Zoltan;1611327 wrote:No chance Mayweather buys the clippers. They are going to go for around $1.5B and he doesn't have that sort of scratch. Most people don't, but he isn't exactly a popular figurehead other business men/woman would get behind either.

Also, isn't he a convicted felon? There are way too many other people out there with more money, more experience, better reputations, etc. that the other owners would want as business partners.

ZWICK 4 PREZ;1611313 wrote:No one said racism and discrimination were antonyms. So they can be the same in certain instances. I'm other instances they aren't. I'm not sure your point since Laley said they weren't the same thing. I agreed... Bc they aren't. Laley said he can't see how judging someone by their skin color is the same as judging by their opinion. It isn't. But it also isn't that simplistic. You don't judge someone simply bc their skin tone is black. You don't have a problem with the color black. It's all the stereotyping that goes on beyond the fact that they're black. Same as it's all the stereotyping that goes on bc someone is a certain religion or background or whatever. And that's where the comparison is drawn.

lhslep134;1611330 wrote:You're using the umbrella term "stereotyping" to couch Sterling's racism as more simple discrimination. You are describing Sterling's racist words and calling them discriminatory when they are indeed racist.

Like I said, for you to not acknowledge that you're equating racism and discrimination is asinine. It's so obvious to everyone except you.

robj55;1611329 wrote:He's a racist and woman beater, would be worse than Sterling.

fish82;1611427 wrote:The NBA still sucks monkey balls, with or without Don Sterling.

rydawg5;1611470 wrote:What are some other actions that could get an owner banned? 1- make a private racist comment.. 2- DUI? Nah. 2- throw wife down stairs? Nah it's just a women 2- touch a little boy? Nah we still buy Michael Jackson albums.... So other than a racist comment what would you say would put an owner in jeopardy of losing his team?

steubbigred;1611489 wrote:DUI is nothing . Mayweather will never own the team because he is a woman beater. If you touch little boys you are getting kicked out of the NBA ,even in this country. You probably read the Blaze and listen to Glen Beck.

Sonofanump;1611569 wrote:How do you force a sale? He could demand more than it is worth and make the asking price more than anyone would pay.

Sonofanump;1611569 wrote:How do you force a sale? He could demand more than it is worth and make the asking price more than anyone would pay.

fish82;1611427 wrote:The NBA still sucks monkey balls, with or without Don Sterling.

Manhattan Buckeye;1611573 wrote:Just when I thought the media couldn't beat a dead horse even more than in the past, I'm proven incorrect.

Laley23;1611580 wrote:While its annoying to most of us, this is unprecedented.

A league in America forcing out an owner over racist remarks. It isnt really a dead horse yet. One of the biggest things to happen in pro sports in history, and its 5 days old...

Manhattan Buckeye;1611579 wrote:The problem with the NBA is that the season is just too damn long and involves too much travel to guarantee quality all year, but there's too much money to be made so there's no push to reduce the schedule. If teams played as hard throughout the season as they do in the playoffs, half the team would be burned out midway through the season.

The scumbag has no choice . He will garner a billion dollars for a 12.5 million investment from a 1981 purchase. Not sure what the 12.5 million would be worth today but it would not be anywhere near what the value of a billion dollars are today.
The maximum of 2.5 million fine is a drop in a bucket for him,but the NBA needs to get rid of this guy point blank.