Clippers owner Don Sterling's racist remarks
 

http://youtu.be/YhT6d5fMhzI
http://youtu.be/J6l3NkvpLTQ

Your thoughts?

Honestly, there are no words.This is reprehensible, not to mention repugnant, behavior from him. Was he drunk? On drugs? Does he have dementia? Or WHAT?

Those are my thoughts about his words. My opinion: unprintable.

Don Sterling is none of these. Plain and simple, he's racist.
The NBA needs to force him out like MLB did with (former Cincinnati Reds owner) Marge Schott several years ago.

Yup. If the NBA has even the barest modicum of respect for its players, they need to throw Sterling out immediately.

Sounds like deep-seeded issues he has that he doesn't want to deal with. Sour and bitter.

He's probably used that language for a long time behind closed doors. When surrounded by armies of yes men, it's probably safe that he didn't think anyone would have a problem with it.

I think we'll probably see how his racial attitudes affect his business practices, and if they do, lawsuits are in his not so far off future.

People in my circle are saying the players should quit the team in protest.

Those people are dumb and have never been professional athletes.

Clippers players stage silent protest:

http://www.foxnews.com/sports/2014/0...ogo-on-shirts/

Good for them.

As for Sterling, maybe he can hook up with Paula Deen and open an NBA-themed restaurant where all of the servers...nope, there is no way I can finish this sentence.

I'm guessing their contracts would have steep penalties if they quit or boycotted games.

See, it's dumb stuff like this that people do to be cute, and funny that I don't like. I'm not talking about you, but the idiots in the image.

They cannot force Sterling out. They can pressure him (again) to sell his team, or I guess, band together to meet his sell out price, but as an owner, it's his team.

NBA doesn't have the anti-trust exemption, which, I heard, was used to help force out baseball owner Marge Schott in the 80s?

I thought Clippers' players response was appropriate yesterday. ABC's repeated shots of Sterling's wife sitting courtside, while they talked about his alleged girlfriend, was brutal to watch.

Steve Ballmer is willing and have plenty of cash to buy. Of course, the Clippers will immediately be called the Seattle Supersonic.

If Seattle doesn't pony up a new arena, I doubt that.

The people of Seattle didn't want the team. That's why it's now (happily) the OKC Thunder.

Confused
 

The most racist people in human history didn't have any trouble using black women sexually. In fact, that was part of the fun of owning them. Let's face it -- there's no reason to think that she actually liked him. If he weren't racist, he'd still be an ugly 80-year-old married man not known for his personality. She's a working girl, and he was her employer.

It's hard to determine who was using who. She seems like the classic gold digger and if the allegations are true that she embezzled over $1 mil from Sterling then her true intentions in all of this is questionable.

You got your wish - he's banned for life from the NBA and now owes a $2.5M fine.

Her character is no doubt questionable (the timing of the leaked tapes following so quickly after his wife filed a lawsuit against the mistress to me reads that she didn't care about his racism as long as she was getting paid), but that doesn't make his words and actions any less detestable.

WOW... NBA commissioner came down on Sterling HARD. Nice to see some real punishment. I am assuming that Sterling now has an EX girlfriend, in addition to a soon-to-be ex wife.

Don Sterling thrown out of NBA for Life

A+ victim blaming, there.

Sterling is worth approximately $1.9 billion (according to reports). The $2.5 mil fine (league maximum) is worth approx $55.90 to him.


I guess there could be a debate about how "real" or "hard" the league has come down.

There are so many layers to this onion....

Stop using "victim" and "victim blaming" so loosely.

Whaa? She was being sued for embezzling a substantial amount of money and released this recording for revenge when they didn't back down in the civil case.

She's definitely not a victim here.

This is just a mud slinging match where everyone got dirty.

You're right, I was too quick on the draw there. I should have said "A+ derailment."

I haven't read all the details, but it doesn't sound like there were any victims here. There were people who were douchy, and others who were treated with disrespect, money grubbers and philanderers, but I'm not seeing victims.

I'm glad to see there was punishment even if it won't hurt him very much. What he did wasn't illegal, so throwing him in jail with a bunch of black guys might sound like fun, it wouldn't happen.

LOL! She is far from a victim. Girl stole money from sugar daddy and leaked tapes to embarrass this old guy once she got called out for it. If you listen to the tapes she is more amused by the old mans remarks than offended. If you ask me, they are both assholes who deserve each other. And no, i'm not derailing or condoning the old man, I just find it very interesting that this gold digger had no problems with dating a racist until he decided to sue her for the money she embezzled from him. just saying...

Sterling could be facing a bigger financial hit
 

http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/...0_million.html

"Let’s run through some quick back of the envelope calculations. By all accounts, the Clippers are far more valuable today than when Sterling bought them in 1981 for $12.5 million. According to the Wall Street Journal, insiders think he could “easily fetch $700 million or more from the sale.” So let’s assume, for the sake of argument, that he makes a full $700 million profit. The federal capital gains rate for high earners is 20 percent, while California’s state rate is 13.3 percent. That’s a $233 million tax bill, leaving $467 million behind."

He basically says in the phone recording that Latina women should be like delicate flowers. Sterling sees them as exotic playthings. Him being with her is just his fantasy come to life. That doesn't mean (obviously) he actually respects her in any way.

Lol @ your edit. But what you said here is pretty much what it is. She's definitely a gold digger, and he's all about the sex.

"NBA be like, 'Bye Felicia.'"

Funniest thing I've heard on the radio in a very long time. :p

Source: http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/29/us/cli...rling-scandal/

I don't wish ill on anyone but it is no coincidence that they are report Sterling is battling cancer. I wish him well but this release is probably done for two reasons: (1) if you're going to release "private info," release his health info; and (2) buffer the negative public image.

I understand some people's issue with something said in privacy being held against someone. The question is when is something "private."

Kudos to the NAACP no longer honoring Sterling. It is too bad the president of that NAACP chapter resigning.

I don't know why Sterling didn't just make a (fake) public apology, and then wait about 6 months until it all blows over. It seemed to have worked for Paula Dean. I know her views on us are still the same today as they were before she "apologized". But people moved on from it.