re: Sterling is preparing to sue the NBA

My question what if another owner pisses off enough of the owners down the road for whatever reason, would they be able to force them to sell their team if 22 owners voted yay.

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There is no precedent, this is a one off thing because of this owner and his past. Rich Devoss (a way/Orlando magic) is anti gay marriage and currently boycotted by gay activist groups but he won't be booted.

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No it's not. The punishment was specifically handed down with clear specification that it was only based on this recent incident. Silver did that on purpose to cover his arse and try to minimize the slippery slope, but in the end, he SHOULD lose in court because it is a ridiculous punishment for a crime that is being overblown. Again, a player settles a rape case, basically admits it was rape in his statement, and got literally no punishment whatsoever. Another player batters his coach by choking him and wasn't banished. Other players used racist or prejudice remarks and got slapped on the wrist with a fine. This is where Sterling has a case. If you can be associated with the league after those things, you can get banished for a personal set of beliefs where the league can't prove you followed them with your employees?

In the end, this whole shitstorm is because people are overreacting as if Sterling is freaking slave trader. It's pathetic how far people are taking this and how they are turning multimillionaires into massive victims when they suffered nothing.

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My question what if another owner pisses off enough of the owners down the road for whatever reason, would they be able to force them to sell their team if 22 owners voted yay.

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Was he the cause of something greatly detrimental to their franchises? Then the answer is yes they will force him to sell.

Again he owns a McDonald's not Sterling's Burgers and Fries. What you do effects the other owners and if you effect their business negatively they have every right to make you sell.