I don't think he should be legally or officially punished, for what he said in private. I think he's right in refusing to pay the fine.
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Go Get ‘Em, Donald!
Why Sterling should sue the pants off the NBA.
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/377872/go-get-em-donald-j-delgado
NBA has more money than he does.
He also in violation of NBA by-laws.
Over inflated pride is not a good business decision.
Offer a small reward for anyone who will state under oath that they heard another NBA owner use a racial or other epithet in private. Then file a lawsuit alleging arbitrary and capricious conduct by the NBA and then depose each owner and ask them under oath if they have used a racial epithet in private.
And why not add all the players who are so bemoaning basically his use of three of four stray racial remarks in private? Read the Wells report to see how common the N word is in football. Do you really believe basketball is any different?
Finally let's count the number of black executives in NBA organizations and explore why the number is so low. I'm a lot more concerned about conduct than stray remarks.
In fact, all Mr. Sterling needs to do is publicly threaten to do the above and that will take care of the vote. What I say in private is my business - no matter how offensive, you better not take my property just bc someone has taped me. If I act on it, that's another story.
with the bros, doesn't make you Johnny Cochran. If you're going to be on the Sterling defense team you'll have to upgrade your JoS A. Bank suit collection. Once in that new Ermenegildo Zegna suit, you'll have to stop drinking and eating as if you're a woman. You'll probably be paid in hookers, and I don't want you embarrassing the rest of us when you show up in a suit that you bought on a 2 for 1 sale rack and drinking a Pinot Grigio.
I have to think that Silver and the other owners have met repeatedly with respect to your 1st point. You might have a little success in attempting to divert the jury's attention on blacks using the N word in the NBA or NFL, or why they NBA is not as inclusive as it should be in the executive ranks, but at the end of the day, Sterling was a signatory to the NBA's Constitution and its bylaws. It's kinda like his fingerprints are all over the murder weapon.
This is going to make the O.J. trial pale in comparison. It will be long and protracted. If I have to put on the outcome today, I'm taking the NBA.
And why not add all the players who are so bemoaning basically his use of three of four stray racial remarks in private? Read the Wells report to see how common the N word is in football. Do you really believe basketball is any different?
Finally let's count the number of black executives in NBA organizations and explore why the number is so low. I'm a lot more concerned about conduct than stray remarks.
In fact, all Mr. Sterling needs to do is publicly threaten to do the above and that will take care of the vote. What I say in private is my business - no matter how offensive, you better not take my property just bc someone has taped me. If I act on it, that's another story.
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This is going to be a interesting fight and if I was one of Sterling's lawyer's I will be drooling over this to the 10th degree. Not only because the amount of money all lawyers are going to make off this, but because there are so many targets that you can go after that the NBA will throw in the towel and find someone or a group of people just to purchase the team from Sterling to get rid of him.
At the end of the day, I think Sterling is going to end up selling the team to someone or a group, it just how much profit is he looking to get out of this and does he want to scorch the earth on the way out.
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