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04-27-2014, 11:30 AM
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Clippers owner Don Sterling's racist remarks
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04-27-2014, 11:33 AM
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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.
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04-27-2014, 12:24 PM
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Originally Posted by AZTheta
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.
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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.
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04-29-2014, 02:26 PM
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Originally Posted by ChioLu
The NBA needs to force him out like MLB did with (former Cincinnati Reds owner) Marge Schott several years ago.
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You got your wish - he's banned for life from the NBA and now owes a $2.5M fine.
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04-29-2014, 02:36 PM
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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
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04-29-2014, 03:31 PM
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Originally Posted by thetalady
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.
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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....
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04-27-2014, 12:48 PM
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Yup. If the NBA has even the barest modicum of respect for its players, they need to throw Sterling out immediately.
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04-28-2014, 08:28 AM
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Yup. If the NBA has even the barest modicum of respect for its players, they need to throw Sterling out immediately.
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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.
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04-28-2014, 09:55 AM
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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.
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Steve Ballmer is willing and have plenty of cash to buy. Of course, the Clippers will immediately be called the Seattle Supersonic.
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04-28-2014, 10:20 AM
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Steve Ballmer is willing and have plenty of cash to buy. Of course, the Clippers will immediately be called the Seattle Supersonic.
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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.
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04-28-2014, 12:03 PM
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As a clippers fan, that just discusses me. I mean, you have a black gf so I don't even know how racist this guy really is. I just don't get it. But I just hope that the clippers don't throw the game because of this. They are playing for themselves at the end of the day, not sterling.
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04-27-2014, 03:44 PM
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Sounds like deep-seeded issues he has that he doesn't want to deal with. Sour and bitter.
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04-27-2014, 05:53 PM
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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.
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04-27-2014, 06:04 PM
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People in my circle are saying the players should quit the team in protest.
Those people are dumb and have never been professional athletes.
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04-27-2014, 06:34 PM
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Clippers players stage silent protest:
http://www.foxnews.com/sports/2014/0...ogo-on-shirts/
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In response to Sterling's purported comments urging a woman to not bring black people to his team's games, the Clippers on Sunday let their uniforms become a show of solidarity.
They ran out of the tunnel for Game 4 of their first-round playoff at Golden State wearing their warmups. Then they huddled at center court and tossed their warmups to the ground, going through their pregame routine with their red Clippers' shirts inside out to hide the team's logo.
Players also wore black wristbands or armbands. They all wore black socks with their normal jerseys.
"It's just us, only us. We're all we got," Clippers star guard Chris Paul could be heard shouting to teammates before they ran out.
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