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Posted on 5/14/14 at 1:44 pm to PapiGogo
quote:I know you're stating facts here, but this part is irrelevant to the matter of owning/being removed from owning the team.
Sterling's statements aside (which were illegally obtained
Posted on 5/14/14 at 1:45 pm to PapiGogo
Is it wrong of me to back Sterling from a business point of view? I mean he's a fricking idiot to allow himself to get taped in private saying a load of bullshite (that i don't agree with, but we all say stupid shite in private), but I'm just over this whole thing.
With ESPN showing this and Michael Sam all day, I just want sports and not drama. Is that so much to ask for?
With ESPN showing this and Michael Sam all day, I just want sports and not drama. Is that so much to ask for?
Posted on 5/14/14 at 1:45 pm to Hater Bait
quote:1. He wouldn't be the only one boycotting.
Why let down his fans? His team??
That isn't right.
2. As far as letting down fans, I'm not saying I agree with his stasnce, but if he is taking a stance for a cause he believes in, that kind of trumps "letting down fans", wouldn't you think? ( Again, putting aside whether your thoughts on the actual stance here)
Posted on 5/14/14 at 1:47 pm to htran90
quote:Back him how?
Is it wrong of me to back Sterling from a business point of view?
quote:No, but it's virtually impossible to fill 24 hours with 3 channels talking about only the games, that's why they fill it with this stuff. Also, even in talking about how much they hate it, you can see just on this board how many much of a hot button Sterling and Sam are, so it is actually pretty logical for ESPN to talk about it, fans(like it or hate it), or talking about it.
With ESPN showing this and Michael Sam all day, I just want sports and not drama. Is that so much to ask for?
Posted on 5/14/14 at 1:48 pm to CptBengal
There is a contract you sign when you buy an NBA franchise, and you have to follow the rules of the NBA.
If it is within the owners power to remove him then they can
The right to property and the right to contract go hand in hand.
If it is within the owners power to remove him then they can
The right to property and the right to contract go hand in hand.
Posted on 5/14/14 at 1:50 pm to shel311
GD he such a bitch. If they want to remove all racists from the nba they would have to shut it down.
Posted on 5/14/14 at 1:52 pm to SammyTiger
quote:Fair enough, but the NBA is not very consistent with their suspensions and fines for biggoted statements or other criminal acts committed by players.
There is a contract you sign when you buy an NBA franchise, and you have to follow the rules of the NBA.
If it is within the owners power to remove him then they can
The right to property and the right to contract go hand in hand.
If Mark Cuban had made those statements do you think he would have been suspended for life?
ETA: You know the answer is NO, which is why I have a problem with how the NBA is reacting.
This post was edited on 5/14/14 at 1:57 pm
Posted on 5/14/14 at 1:54 pm to Stringer Bell
quote:Sounds like you're saying he's a bitch for wanting to remove racism from the NBA because there's so much racism from the NBA, did I read that correctly?
GD he such a bitch. If they want to remove all racists from the nba they would have to shut it down.
Posted on 5/14/14 at 1:56 pm to dante
quote:Him or Reinsdorf or any of those guys, zero chance.
If Mark Cuban had made those statements do you think he would have been suspended for life?
I argued with SFP and a few others who were trying to say this penalty wasn't a lifetime achievement "award", some saying because Silver said it wasn't. It absolutely was based on his past and based on other owners not being too crazy about him. If Jerry Reinsdorf said this, there is no ban for life, and the owners wouldn't be voting him out, no chance.
Posted on 5/14/14 at 1:59 pm to shel311
quote:I agree and that is why I am having such a hard time accepting the NBA's decision to try to rail road him out the of league.
zero chance.
Posted on 5/14/14 at 2:00 pm to shel311
quote:
1. He wouldn't be the only one boycotting. 2. As far as letting down fans, I'm not saying I agree with his stasnce, but if he is taking a stance for a cause he believes in, that kind of trumps "letting down fans", wouldn't you think? ( Again, putting aside whether your thoughts on the actual stance here)
My opinion of Sterling is he's a rich old bastard.
The NBA isn't backing the owner.
The fans are not either.
NBA players should not make their fans
suffer while this legal drama drags out.
Posted on 5/14/14 at 2:07 pm to Hater Bait
quote:Yea, I do agree here.
NBA players should not make their fans
suffer while this legal drama drags out.
Granted, we only have a snippet of a quote and it's not even from Lebron himself, so we should take that with a grain of salt.
But if the owners vote to remove Sterling, then the NBA has down their part, and if Sterling ties this up in litigation, I would agree it would be wrong for players to boycott if he was still technically the owner as the NBA and other owners would have done everything in their power. My guess is that's not what's in play, what's in play would be if the owners didn't vote to remove him and Sterling was offiically able to keep his team, which isn't happening any way.
Posted on 5/14/14 at 2:10 pm to shel311
quote:
Back him how?
People want to jump on him about how he shouldn't be an owner and he needs to just give it up. I mean, if you owned a business, wouldn't you do everything you can to keep it? I don't see why people are getting so angry that he's dragging this out as long as he can.
Posted on 5/14/14 at 2:12 pm to shel311
Perhaps (to a degree).
I just take issue with the owners trying to enforce the legal framework of an NBA Constitution when the very evidence they are using against Sterling was illegally obtained. If Sterling decides to take this to the courts, those tapes would not be admissible.
I just take issue with the owners trying to enforce the legal framework of an NBA Constitution when the very evidence they are using against Sterling was illegally obtained. If Sterling decides to take this to the courts, those tapes would not be admissible.
Posted on 5/14/14 at 2:16 pm to htran90
[Qoute]Is it wrong of me to back Sterling from a business point of view?[/Quote]
I support him from a business point-of-view. It's absurd. As far as I know, Silver hasn't even heard an unedited tape. He based his reactionary ban solely on an illegally obtained tape that had been edited. I just hate how Silver has approached and managed this. His response to the CNN interview was WAY out of line for the commissioner.
If fans/media/players want to boycott the Clippers, that's fine. Let the free market rule.
I support him from a business point-of-view. It's absurd. As far as I know, Silver hasn't even heard an unedited tape. He based his reactionary ban solely on an illegally obtained tape that had been edited. I just hate how Silver has approached and managed this. His response to the CNN interview was WAY out of line for the commissioner.
If fans/media/players want to boycott the Clippers, that's fine. Let the free market rule.
Posted on 5/14/14 at 2:17 pm to PapiGogo
quote:I just don't see the relevance over how it was obtained since this isn't a court proceeding.
I just take issue with the owners trying to enforce the legal framework of an NBA Constitution when the very evidence they are using against Sterling was illegally obtained. If Sterling decides to take this to the courts, those tapes would not be admissible
Posted on 5/14/14 at 2:18 pm to PapiGogo
quote:Sterling admitted to it before he was banned, according to reports.
As far as I know, Silver hasn't even heard an unedited tape
quote:That was already happening.
If fans/media/players want to boycott the Clippers, that's fine. Let the free market rule.
Posted on 5/14/14 at 2:20 pm to htran90
quote:
People want to jump on him about how he shouldn't be an owner and he needs to just give it up
I felt he was "wronged" because he was speaking
from inside his own home to his S/O....
That's his right to do, right or wrong.
However, he just proved he isn't worthy of
his position after his awful public interview
He couldn't say "sorry" because f*** that.
Even if I hated like Sterling, I'd have lied like hell to save my NBA team.
He didn't.
Posted on 5/14/14 at 2:22 pm to Hater Bait
quote:Of course it's his right, but that's irrelevant, this wasn't a court proceeding based on a broken law.
I felt he was "wronged" because he was speaking
from inside his own home to his S/O....
That's his right to do, right or wrong
Hell, I'm no rich NBA owner, just some random dude who works for a company, but if I said something private that disparaged my company or brought about bad press, I'd very likely be fired too.
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