You ever heard of absentee or early voting? God you're stupid.
You missed the one's who can not get time off to vote.
When you own a franchise and 90% of those who play are African Americans, if you cannot keep your ugly racist mouth shut, you quit and go.
We have Police Chiefs, Sheriffs, Politicians, News Anchors (FOX News) who actively promote racism and now we are seeing team owners. Only Supreme Court (just 5 of them) thinks there is no racism in the country and thought it fit to repeal the Voting Rights Act. Alas! Fergusson, MO did not happen soon enough.
Good riddance.
The LA Clippers sold for a ridiculous $2 billion, this fool thinks an even bigger fool can be found to buy his ownership stake at an even more ridiculous price.
We have Police Chiefs, Sheriffs, Politicians, News Anchors (FOX News) who actively promote racism and now we are seeing team owners. Only Supreme Court (just 5 of them) thinks there is no racism in the country and thought it fit to repeal the Voting Rights Act. Alas! Fergusson, MO did not happen soon enough.
Good riddance.
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... voluntarily stepping down after acknowledging he screwed up.
This is nothing at all like Donald Sterling, who continues to be an embarrassment to the NBA.
Racism among sports team owners is not new. Ever heard of Jim Crow?
Re: Ferguson... if it leads to a serious change in the way bigotry in general is covertly encouraged and promoted in this country then the lives lost and ruined by this tragedy will not have been in vain.
Sadly, I doubt that will be the case. Seems the media has already moved on to the 2016 presidential elections and the inevitability of an Islamist attack on US soil.
Hatred and bigotry are not genetic. It is a learned mindset that will take decades to overcome, if at all.
Stop teaching hate to the children, and in a generation or two, you'll see results.
Sadly, I don't think anything less than an invasion from outer space or a near extinction level event will change peoples attitudes.
Nice comment. When will the Supreme Court realize there is still a widespread problem in the country? Change has to happen at the ballot box. To say the southern states and the states run by Republican lawmakers have overcome racism is a lie.
Look at all the ways they could possible can, these people are legislating making it more and more difficult for minorities, seniors at home and at nursing homes, people who are unable to leave their homes because of physical problems to register to vote and vote in elections. Instead of the restrictive laws, they should be helping these people register to vote, encourage them to vote and participate in the election process
"Look at all the ways they could possible can, these people are legislating making it more and more difficult for minorities, seniors at home and at nursing homes, people who are unable to leave their homes because of physical problems to register to vote and vote in elections."
You missed the one's who can not get time off to vote.
You ever heard of absentee or early voting? God you're stupid.
You missed the one's who can not get time off to vote.
But, then I live in a state that is not run by Republicans, who in other states, are trying to limit early registration, voting by absentee ballot, even by our servicemen and service women, and trying to limit voting by minorities, the elderly, and students in a number of other ways.
Looks like you are the stupid one, alias!
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...of the story. He self-reported it to the league two months ago and it was bound to have come out sooner or later.
By coming out with the story himself he was able to save a little face.
"'My theory is that the black crowd scared away the whites and there are simply not enough affluent black fans to build a significant season ticket base,' Levenson said in the email released Sunday by the Hawks."
"'Please don't get me wrong. There was nothing threatening going on in the arena back then. I never felt uncomfortable, but I think southern whites simply were not comfortable being in an arena or at a bar where they were in the minority.'"
The way to attract more "suburban whites" is to spend the money to put a better product on the court. Everyone, white, black or brown, wants to be a fan of a winning team.
One can be a fan and watch from home. We have a pretty good team in my area called the Dodgers. They are 1st place in their division. As I stated elsewhere, I use to know quite a few whites who were season ticket holders, or attended regularly, but they no longer see a game at the stadium for fear of violence against them by minorities. I know quite a few Hispanics who attend regularly, and even take their children. They do not fear said violence. Whether the whites are justified in their fear, and their remaining home, is not for me to say, but by stating my observation, does that make me racist
Can the Hawks afford to place a better product on the court?
Now that's racist... referring to the players on the court as a product. When the owner is not the same color as the product.
Put that show on the road, next thing you know they will be calling it human trafficking.
What a slippery slope this has become. Some one needs to muzzle this communist OP... Before I'm called a fascist
He is a business man, and he's trying to make sense out of what is happening. That's what a good business man or woman does. It's not about how things should be, but rather what they are. I'm not saying I know what he said is true, but if it is, is what he said racist, toward the blacks or the southern whites? I live in an area where there was white flight from the local school district to local private schools. I know a lot of whites who use to be Dodger fans with season tickets, who no longer go to any games for fear of the violence, whom the see as being started by minorities. Those are the facts as I know them, as limited as they may be. Does that make me a racist for saying it?
FWIW Matt, I used to be one of those fans. hit at least one game against each team every year, 25-35 games annually from 1962 through 1997. I remember as a teenager my dad would head up the back way on Scott Road where the scalpers would sell these awesome seats;$12 each for Box seats off the third base line close enough to the field to talk to the players during pregame. Willie Davis would come over to talk to the fans and distribute autographed baseballs. Ron Perranoski and Don Drysdale would distribute flyers worth a free drink at their bar & grille in North Hollywood. Maury Wills would practice his slide into second instead of batting practice. Saw him steal his hundredth on the way to 104, and saw him steal his first the next year. There was this one guy in the front row behind the dugout who Walt Alston always came over to and said hello. No idea who he was. and on the days my hero Sandy Koufax pitched, we always got there an hour earlier so we could hang out near the bullpen where he warmed up. I still have the baseball he autographed mounted and framed on my wall.
Dodger Stadium used to be a community. Sadly that energy that used to enrich baseball is gone completely now, and the McCourt scandal was so typically Hollywood, it almost dragged the Dodgers down with him. Now I hear most people in LA can't even watch the Dodgers on TV unless ESPN is broadcasting the game. Oh how I miss listening to Vin Scully, the greatest play by play announcer of them all.
Those were the days, thanks for tripping my memory switch
He owns a team in a sport that has 90% of players are black, in a city that is 55% black. So he complanes that most of the fans are black? He may be very rich and successful, but he is clearly not very bright!
Pretty racist.
Maybe Eric Holder can investigate that too
He stated the facts based on his observation.
I would have kept my mouth shut though and kept collecting my billions. I agree with you that it was probably not the smartest business move.
But no racism here. Keep spewing your liberal garbage by painting anyone who merely talks about race as racist.
