SportsAndLady
Posts: 35,632
Apr 29, 2014 3:11pm
Who you talking about?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.
Fly4Fun
Posts: 7,730
Apr 29, 2014 3:13pm
Spike Lee possibly?SportsAndLady;1610690 wrote:Who you talking about?
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gut
Posts: 15,058
Apr 29, 2014 3:13pm
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).
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queencitybuckeye
Posts: 7,117
Apr 29, 2014 3:14pm
Spike Lee.SportsAndLady;1610690 wrote:Who you talking about?
wildcats20
Posts: 27,794
Apr 29, 2014 3:18pm
@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.
sleeper
Posts: 27,879
Apr 29, 2014 3:23pm
Blacks can't be racists. We know this by now.queencitybuckeye;1610693 wrote:Spike Lee.
sleeper
Posts: 27,879
Apr 29, 2014 3:23pm
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.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.
bases_loaded
Posts: 6,912
Apr 29, 2014 3:25pm
Whoa....how can they do that...I understand kicking him out, but then they get to decide who and how much its sold for...dafuqwildcats20;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.
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QuakerOats
Posts: 8,740
Apr 29, 2014 3:28pm
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.
sleeper
Posts: 27,879
Apr 29, 2014 3:30pm
I still want to hear from Sterling. Hopefully he goes full retard and fights this with every last dollar he has.
sleeper
Posts: 27,879
Apr 29, 2014 3:31pm
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.
Devils Advocate
Posts: 4,539
Apr 29, 2014 3:32pm
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.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).
wildcats20
Posts: 27,794
Apr 29, 2014 3:33pm
I believe it was Jim Gray(lol!!) who got a response from him this afternoon...sleeper;1610702 wrote:I still want to hear from Sterling. Hopefully he goes full retard and fights this with every last dollar he has.
"The team is not for sale" I think is what it was.
sleeper
Posts: 27,879
Apr 29, 2014 3:35pm
Good.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.
SportsAndLady
Posts: 35,632
Apr 29, 2014 3:40pm
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steubbigred
Posts: 1,392
Apr 29, 2014 3:46pm
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.
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Gblock
Apr 29, 2014 3:48pm
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 $$$
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steubbigred
Posts: 1,392
Apr 29, 2014 3:48pm
I share your sentiment. This is accurate and I have been battling this all my life.SportsAndLady;1610708 wrote:
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gut
Posts: 15,058
Apr 29, 2014 3:50pm
Sure. And I think on that basis the [private] league has a right to sanction him as some sort of moral clause. However, I think it's potentially a gray area when you start talking about the league forcing and/or managing the sale of the team. The latter would be a sort of loophole to enable blackmail.Devils Advocate;1610705 wrote:California does have a 2 party consent law on phone recordings. But a 3rd party can use them as long as it is not a criminal prosecution.
Devils Advocate
Posts: 4,539
Apr 29, 2014 3:50pm
News flash:
Oprah has apparently offered 750 million in a cash deal.
Oprah has apparently offered 750 million in a cash deal.
Devils Advocate
Posts: 4,539
Apr 29, 2014 3:52pm
Wishful thinking any way....
SportsAndLady
Posts: 35,632
Apr 29, 2014 3:55pm
If they force you while simultaneously fining you, would you pay it?Gblock;1610711 wrote:The nba is a brand. When you hurt the brand u can be forced out. If u own ur own pizza shop u can say whatever u want. If you own a papa johns and u put a swastika in the window u can be forced out. U run a business within a bigger business. This is all about the $$$
Anyone know the legal ramifications of sterling just not paying the fine?
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thavoice
Posts: 14,376
Apr 29, 2014 3:56pm
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 $$$?
SportsAndLady
Posts: 35,632
Apr 29, 2014 3:57pm
thavoice;1610718 wrote:Yes, I understand that thavoice. That wasn't the answer I was looking for.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.
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thavoice
Posts: 14,376
Apr 29, 2014 3:58pm
SportsAndLady;1610719 wrote:My bad.thavoice;1610718 wrote:
Yes, I understand that thavoice. That wasn't the answer I was looking for.
Maybe my edit answered it..that they would just take it from the revenue sharing...