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Apr 29, 2014 3:11 PM
queencitybuckeye;1610679 wrote:Sorry if this was mentioned, but it's ironic that in effect, the commissioner is saying there's not room for racism in the league, but there's a stone racist sitting in the 2nd row.
Who you talking about?
Apr 29, 2014 3:11pm
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Apr 29, 2014 3:13 PM
SportsAndLady;1610690 wrote:Who you talking about?
Spike Lee possibly?
Apr 29, 2014 3:13pm
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Apr 29, 2014 3:13 PM
I'm wondering what legal standing the NBA would have to take action on an illegal recording (CA, where I assume the recording was made, has a two-party consent law to recording private conversations).
Apr 29, 2014 3:13pm
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Apr 29, 2014 3:14 PM
SportsAndLady;1610690 wrote:Who you talking about?
Spike Lee.
Apr 29, 2014 3:14pm
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Apr 29, 2014 3:18 PM
@ZachLowe_NBA: League sources say Silver/league, not Sterling, would control Clips sales process in event Silver gets the required 3/4 vote to force it.
Apr 29, 2014 3:18pm
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Apr 29, 2014 3:23 PM
queencitybuckeye;1610693 wrote:Spike Lee.
Blacks can't be racists. We know this by now.
Apr 29, 2014 3:23pm
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Apr 29, 2014 3:23 PM
wildcats20;1610694 wrote:@ZachLowe_NBA: League sources say Silver/league, not Sterling, would control Clips sales process in event Silver gets the required 3/4 vote to force it.
Again, I really don't think Sterling is just going to roll over and take it in the ass from the league. I expect him to fight it.
Apr 29, 2014 3:23pm
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Apr 29, 2014 3:25 PM
wildcats20;1610694 wrote:@ZachLowe_NBA: League sources say Silver/league, not Sterling, would control Clips sales process in event Silver gets the required 3/4 vote to force it.
Whoa....how can they do that...I understand kicking him out, but then they get to decide who and how much its sold for...dafuq
Apr 29, 2014 3:25pm
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Apr 29, 2014 3:28 PM
sleeper;1610697 wrote:Again, I really don't think Sterling is just going to roll over and take it in the ass from the league. I expect him to fight it.

The $2.5 million will come out of the girlfriend's paycheck. She should have known better than to hang out with a slime-ball plaintiff's trial attorney.
Apr 29, 2014 3:28pm
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Apr 29, 2014 3:30 PM
I still want to hear from Sterling. Hopefully he goes full retard and fights this with every last dollar he has.
Apr 29, 2014 3:30pm
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Apr 29, 2014 3:31 PM
What I hate most is the $2.5 million is going to go to anti-discrimination groups which are in reality groups run by minorities who race bait for more funding. The best way to get rid of discrimination in this country is to get rid of anti-discrimination laws and AA. That would make everyone equal regardless of race.
Apr 29, 2014 3:31pm
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Apr 29, 2014 3:32 PM
gut;1610692 wrote:I'm wondering what legal standing the NBA would have to take action on an illegal recording (CA, where I assume the recording was made, has a two-party consent law to recording private conversations).
California does have a 2 party consent law on phone recordings. But a 3rd party can use them as long as it is not a criminal prosecution.
Apr 29, 2014 3:32pm
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Apr 29, 2014 3:33 PM
sleeper;1610702 wrote:I still want to hear from Sterling. Hopefully he goes full retard and fights this with every last dollar he has.
I believe it was Jim Gray(lol!!) who got a response from him this afternoon...

"The team is not for sale" I think is what it was.
Apr 29, 2014 3:33pm
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Apr 29, 2014 3:35 PM
wildcats20;1610706 wrote:I believe it was Jim Gray(lol!!) who got a response from him this afternoon...

"The team is not for sale" I think is what it was.
Good.
Apr 29, 2014 3:35pm
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Apr 29, 2014 3:40 PM
Apr 29, 2014 3:40pm
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Apr 29, 2014 3:46 PM
Glad to see this action taken. It's amazing that this man got away with so many outrageous acts of discrimination to this point without the NBA doing something about it and especially the LA branch of the NAACP. Never the less the appropriate action was taken and hopefully the sale of the team will come this off season and even more hopeful is that no member of that family will continue to own the Clippers.
Apr 29, 2014 3:46pm
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Apr 29, 2014 3:48 PM
The nba is a brand. When you hurt the brand u can be forced out. If u own ur own pizza shop u can say whatever u want. If you own a papa johns and u put a swastika in the window u can be forced out. U run a business within a bigger business. This is all about the $$$
Apr 29, 2014 3:48pm
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Apr 29, 2014 3:48 PM
SportsAndLady;1610708 wrote:
I share your sentiment. This is accurate and I have been battling this all my life.
Apr 29, 2014 3:48pm
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Apr 29, 2014 3:50 PM
Devils Advocate;1610705 wrote:California does have a 2 party consent law on phone recordings. But a 3rd party can use them as long as it is not a criminal prosecution.
Sure. And I think on that basis the [private] league has a right to sanction him as some sort of moral clause. However, I think it's potentially a gray area when you start talking about the league forcing and/or managing the sale of the team. The latter would be a sort of loophole to enable blackmail.
Apr 29, 2014 3:50pm
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Apr 29, 2014 3:50 PM
News flash:

Oprah has apparently offered 750 million in a cash deal.
Apr 29, 2014 3:50pm
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Apr 29, 2014 3:52 PM
Wishful thinking any way....
Apr 29, 2014 3:52pm
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Apr 29, 2014 3:55 PM
Gblock;1610711 wrote:The nba is a brand. When you hurt the brand u can be forced out. If u own ur own pizza shop u can say whatever u want. If you own a papa johns and u put a swastika in the window u can be forced out. U run a business within a bigger business. This is all about the $$$
If they force you while simultaneously fining you, would you pay it?

Anyone know the legal ramifications of sterling just not paying the fine?
Apr 29, 2014 3:55pm
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Apr 29, 2014 3:56 PM
SportsAndLady;1610717 wrote:If they force you while simultaneously fining you, would you pay it?

Anyone know the legal ramifications of sterling just not paying the fine?[/QUOTE]

Doubt that he cares what it would be. PRobably would be cheaper to pay it then try to fight it.

Could it be a simple as the league witholding that much money from any of the league sharged $$$?
Apr 29, 2014 3:56pm
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Apr 29, 2014 3:57 PM
thavoice;1610718 wrote:
SportsAndLady;1610717 wrote:If they force you while simultaneously fining you, would you pay it?

Anyone know the legal ramifications of sterling just not paying the fine?[/QUOTE]

Doubt that he cares what it would be. PRobably would be cheaper to pay it then try to fight it.
Yes, I understand that thavoice. That wasn't the answer I was looking for.
Apr 29, 2014 3:57pm
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Apr 29, 2014 3:58 PM
SportsAndLady;1610719 wrote:
thavoice;1610718 wrote:
Yes, I understand that thavoice. That wasn't the answer I was looking for.
My bad.
Maybe my edit answered it..that they would just take it from the revenue sharing...
Apr 29, 2014 3:58pm