Should racist comments force LA Clippers owner to sell team?

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  • Jon Chorba
    Jon Chorba Posts: 268
    Dead Man Walking said:

    Not throwing this at anyone here, just thought I'd share.
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    Amen! This is not a freedom of speech issue!



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  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,314
    After thinking it over, I agree that this is not a 1st ammendment case.

    I don't agree that private conversation should land you in public hot water, but it is what it is. Based on what I'm learning about this guy, he should have been booted long ago.
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  • Hugh Freaking Dillon
    Hugh Freaking Dillon Posts: 14,010
    1st ammendment rights only apply to being punished by the government, not private commerce. NBA doesn't want this guy in their group, they can force him to sell if they want. That d-bag of a girlfriend fucked him over royally. You dump the guy if he's a racist, you don't ruin his fucking life and turn him into enemy #1 in the US.
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  • backseatLover12
    backseatLover12 Posts: 2,312
    That d-bag of a girlfriend was only looking out for his money, nothing else. Typical gold digger.
  • JimmyV
    JimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 19,600
    Both the league and the girlfriend knew he was a racist long before now.
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  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    yes, the girlfriend is the real issue here 8-|
  • polaris_x
    polaris_x Posts: 13,559
    wow ... this is now going too far ... https://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-buzz/l-clippers-owner-donald-sterling-banned-nevada-bunny-162241653.html

    this is probably the harshest of penalties ...
  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    polaris_x said:

    wow ... this is now going too far ... https://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-buzz/l-clippers-owner-donald-sterling-banned-nevada-bunny-162241653.html

    this is probably the harshest of penalties ...

    I'm pretty sure his hookers weren't actually crying over this.

    Anyway, I was more intrigued by the title of the link midway through the article -
    [ More Buzz: Angry beaver causes traffic chaos in New Brunswick ]
    :D
  • polaris_x
    polaris_x Posts: 13,559
    hedonist said:

    polaris_x said:

    wow ... this is now going too far ... https://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-buzz/l-clippers-owner-donald-sterling-banned-nevada-bunny-162241653.html

    this is probably the harshest of penalties ...

    I'm pretty sure his hookers weren't actually crying over this.

    Anyway, I was more intrigued by the title of the link midway through the article -
    [ More Buzz: Angry beaver causes traffic chaos in New Brunswick ]
    :D
    angry beaver could do far worse ... haha
  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,314
    With Larry Ellison wanting to bid on this team, I could see the winning bid reach $1.5B ... which is the equivilent of one of us splurging on a nice lawnmower considering how much money Larry has.

    By the way, Sterling bought the Clippers for $12.5M back in the early eighties.
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  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    not the onion

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  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    Had you not prefaced it with that, I would've thought it was that.
  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,314
    Leon Jenkins .... solid name.

    Looks like Leon is resigning. Wonder if Leon has a nice BMW from questionable sources parked in front of his house ...
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  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,314
    Now I'm thinking there is a very good chance he may have a BMW from questionable sources parked in front of his house ....

    Jenkins had his own legal problems, which also came into focus this week. For years, he has been banned from practicing law in California based on allegations of corruption when he was a young judge in Detroit.

    In 1988, federal prosecutors charged Jenkins with extortion and racketeering conspiracy, saying he requested and received money, jewelry, a handgun and other gifts to dismiss traffic tickets and other misdemeanors. While Jenkins was acquitted after two trials, in 1991 the Michigan Supreme Court removed him as a judge.

    He had "systematically and routinely sold his office and his public trust," then-Chief Justice Michael Cavanagh said at the time.

    In April, three judges with California's State Bar Court denied Jenkins' most recent request to practice law again. The judges lauded Jenkins' volunteer work with the NAACP and other organizations, but they cited several instances in which they said he misrepresented his finances or other aspects of his personal life.

    espn.go.com/los-angeles/nba/story/_/id/10870520/president-local-naacp-chapter-resigns-donald-sterling-award-decision
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  • lukin2006
    lukin2006 Posts: 9,087
    Los Angeles Clippers owner Sterling battling cancer: report

    http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/basketball/los-angeles-clippers-owner-sterling-battling-cancer-report/article18385803/
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  • JimmyV
    JimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 19,600
    lukin2006 said:

    Los Angeles Clippers owner Sterling battling cancer: report

    http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/basketball/los-angeles-clippers-owner-sterling-battling-cancer-report/article18385803/

    Saw this last night. Curious timing of the report, to be sure, but cancer is something I would not wish on anyone.
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  • Hugh Freaking Dillon
    Hugh Freaking Dillon Posts: 14,010
    His invitation to that awards banquet has been revoked.
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  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,314
    Hugh Freaking Dillon said:

    His invitation to that awards banquet has been revoked.

    You can't take Danny Glover anywhere any more ...
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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,692
    edited May 2014
    It was a predictable outcome. Of course there are no laws about expressing one's views, but when someone is in the public eye and makes money off of that public they can't expect to keep their jobs or their business when they publicly alienate the majority of their customers. As JimmyV said, fucking weird racket to be in if you're racist against black people. Maybe his next career will be in the rap and R&B industry? image
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  • Idris
    Idris Posts: 2,317
    Hugh Freaking Dillon said:

    His invitation to that awards banquet has been revoked.

    How incredibly unfortunate.

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