with the help of the little gold digger banging old man Sterling

Lol. Bye bye.

Banned from his own business for speaking his mind in private. I'm moving to Russia.

This chic should be crucified for broadcasting a private conversation.

who knows what he has done based on race. :Oh crap i'm sure its not just blacks in his crosshairs :2 cents:

He doesn't own the NBA.
The NBA doesn't have to even keep his team if they feel like the contact is violated enough.

You should consider it fucked up if the NBA could not use it's freedom to fire someone.
The racist dude is not the only one with rights you know.

Certainly you would agree that reacting to racism by banning the racist does not help anything or anyone?

You mean like Oksana :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppGwEA6wWt4


We hung her right away didn't we?

That. Fuck the NBA, I already didn't put any money into their pockets but now for sure. And fuck that 2-faced scheming rat bitch, it's a sad state of social affairs when hardly anyone is pointing to this opportunistic treasonous bitch that betrayed a man that's given her millions in gifts/cash/cars/home... but hey, let's all focus that the man used a bad word.

suck my fucking dick.

Naturally your completely unbiased opinion shines btightly yet again.

He'll just add the 2.5million to the price tag for the team...
his punishment shouldn't be a reward of a profit through sale of the team...it should be as the jockstrap washer for the team for 1 year...come on Judge Brown, you need to rule on this case and make him do something silly...

I honestly believe the best thing the NBA could have done here was issue a PR saying they welcome everyone into the NBA, all fans, all players, everyone regardless of beliefs. Show some tolerance, which is what racism boils down to really, lack of tolerance.

So I find the banning and fine to be very hypocritical, reactionary and made with little thought of what the real goal here is.

They act like he replaced the cheerleaders at half time and had a bunch of KKK members out there dancing or even worse

That will show him! He will make big bucks off the sale, he and his family will be set up for years to come. Mean while many of these players will retire and be broke in a couple of years with no degree to fall back on

Certainly you know that this guy has been sued several times for the same shit.
You are stuck on the latest thing. The league has had enough of the guy.

And it's not just about "racism" he has done things that resulted in others quitting/losing their jobs.
He denied people fair housing. Try living without being able to rent a place to stay.
You keep talking about "racism"; how about just understand they he fucked some people over....period. Why do you care if he was motivated by race?
He fucked people over, now he's reaping what he sewed.

Yeah right, eat a fucking dick clown.

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I have no issue with the NBA doing this. Its not a private business. To be an owner you agree to the constitution of the private business, which is the NBA itself.

To have an owner be a racist, in a league that is largely black, is a disaster for not only that franchise, but the whole league as a whole. To have a team in a market like L.A no longer able to get free agents, coaches etc, hurts the bottom line of all the owners in the league.

At the same time he was set to get his 2nd lifetime achievement award from the NAACP next month.

I don't care what his motivation was/is, that's my point. Fighting intolerance with intolerance is nonsensical. You can't see that. no biggie to me.

See this clip for similar nonsense.

So overnight he went from getting an award from the NAACP to being banned from the NBA for being a racist...

if there is ever any proof of that magic is going to prison for it. so i would really doubt it.

You know what, you really need to make you complaints to the person that banned him.
Complaining to me or any other person isn't going to do anything.

The only point I'm making is that the NBA does have rights and it's not just "his business".

That's my only point.

Yep, at the end of the day it's about the bottom line. He'll get paid market value and the other owners will continue to make their money while keeping their workers happy!

i say let him keep going and he will be found behind a dumpster. purple as hell :helpme :2 cents:

Well if he had murdered someone instead of being racist would we wait until it was a few nights before calling him a murderer or would it be overnight?

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they obtained it illegally, no doubt about that, she is a judas, nobody questioning that. The league can't sit back and do nothing about it though, it clearly violates rules set by the league to protect its image, clear as day why they had to act on it. He left them no option.

Yeah, but when I say what you said then I'm biased.

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Believe me, I am writing a tersely worded email to the commish re: this right this moment.


Nevertheless, you're missing my point still, of course the NBA has rights and they should be exercising those rights here. I am saying fighting intolerance with intolerance, regardless of how long the league has known and let that intolerance go on, simply does not help the situation, anyone or anything. Aren't there other answers to racism? Aren't there responses to racism instead of reactions? Lead by example. Practice tolerance, don't embrace it as a tool to punish the intolerant, again, that's nonsensical.

What's more fucked up, is that these rich old men will continue to fuck and trust her gold digging ass. The power of pussy!

exfuckingactly.

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leave him in a room with Shaq Diesel :2 cents::2 cents:

The NAACP is one of the most racist organizations there is. They supported him knowing what a piece of shit he was until he said something about blacks.

you do realize violence is worse than racism right?

Then you have larry johnson calling for an all black league but of course he won't get in trouble for that. What if a white executive said he wanted an all white league?

that's your opinion :2 cents::2 cents:

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Speak English?

What's your opinion on what larry johnson said?

larry johson has his opinion. he's one person why are you so angry about that???

Sterling's wife filed a lawsuit against the GF in March for 2.5 mil.

http://msn.foxsports.com/nba/story/k...-audio1-042914

Devil is always in the details.