Posted on 04/29/2014 11:46:40 AM PDT by Mariner
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — NBA Commissioner Adam Silver announced Tuesday Clippers owner Donald Sterling will be suspended for life and fined $2.5 million in response to the racist remarks he allegedly made in a recorded audio clip.
Silver spoke to the press at 11 a.m. news conference from New York, stating he will “do everything in my power” to force the sale of the Clippers.
“The hateful opinions voiced by that man are those of Mr. Sterling. The views expressed by Mr. Sterling are deeply offensive and harmful. That they came from an NBA owner only heightens the damage and my personal outrage,” Silver said. “I am banning Mr. Sterling for life from any association with the Clippers association or the NBA. Mr. Sterling may not attend any NBA games or practices, he may not be present at any Clippers facility, and he may not participate in any business or decisions involving the team.”
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You are now going into management vs labor issues.
Sterling is part of “management” and therefore this is not an issue where you end up with management vs labor.
The rest of management is saying “we don’t want you here” which is perfectly legal under the rules Sterling agreed to.
If he didn’t like those rules he didn’t have to sign the agreement
Did you hear the part of the recording where she asked Sterling if it would be ok to bring a white player to the games and used Larry Bird as her example? She would have been 8 years old when Bird retired. That obviously has Magics fingerprints on it.
***The whole thing sounded scripted to me..did she borrow TOTUS from Obozo?
It can’t bid any party to perform an illegal act. The civil rights laws weigh on it, for instance.
People sign agreements every day that at some point are found to be illegal or non-enforcable in a court of law.
If Obama had a living grandfather, he would look like Mr. Sterling.
Of course, but you are seeing an Irish jig of denial.
Sure, but again what precisely is illegal here.
If Sterling is suspended for life, that is a decision by the NBA and in line with its bylaws that Sterling has agreed to, which 2 private parties can do
Magic and group interested in the Clippers:
Report: Magic Johnson Ownership Group May Have Interest In Clippers
I suspect a quiet deal will be worked out where Sterling gets a bit more money, Magic gets the clippers, and everyone goes away quietly.
A lawsuit would be damaging to everyone involved. No owner wants to have to go through discovery, and the court of public opinion has already branded Sterling as a racist (which he probably is, but that is not the point). Also think of this. Holder could order the DOJ in for civil rights violations and hate crimes if Sterling puts up a fight.
So there will be no lawsuit.
They do. Those are generally idiots.
The lawyers in the NBA and Sterling’s lawyers aren’t idiots
But that "somebody" is a part of the "NBA monopoly."
I agree. More then likely there will be a very large settlement and Sterling will be gone from the NBA
Just because two parties agree to a contract.... in writing... does not mean it is enforceable and will stand up in a court of law.
Agree. And those are usually not contracts involving billions of dollars.
Sterling can sue, but what would be the point? He’ll be ostracized by the other NBA owners if he does and they’ll make his life a living hell if he would succeed.
More then likely there will be a settlement and Sterling will be gone
Sterling doesn’t have to sue. He should go on about his business. It is up to the NBA to sue and get a court to enforce their ban. The NBA does not have a swat team.
I don’t disagree.
The whole thing is stupid.
The NBA would go to court to attach Sterling's bank accounts and assets.
The bigger issue is the idea of forcing Sterling to sell the Clippers. If the NBA can do that, are any of the owners truly "owners"?
Steinbrenner and Schott were also suspended by MLB in the ‘90s and cooperated. I don’t see an 82 year old man trying to hurt the brand anymore and potentially hurt his sale price.
The NBA could easily retaliate by with holding revenue sharing payments to the Clippers if Sterling chose this route.
Owners aren’t stupid when dealing with other owners with exception to Al Davis, who was then of course ostracized by the rest of the NFL owners. Its why Dan Snyder and Jerry Jones didn’t sue the NFL after the 2012 “cap penalties”
Not according to the NBA Constitution and NBA Bylaws, to which Sterling's agreed. Paragraph 13 of the Constitution establishes the owners' right to terminate another owner's franchise. Sterling agreed to that.
Sterling also agreed to Paragraph 24(m) of the Constitution, saying that the NBA commissioner's decision is "final, binding, and conclusive" and is final as an award of arbitration. Courts are loathe to mess with a private agreed-upon arbitration award.
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