Donald Sterling just received LIFETIME BAN from NBA and 2.5 million Fine.
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BOOM !!
The punishments will force him to sell.
Couldn't have happened to a nicer ahole !
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The punishments will force him to sell.
Couldn't have happened to a nicer ahole !
James Jones approves this message !
This was a Set Up! They knew about Sterling! They knew he was a racist! They wanted him to sell the team! He did'nt want to sell the team. This is some Gangster Shyt! Magic and his partner's wanted the Clipper's! Magic will be the next owner or front man of the Clipper's. The Guggenheim Money Machine is running this thing. This is a Win Win for everybody! Sterling although he will loose his team...but he will receive about a Billion dollars on a 12mil investment. True Gangsta Shyt
Pretty stiff penalty, but it sends a message loud and clear.
The 2.5M is a slap on the wrist for someone with his money, but the ban is huge!
The 2.5M is a slap on the wrist for someone with his money, but the ban is huge!
I wrote this on my Facebook page ...
Sterling is banned for life and everyone is happy! I might p*ss some people off, but now ... next ... how about WE stop disrespecting each OTHER? We have millionaire rappers that make a living off promoting violence and disrespecting women; that's cool though!?
So far ... all my friends are "liking it".
Sterling is banned for life and everyone is happy! I might p*ss some people off, but now ... next ... how about WE stop disrespecting each OTHER? We have millionaire rappers that make a living off promoting violence and disrespecting women; that's cool though!?
So far ... all my friends are "liking it".
I don't condone racism, but everyone wants to string up the white man for making comments because someone recorded him, which is against the law without his consent. You think Magic, Doc Rivers and the rest of the clowns that are out there arent making racist comments? Lmao wake up guys. We have become an apologist society, its a stigma that only whites are racist making comments, never anyone else. I have nothing against anyone, but this crap has got to stop, Im tired of hearing about racism and its double standard. Call a spade a spade. Not saying he shouldn't get fined for making comments but to be so ignorant to think these other guys calling him out haven't made racist comments in their days is just ignorant...end rant
I swear I have not been drinking yet today but.....I agree with Flea. Listen to those tapes. This chick was absolutely leading him into a conversation that she knew would put him in a very bad light (deservedly so of course). He is a scumbag, but there is more than meets the eye here. LA is obviously a huge market for the NBA and the Lakers are looking to be trending down. The Clippers were the laughingstock of the league forever until the commissioner forced a trade of Chris Paul away from the Lakers and to the Clippers. Things that make you go hmmmm.
The owners will not vote to force a sale of the team. No way they are going to set a precedent that something said in a private conversation can cause you to lose your business.
@Naples "48m
Great job Adam.The @NBA is in good hands. You have my full support."
I think Silver already talked to the owners about it, if not he would not have said it on TV.
and Caneluv give me one shred of evidence of magic johnson or doc rivers ever being racist. Magic is one of the nicest guys you could possibly meet.
Great job Adam.The @NBA is in good hands. You have my full support."
I think Silver already talked to the owners about it, if not he would not have said it on TV.
and Caneluv give me one shred of evidence of magic johnson or doc rivers ever being racist. Magic is one of the nicest guys you could possibly meet.
Re: Donald Sterling just received LIFETIME BAN from NBA and 2.5 million Fine.[/URL]NaplesCane posted on 4/29/2014...
The owners will not vote to force a sale of the team. No way they are going to set a precedent that something said in a private conversation can cause you to lose your business.
Not true, white heads have to roll because everyone has to look like they are just the prototypical soothsayer and all about equal opportunity. People want people to like them, be the cool guy. We don't censor rap, we don't sensor anything but what a rich white owner says. Because he is white, he is the "man" the "man" is the devil. All these rich athletes who get paid by the "man" who also make racist comments, want to turn on the "man" because its public. I sit each weekend at football games and hear the parents talk all kinds of racist things. Blacks whites hispanics, it doesn't matter. Everyone should get fined then. It happens everywhere. When doc rivers got his house burned down in texas, Im sure he said "oh those silly white people, they are just funnin with me...hehe" yeah i bet
The owners will not vote to force a sale of the team. No way they are going to set a precedent that something said in a private conversation can cause you to lose your business.
Not true, white heads have to roll because everyone has to look like they are just the prototypical soothsayer and all about equal opportunity. People want people to like them, be the cool guy. We don't censor rap, we don't sensor anything but what a rich white owner says. Because he is white, he is the "man" the "man" is the devil. All these rich athletes who get paid by the "man" who also make racist comments, want to turn on the "man" because its public. I sit each weekend at football games and hear the parents talk all kinds of racist things. Blacks whites hispanics, it doesn't matter. Everyone should get fined then. It happens everywhere. When doc rivers got his house burned down in texas, Im sure he said "oh those silly white people, they are just funnin with me...hehe" yeah i bet
ecushing as long as you agree with me You will be alright! lol..They have the Dodgers. They will have the Clippers. The Nfl is next. They want control of the La entertainment market. Brilliant! I love this Country! Capitalism at it Best! I love this Shyt! Capitalism at it Best!
Re: Donald Sterling just received LIFETIME BAN from NBA and 2.5 milli
Will be interesting to see how the nba handles something like this that's not as straight forward. Like if an owner is against gay marriage. Terrible precedent.
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Will be interesting to see how the nba handles something like this that's not as straight forward. Like if an owner is against gay marriage. Terrible precedent.
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Re: Donald Sterling just received LIFETIME BAN from NBA and 2.5 million Fine.[/URL]Fjzerpa posted on 4/29/2014...
@Naples "48m
Great job Adam.The @NBA is in good hands. You have my full support."
I think Silver already talked to the owners about it, if not he would not have said it on TV.
and Caneluv give me one shred of evidence of magic johnson or doc rivers ever being racist. Magic is one of the nicest guys you could possibly meet.
You know everyone and you hang with magic all the time, please, no one is prone to having racist thoughts, I don't care who you are or claim. We are all equal in gods eyes, but down here in the real world people don't think that way 100% of the time. I don't need proof, I coach and live it every day. Magic and doc rivers and the rest of them are not exempt. I don't have to hear them to know true human nature. Just because your a friendly person doesn't mean that you are a saint. I have plenty of friends both black and white and in between that agree 100% with me.
@Naples "48m
Great job Adam.The @NBA is in good hands. You have my full support."
I think Silver already talked to the owners about it, if not he would not have said it on TV.
and Caneluv give me one shred of evidence of magic johnson or doc rivers ever being racist. Magic is one of the nicest guys you could possibly meet.
You know everyone and you hang with magic all the time, please, no one is prone to having racist thoughts, I don't care who you are or claim. We are all equal in gods eyes, but down here in the real world people don't think that way 100% of the time. I don't need proof, I coach and live it every day. Magic and doc rivers and the rest of them are not exempt. I don't have to hear them to know true human nature. Just because your a friendly person doesn't mean that you are a saint. I have plenty of friends both black and white and in between that agree 100% with me.
You're a Fool! The Owner's will benefit from the sell of the Clippers! The Clippers will sell for 800mil to a Billion dollars
! That will drive up the price of the other owner's investment. This is a Win Win for everybody! The " bad precedent argument BS" is nothing but a ploy! The Clippers will be sold by the summer to the Guggenheim Partner's with Magic as the front man! Brilliant! Just Brilliant! I love this Country! Capitalism at it's Best!
Re: Donald Sterling just received LIFETIME BAN from NBA and 2.5 million Fine.[/URL]KLCane posted on 4/29/2014...
well unfortunately you both are wrong, al sharpton and his groupies will be pushing an agenda and we will have to hear about all the racist crap in the world and then the people will vote and it will be a force out, then some liberal in the 4th judicial circuit of some town we have never heard of, in a state that doesn't exist, which was voted in as a state last year by dead people who have been dead for 100 years, will uphold that they are well within their rights regardless of how many constitutional laws we have broken...
Bingo.
well unfortunately you both are wrong, al sharpton and his groupies will be pushing an agenda and we will have to hear about all the racist crap in the world and then the people will vote and it will be a force out, then some liberal in the 4th judicial circuit of some town we have never heard of, in a state that doesn't exist, which was voted in as a state last year by dead people who have been dead for 100 years, will uphold that they are well within their rights regardless of how many constitutional laws we have broken...
The guy said he didn't want black people to go to his games. I know the girl egged him on, but if you listen, it did not seem like a position that he just came up with during the 9+ minutes of the tape. This is not a Jimmy the Greek comment. This is not "playing the race card" or over-sensitivity. This guy owns an NBA basketball team comprised primarily of black people, and he went on a rant about how he doesn't want black people at his games. You can't be serious here.
The troubling thing here is that this came up because his friends, etc. were making it a specific point of criticizing or somehow giving him a hard time about his girlfriend bringing black people to the game or her posing with Magic Johnson on her instagram. Who knows who those people were.
Btw, I am white.
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Please tell me. When was the last time you saw a video on BET of a rapper promoting violence or sex? How about MTV? How many NWA's or Ghetto Boy's do you see on Bet or MTV? You have to go on Utube to find that shyt. Can't really use the Rapper's bringing down the Black communtiy argument!
The guy said he didn't want black people to go to his games. I know the girl egged him on, but if you listen, it did not seem like a position that he just came up with during the 9+ minutes of the tape. This is not a Jimmy the Greek comment. This is not "playing the race card" or over-sensitivity. This guy owns an NBA basketball team comprised primarily of black people, and he went on a rant about how he doesn't want black people at his games. You can't be serious here.
The troubling thing here is that this came up because his friends, etc. were making it a specific point of criticizing or somehow giving him a hard time about his girlfriend bringing black people to the game or her posing with Magic Johnson on her instagram. Who knows who those people were.
Btw, I am white.
im not disagreeing, I think what he said was wrong and shouldn't have been said. But to string him up about an every day conversation and post him all over the news like the people accusing him are some saints, is what is wrong with America. He should get fined, but at the same time it is his business, it is his free speech and if the players don't want play for him then don't. That is free enterprise, we can take a man's liberties away from him because people are being hippocrites. Then lets take the majority of the top 40's songs and ban them or anyone else who makes degrading remarks in music or movie or comedy
The troubling thing here is that this came up because his friends, etc. were making it a specific point of criticizing or somehow giving him a hard time about his girlfriend bringing black people to the game or her posing with Magic Johnson on her instagram. Who knows who those people were.
Btw, I am white.
im not disagreeing, I think what he said was wrong and shouldn't have been said. But to string him up about an every day conversation and post him all over the news like the people accusing him are some saints, is what is wrong with America. He should get fined, but at the same time it is his business, it is his free speech and if the players don't want play for him then don't. That is free enterprise, we can take a man's liberties away from him because people are being hippocrites. Then lets take the majority of the top 40's songs and ban them or anyone else who makes degrading remarks in music or movie or comedy
First, I agree with the punishment.... I do not think the owners will vote to sell as that could come back to haunt them.
I have to ask.... What if the roles in this issue were reversed. Let say Jordan said these things or even Larry Johnson. I wonder if there would have bee some justification of a "Private Conversation" or that he misspoke or that those were snippets of a longer conversation or insert your mainstream media excuse here______________________.
Just a thought
I have to ask.... What if the roles in this issue were reversed. Let say Jordan said these things or even Larry Johnson. I wonder if there would have bee some justification of a "Private Conversation" or that he misspoke or that those were snippets of a longer conversation or insert your mainstream media excuse here______________________.
Just a thought
This is not a freedom of speech issue. The guy voluntarily bought an NBA team and by doing so voluntarily agreed to a certain standard of personal behavior. He violated that standard and now has to deal with the consequences. Whether the media or anyone else is also a racist is irrelevant. If Adam Silver makes these types of comments, he will be replaced. If Charles Barkley says that Hitler wasn't that bad, he will be gone. If Obama says that white people shouldn't be able to go to the Democratic National Convention, he will have issues. You can't excuse behavior because others exhibit that same behavior. That becomes a slippery slope of chaos.
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My brother worked for Sterling years ago .He was a jerk then and still is. That said speech is free in this country and stupid things are said about both races . Economics drove this thing .The Clippers were dead with their sponsors. the NBA had to step in. Hate speech of any type should be derided . Its hard to sympathize with Sterling. We need ,however, to be careful about destroying people for the words they speak. What goes around may come around as whites may now feel enabled to boycott individuals for black racism. The same scrutiny should apply to the race hustlers like Sharpton ,Jackson, Holder, and yes Barak Obama. We are making big strides in this country and we dont need to set back by troublemakers who would pit us against each other for political or financial reasons.
No less a figure than Kareem Abdul Jabbar has blogged about this mess . In a column he wrote at Time. com he appropriately disses the overreaching here and says Sterling was set up.
No less a figure than Kareem Abdul Jabbar has blogged about this mess . In a column he wrote at Time. com he appropriately disses the overreaching here and says Sterling was set up.
Sterling is an attorney, specialized in Divorce Law in LA. A major market in its own right. He is going through a divorce now as that is the reason this all came to light, a claw back of assets (cars, real estate) by Mrs. Sterling of about $500K "given" to the mistress. My guess, Mrs gets the team in the settlement and it is put into a family trust type thing for operating purposes or sold after the conveyance.
I actually listened to the tape and ummm ... I wasn't all that offended. I'm sure there are rich wh*te people at my job that would prefer if my two bl*ck daughters didn't date their sons in the future. And ummm ... I don't care! I have more of a problem with his past dealings (of what I have read). If we are going to have a person get banned for being a racist, what about for being an adulter or wife beater ... the lists goes on and on. I guess he got what he deserved ... makes me no difference!
This post was edited on 4/29 4:57 PM by PatDunn
This post was edited on 4/29 4:57 PM by PatDunn
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