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Looking for genuine discourse re: Donald Sterling/NBA

colton said:
Again, there's a lot of difference between a owner and a player. Owners can and should take all of those factors into account when deciding whether or not to sign a player. On the other hand, players who are drafted CANNOT take anything into account when "selecting" their owner. Therefore an owner has a much higher standard to maintain, in my opinion.
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...no one is really arguing that Sterling said what he said, and even though in private, hit the front page of the N.Y. Post because of modern day technology that he should have known was a possibility! What we are saying is that there seems to be a double standard when it comes to what the NBA says is acceptable and where they draw the line! In actuality, rap invading the NBA, is by far the worst of the worst when it comes to effecting people's thinking, especially the young and impressionable.....and yet and still is promoted at the highest level in every avenue possible, before, during and after games! Both Mushnick and my man Dutch....clearly point this out in easy terms to understand!
 
Attorney: Sterling's wife wants to keep Clippers


Posted May 8, 2014 3:23 PM

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- An attorney representing the estranged wife of Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling said Thursday that she will fight to retain her 50 percent ownership stake in the team.

"She will not agree to a forced or involuntary seizure of her interest," said Shelly Sterling's attorney, Pierce O'Donnell. "As her lawyers we will fight vigorously to defend her property rights."

O'Donnell also told The Associated Press that Shelly Sterling has been separated from her husband for the last year and is considering divorce.

Last week, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver banned Donald Sterling from the NBA for life and urged league owners to force him to sell the team. The move came after a recording surfaced in which Sterling made racist comments.

O'Donnell said Mrs. Sterling "abhors" the comments and that Silver had "exonerated" Mrs. Sterling in his statement last week by saying there was no decision made about other members of the family.

O'Donnell said he spoke with NBA officials Thursday morning but declined to elaborate. He said Mrs. Sterling has been working cooperatively with Silver and his staff and supported his announcement seeking a new chief executive officer and the NBA's decision to place longtime team President Andy Roeser on leave.

O'Donnell said Mrs. Sterling is an ardent Clippers fan and plans to attend Friday's playoff game against Oklahoma City.

"We abhor guilt by association in America," O'Donnell said. "The sins of the husband cannot be imputed to the wife or children."
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and yes it is a violation of freedom of speech when property rights are in danger
 
DutchJazzer said:
so wife beater jason kidd does not get a lifeitme ban.
but donald who spoke in private gets a lifetime ban and suffers financial losses.

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Totally agree that Jason Kidd should have gotten a lifetime ban. That is the next issue that the NBA needs to deal with, in my opinion. There is not room for racism or sexism in today's world.
 
b_line said:
Totally agree that Jason Kidd should have gotten a lifetime ban. That is the next issue that the NBA needs to deal with, in my opinion. There is not room for racism or sexism in today's world.
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Isiah Thomas, as well.
 
b_line said:
Totally agree that Jason Kidd should have gotten a lifetime ban. That is the next issue that the NBA needs to deal with, in my opinion. There is not room for racism or sexism in today's world.
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or DUI....
(or whatever he was convicted of)
 
anyhow, the lawyers are certainly going to rake it in on this...

Does anybody know exactly how the ownership of the Clippers is structured?
 
b_line said:
Your logic is flawed, since Adam Silver is in fact himself Jewish.
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...I didn't realize that! But thanks for pointing it out! At least the next NBA lockout will last much longer! Howz this for an un-Jewish opinion: Reader Phil Glowatz: “Sterling’s mistake was that he didn’t rap his words as lyrics, throw in some N-words, reference women as b—–s and wh—s. Then he could have been invited to the White House to perform for the President.”
 
Stoked said:
Only if the government (city, county, state or federal) is the ones trying to take it.
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really? so i can take your property cus you said something i dont like.


hmmm i'll move to america and start claiming property :D



basically as i see it his he either gives up "property rights" or "Freedom of speech in privcy right"
 
Stoked said:
Only if the government (city, county, state or federal) is the ones trying to take it.
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And if the organization you have a contractual relationship with has rights under that contract to terminate your membership for cause. . . . . .
 
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