Posted on 05/14/2014 10:45:36 AM PDT by EveningStar
EXCLUSIVE: Donald Sterling vows to take his fight for the LA Clippers to the Supreme Court and calls Obama 'flippant' for attacking his racist views
Disgraced LA Clippers owner Donald Sterling insists that the NBA has no legal right to force him to sell his beloved basketball team and fine him $2.5m – and he’s willing to take the fight to the Supreme Court.
Sterling’s resolute stance is revealed for the first time in recordings obtained by MailOnline in which he lays bare his true feelings towards basketball’s governing body.
What’s more, the 81-year-old says he won't pay a $2.5million fine imposed upon him by the NBA. The game's governing body also placed a life ban on Sterling from ever attending an NBA basketball game.
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Nice cut-n-paste. There are a lot of other articles out there that detail how Silver has the authority to do levy the fine and suspend Sterling for life.
Have they actually read the contract?
Half court against themselves - shirts v. skins. (can you still type “skins” or does it just sound racist?)
What conduct? Use the “but for” paradigm. Had the tapes not been released, there would have been no harm to the league, and he had nothing to do with the release of the tapes.
But the tapes were released, Sterling has admitted it's his voice on them, and the impact to the league was undeniable in sponsor cancellations and player protests.
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