Posted on Apr 29, 2014
NBA commissioner Adam Silver banned Donald Sterling from all NBA activities for life, fined him $2.5 million. Is this enough?
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He's going to be laughing all the way to the bank. He paid 12 million for the team. It's worth $500 million and I'm sure it will sell for twice that.
Banned for life? Who knows how many months that could be! LOL
Banned for life? Who knows how many months that could be! LOL
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Not to worry, he's going to have to leave the country. He's not going to be able to go anywhere in the US without people sharing their "thoughts" with him!
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I think punishing someone to that extent over a private conversation is ludacris. I can see the fine, if he violated some kind of behavior clause in the NBA contract but pretty much forcing him to sell HIS stake in the team seems somewhat un-American to me.
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SFC,
I dont think the persons history should be cause for a certain punishment. There was no trial for him to defend his character or for others to defermate him. So his past shouldnt have played a factor in this decision. For this singular, probably unlawful, event the punishment was far to extreme in my opinion.
I dont think the persons history should be cause for a certain punishment. There was no trial for him to defend his character or for others to defermate him. So his past shouldnt have played a factor in this decision. For this singular, probably unlawful, event the punishment was far to extreme in my opinion.
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Also, from the recording clips i heard there was no racial slur used. From what i gather the "black man" he refers to is magic johnson. he just didnt want his mistress to be seen with him at the clippers events.
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Its not a good look still, plus most, well all of his STAR employees are of African American decent. I wouldn't work for a CDR that had such feelings either. There is a level of professionalism to be maintained in any professional organization.
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True however, these are his private feelings. If he truly was a racist as everyone is making out im sure all the black players would be payed less or ostracized in some other way. That would be like me looking at a SGM's mason ring and automatically thinking that i shouldnt trust him because i read too much and think theyre cultist or something.
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