[Cicero]

Yes, they’re above the law, as long as they pull the race card. Libs can do pretty much whatever they want, as long as they do it in the name of blacks, Hispanics, women, gays, or Muslims.

[cherry]

the nba can do whatever they want apparently...fix games...arrange for certain teams to have an advantage....they don't deny it...

apparently too, the nba and nfl etc are part of the corporist oligharchy that runs the world....

how else could they get all the working class slobs to pay for the fancy stadiums?..

[grania]

the race card

I don't see how what Sterling said was racist. It was more like race-envy than it was dismissive of blacks as a race.

[driftless2]

It's interesting (and irritating) to argue the subject of Sterling on sports forums with liberals. Many times their argument is that Sterling is a lousy person. You then retort that even lousy people have rights, and you're called a racist for defending Sterling.

My own opinion is that any sports league has the right to police its members and set standards. I don't know what the NBA's laws and regulations are, but if they feel an owner's actions are detrimental to the integrity of the league, they can remove him.

My argument was that what Sterling said did not amount to the heinous crime all the Sterling haters said it did. The NBA has ignored many similar words by other people in the past or let them off with a much lighter punishment. Not so for Sterling. One illegally recorded conversation, and he is condemned. Libs are huge hypocrites.