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re: If you believe the NBA was wrong, what would have been a better decision?
Posted on 4/29/14 at 9:31 pm to COTiger
Posted on 4/29/14 at 9:31 pm to COTiger
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I read an article earlier this evening, that said players where prepared to boycott tonights games had not Silver taken the action he did.
Empty words/threats. They would lose their $$ if they did.
If they were so adamant about it, they should have sat out that last game and said "we won't play until the issue is resolved". But they decide to say it after the banhammer hit
This post was edited on 4/29/14 at 9:32 pm
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Posted on 4/29/14 at 9:33 pm to slackster
quote:which is ridiculous
Sterling was about to be very bad for the bottom line. Plain and simple.
Posted on 4/29/14 at 9:33 pm to htran90
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He can still be in charge and whatever he does in regards to his own team though.
Ok, but the league owners would vote him out immediately.
Posted on 4/29/14 at 9:35 pm to slackster
You get caught in a hysteria tsunami - you're dead...
Doesn't matter how you got there - or whether it was fair - or whether you're innocent - you're dead.
We saw it with Paterno and now Sterling (actually guilty).
All Silver could do was get rid of him - mob won't be satisfied until it happened - it would continue to be in the news and harm the product - and players would be bitchin.
All laws and due process fall by the wayside once caught in the storm of sports business that governs itself.
Doesn't matter how you got there - or whether it was fair - or whether you're innocent - you're dead.
We saw it with Paterno and now Sterling (actually guilty).
All Silver could do was get rid of him - mob won't be satisfied until it happened - it would continue to be in the news and harm the product - and players would be bitchin.
All laws and due process fall by the wayside once caught in the storm of sports business that governs itself.
This post was edited on 4/29/14 at 9:35 pm
Posted on 4/29/14 at 9:38 pm to bayoubengals88
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which is ridiculous
Why is it ridiculous? The free market works in a beautiful way, and it had already begun to take a toll on the Clippers.
Whenever possible, I try to avoid having my money line the pockets of a known racist, and I believe the public would react in a similar fashion. This situation blew up and most of the public now knows that Sterling is a racist.
Posted on 4/29/14 at 9:40 pm to SPEEDY
Either get a life or if you are on the clock, stop wasting tax payer money.
Posted on 4/29/14 at 9:45 pm to slackster
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Ok, but the league owners would vote him out immediately.
Yea, and you can't get the owners decision with what they want to do with their product without the influence of millions of fans.
Think about it this way, if ANY, even ONE person says "no we aren't banning Sterling" they'd be called a racist or a supporter unless his name was Michael Jordan and even he would get a ton of shite from people. I'm pretty sure majority of the fans will agree.
How is that even a fair trial. He's has lost all sponsorship and all credibility, forced out of a league he's been a part of for decades, and now he's forced to sell his business because "the people" demand it.
If you were to give the owners no backlash for whatever decision, that's the absolute only way it'd be fair. Gotta also think, his wife owns half the team as well and she does A LOT with the clippers. That is her 'baby'.
How do you deal with that? She's going to be a majority shareholder in the team with Magic and the guggenheims??
This post was edited on 4/29/14 at 9:46 pm
Posted on 4/29/14 at 9:49 pm to htran90
As much as I understand your point, it still doesn't address the OP - what was realistically a better decision that could have been made?
Posted on 4/29/14 at 9:52 pm to slackster
quote:I understand why they did it, to protect their money. However, they publicly said they did it because they will not tolerate racism. I give it 6 months before there is a tape of a player saying a racist remark. That is when Silver and the rest of the media mob will be out to the test
I get this, but this particular situation was cutting right to the heart of the NBA today - profits. They tied the decision up with a nice little bow regarding racism, but lets not ignore the real problem - Sterling was about to be very bad for the bottom line. Plain and simple.
This post was edited on 4/29/14 at 9:52 pm
Posted on 4/29/14 at 9:52 pm to Kafka
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This will sound weird and old fashioned but...
nothing?
I cannot believe how stupid this answer is. You do realize that players would have boycotted if Silver let Sterling walk clean, right?
Posted on 4/29/14 at 9:54 pm to Vicks Kennel Club
quote:I understand why the nba made the decision and they had no choice. What will the Nba do to players who have anti gay or racist remarks?
I cannot believe how stupid this answer is. You do realize that players would have boycotted if Silver let Sterling walk clean, right?
Posted on 4/29/14 at 9:55 pm to Vicks Kennel Club
The media mob/witch hunt and white sports journalist/media figures trying to act all offended here and prove that they aren't racist by acting all outraged and offended is what is making me the most angry about all of this.
It's not that the NBA is wrong, its that they need to apply the same punishment to people who do equal or worse things.
If a player rapes someone or beats their girlfriend or punches a fan in the face in the stands they should receive the same treatment.
If a black player makes racist remarks about a white person, same treatment.
If a racist remark made in private is so bad, so evil, so outrageous that warrants a lifetime NBA ban and 2.5 million fine, then the same standard needs to be applied for other offenders who say racist things or commit felonies.
It's not that the NBA is wrong, its that they need to apply the same punishment to people who do equal or worse things.
If a player rapes someone or beats their girlfriend or punches a fan in the face in the stands they should receive the same treatment.
If a black player makes racist remarks about a white person, same treatment.
If a racist remark made in private is so bad, so evil, so outrageous that warrants a lifetime NBA ban and 2.5 million fine, then the same standard needs to be applied for other offenders who say racist things or commit felonies.
Posted on 4/29/14 at 10:09 pm to goldennugget
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I think silver did what he had to do.
I hate the lynch mob mentality though.
I also hate that the golddigger was able to get some sort of fricked up "revenge" and vindicated because her sugar daddy quit with the handouts. Not a fan of blackmail or extortion.
Finally a private conversation being the impetus for this shite storm bothers me.
Again, due to the asinine lynch mob mentality it would have taken a man with more balls than brains to take a stand in silver's position and do less than what he did. End of day, silver took the easy way out, because the angry mob wanted blood and an angry mob is dangerous.
These are my thoughts exactly.
The precedent has been set, and it can be a dangerous one. This is the new witch hunt.
Posted on 4/29/14 at 10:25 pm to DrSteveBrule
It will not become a witch hunt. 100%.
The gay population isn't that big to voice their displeasure or have it heard if some player went on a 10 second rant of "i hate figs and hope they burn in hell for their sins" (I don't mean that offensive for any of you who are gay).
Imagine if it was Kobe who said that line. They're not going to ban him for life. He's going to go through the same bullshite Riley Cooper did and make a press conference of "I'm sorry for my actions and I didn't mean any disrespect. It was a time of weakness I showed on my part, I am now going through therapy to see my wrong views, and I am sorry for those I hurt because it was not my intent."
ESPN's headliner a couple years back "a chink in his armor" barely got any headlines, but a shite ton of laughs.
Certain things in 21st century America you cannot say without massive backlash. Sterling said one of them.
The gay population isn't that big to voice their displeasure or have it heard if some player went on a 10 second rant of "i hate figs and hope they burn in hell for their sins" (I don't mean that offensive for any of you who are gay).
Imagine if it was Kobe who said that line. They're not going to ban him for life. He's going to go through the same bullshite Riley Cooper did and make a press conference of "I'm sorry for my actions and I didn't mean any disrespect. It was a time of weakness I showed on my part, I am now going through therapy to see my wrong views, and I am sorry for those I hurt because it was not my intent."
ESPN's headliner a couple years back "a chink in his armor" barely got any headlines, but a shite ton of laughs.
Certain things in 21st century America you cannot say without massive backlash. Sterling said one of them.
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