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It is a valid question, but the legality is out of scope, as this is an agreement within a group.For his racist comments caught on tape, Clippers owner Donald Sterling recently had this ruling put on him by NBA commissioner Adam Silver:
$2.5M fine (maximum allowed in by-laws)
Lifetime ban from NBA games
Lifetime ban from NBA function
Zero access to facilities during Clippers games and practices
Urging by the BoD to owners for forced divestiture of ownership
Was the hammer too great, or spot on?
Also to take into consideration:
He spoke these words on his private property
He broke no actual laws
His girlfriend broke the law by recording him without his knowledge
For his racist comments caught on tape, Clippers owner Donald Sterling recently had this ruling put on him by NBA commissioner Adam Silver:
$2.5M fine (maximum allowed in by-laws)
Lifetime ban from NBA games
Lifetime ban from NBA function
Zero access to facilities during Clippers games and practices
Urging by the BoD to owners for forced divestiture of ownership
Was the hammer too great, or spot on?
Also to take into consideration:
He spoke these words on his private property
He broke no actual laws
His girlfriend broke the law by recording him without his knowledge
I wouldn't have a problem if they yanked his ownership rights. That's the NBA's right to address issues that might hurt their image. The rest of the stuff, however, is ridiculous.
For his racist comments caught on tape, Clippers owner Donald Sterling recently had this ruling put on him by NBA commissioner Adam Silver:
$2.5M fine (maximum allowed in by-laws)
Lifetime ban from NBA games
Lifetime ban from NBA function
Zero access to facilities during Clippers games and practices
Urging by the BoD to owners for forced divestiture of ownership
Was the hammer too great, or spot on?
Also to take into consideration:
He spoke these words on his private property
He broke no actual laws
His girlfriend broke the law by recording him without his knowledge
For his racist comments caught on tape, Clippers owner Donald Sterling recently had this ruling put on him by NBA commissioner Adam Silver:
$2.5M fine (maximum allowed in by-laws)
Lifetime ban from NBA games
Lifetime ban from NBA function
Zero access to facilities during Clippers games and practices
Urging by the BoD to owners for forced divestiture of ownership
Was the hammer too great, or spot on?
Also to take into consideration:
He spoke these words on his private property
He broke no actual laws
His girlfriend broke the law by recording him without his knowledge
For his racist comments caught on tape, Clippers owner Donald Sterling recently had this ruling put on him by NBA commissioner Adam Silver:
$2.5M fine (maximum allowed in by-laws)
Lifetime ban from NBA games
Lifetime ban from NBA function
Zero access to facilities during Clippers games and practices
Urging by the BoD to owners for forced divestiture of ownership
Was the hammer too great, or spot on?
Also to take into consideration:
He spoke these words on his private property
He broke no actual laws
His girlfriend broke the law by recording him without his knowledge
For his racist comments caught on tape, Clippers owner Donald Sterling recently had this ruling put on him by NBA commissioner Adam Silver:
$2.5M fine (maximum allowed in by-laws)
Lifetime ban from NBA games
Lifetime ban from NBA function
Zero access to facilities during Clippers games and practices
Urging by the BoD to owners for forced divestiture of ownership
Was the hammer too great, or spot on?
Also to take into consideration:
He spoke these words on his private property
He broke no actual laws
His girlfriend broke the law by recording him without his knowledge
For his racist comments caught on tape, Clippers owner Donald Sterling recently had this ruling put on him by NBA commissioner Adam Silver:
$2.5M fine (maximum allowed in by-laws)
Lifetime ban from NBA games
Lifetime ban from NBA function
Zero access to facilities during Clippers games and practices
Urging by the BoD to owners for forced divestiture of ownership
Was the hammer too great, or spot on?
Also to take into consideration:
He spoke these words on his private property
He broke no actual laws
His girlfriend broke the law by recording him without his knowledge
The guy is now poison to the NBA, I can understand the NBA wanting to get him out of any owner/official function.
What I think is stupid is the ban from any NBA game or function. As a customer, he should be allowed to attend any NBA event the public is allowed to go to.
I could care less about him. I'd be fine with him being imprisoned and stripped of all of his money. Him and people like him. This guy actively ****ed over people for profit. No punishment is too great for people like this.
For his racist comments caught on tape, Clippers owner Donald Sterling recently had this ruling put on him by NBA commissioner Adam Silver:
$2.5M fine (maximum allowed in by-laws)
Lifetime ban from NBA games
Lifetime ban from NBA function
Zero access to facilities during Clippers games and practices
Urging by the BoD to owners for forced divestiture of ownership
Was the hammer too great, or spot on?
Also to take into consideration:
He spoke these words on his private property
He broke no actual laws
His girlfriend broke the law by recording him without his knowledge
...
So, if we’re all going to be outraged, let’s be outraged that we weren’t more outraged when his racism was first evident. Let’s be outraged that private conversations between people in an intimate relationship are recorded and publicly played. Let’s be outraged that whoever did the betraying will probably get a book deal, a sitcom, trade recipes with Hoda and Kathie Lee, and soon appear on Celebrity Apprentice and Dancing with the Stars.
The big question is “What should be done next?” I hope Sterling loses his franchise. I hope whoever made this illegal tape is sent to prison. I hope the Clippers continue to be unconditionally supported by their fans. I hope the Clippers realize that the ramblings of an 80-year-old man jealous of his young girlfriend don’t define who they are as individual players or as a team. They aren’t playing for Sterling—they’re playing for themselves, for the fans, for showing the world that neither basketball, nor our American ideals, are defined by a few pathetic men or women.
Many people keep comparing the decision by the NBA to ban Sterling to past cases where the punishment may have not fit the crime. It is my understanding that NBA has been heavily criticized in the past for not growing a spine and taking action against what it deems to be unacceptable behavior.
Therefore, with a new commissioner, it seems as if the NBA is growing a pair and is taking a more stern approach.
Perhaps this opinion piece puts the current "outrage" into perspective:
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on Donald Sterling’s Racism and the NBA - TIME
Many people keep comparing the decision by the NBA to ban Sterling to past cases where the punishment may have not fit the crime. It is my understanding that NBA has been heavily criticized in the past for not growing a spine and taking action against what it deems to be unacceptable behavior.
Therefore, with a new commissioner, it seems as if the NBA is growing a pair and is taking a more stern approach.
Perhaps this opinion piece puts the current "outrage" into perspective:
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on Donald Sterling’s Racism and the NBA - TIME
I agree with all Mr. Cinder said, except Sterling losing his franchise.
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