re: Sterling Punishment: Lifetime Ban, 2.5M Fine, Urging Owners 2 Force Sale of team

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I agree it's a business decision based on both liability and loss of sales.

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That's exactly what it is, which doesnt make it right or legal.

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Is it just me or would the smarter play by Silver to suspend Sterling indefinitely pending an investigation. Seems like he's making this harder on himself and the league.

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I'd say he surveyed the interest of the other owners and when he felt he had the backing of them along with the media and fans and coaches and players, he figured why not send a knockout shot across the mouth.

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They do once they become public. Same thing would happen to your boss if he made such comments at home and the recordings were played for the entire office. You can't make the employees unhear it. Another reason FB bites ppl in the mass all the time.

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Legally, no. Now practically, you'd get fired or demoted, but the substance of a hostile work environment claim still isn't there.

I just don't like the idea of conflating moral and business premises in this case. It's a peculiar situation, but I wish there was more meat here to hang the punishment on.

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What's the general consensus in here about the penalties?

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He should sue the NBA.

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the ensuing shite storm and the legality of what the nba is trying to do

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Exactly.

And I'm glad to hear it. I have no idea when it became borderline illegal to simply be an idiot or an a-hole. And I sure as frick don't like big organizations (like the NBA) trying to dole out punishments like these to someone who has personal beliefs.

Also, for clarification...what all is on the tapes? I know he was telling his super young girlfriend not to bring black people to the games and delete them off of her social media. Is that it? Sure, he comes off as prejudiced (not racist unless he hates all black people because they are black - which is key), but there's no reason he should be banned from the NBA for life. And this whole "making him sell" bullshite is..well, just that.

I haven't heard/read all of the tapes, but did he even say the N word? (And no, that isn't a prerequisite for racism, but I find it funny that most of the shite I've heard on the news and ESPN is him telling her to diassociate with "black people." Seems like a true racist would use different terms.)

that and if they blow their load now, they won't be able to sensationalize the lawsuits (if they occur)

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If what is bolded is stated in the NBA's constitution, Sterling won't win a lawsuit if it's he decides to take this to court. That statement is cut and dry to me and has been bargained and the courts will rule that way.

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I don't think you're fully reading that paragraph.

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The NBA's constitution, which is confidential, reportedly contains language permitting owners to authorize the league to sell a team without an owner's consent. The language, SI.com is told, only covers very limited circumstances and these circumstances concern team finances -- namely, when an owner can't pay his bills.

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Without the circumstances regarding that language being spelled out, I don't see how Sterling loses.

It sounds like the circumstances outside of financial difficulty are so limited that it would be extremely hard to invoke them.

Racism: Beginning of time, B.C. - April 29, 2014

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Makes it perfectly right and completely legal depending on the terms of his franchise agreement.

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You mean the agreement that gives the other owners a right to vote him out if 75% agree, BECAUSE OF FINANCIAL REASONS?

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ESPN is avoiding it because they obviously know the facts dont fit their agenda

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well they would look like total shite if they brought a lawyer on right now that talked about the legal circumstances. so i get why they avoid it. i just figured somebody would have mentioned it.