Posted on 04/30/2014 1:03:10 PM PDT by Laissez-faire capitalist
If and when Sterling becomes an ex-owner of the Los Angeles Clippers, how can the NBA keep him from attending a Bulls-Knicks game in Chicago, for example, if he walks in just like everyone else?
If Sterling can be banned, can some person who posts racially-charged epithets online on whatever online media platform be identified by the NBA as an "undesirable" - a persona non grata - and summarily "banned" from all NBA games?
Are we now in the age where the owner of a "restaurant" who said no to blacks eating in his restaurant is booted out, his restaurant bought, and then he is banned from eating in that "restaurant?"
But Adam Silver's desire seems, seems to go beyond wanting him banned from just that one "restaurant."
Banned from ALL NBA "restaurants?"
Can one hunt monsters and become a monster?
I did a bit of research, the Clippers play at an arena called the “Staples Center” which is privately owned by the Anschutz Group.
Perhaps some locals can comment on the extent of tax breaks.
Why not? As a supporter of the freedom of association, I would want to respect the right of the McDonald's establishment to determine what individuals it will allow on their property.
If Sterling were an owner of said McDonald's and he drug their name through the mud, rescinding his license would be one thing, but how could they tell him that he couldn't eat in a Mcdonald’s (after they stripped his license) in say Chicago - walking in and ordering a Big Mac like everyone else.
The Federal Civil Rights Act guarantees all people the right to "full and equal enjoyment of the goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages, and accommodations of any place of public accommodation, without discrimination or segregation on the ground of race, color, religion, or national origin.
I don't think a-holes have class protection yet under the law.
Seems like the fastest *investigation* in NBA history. Was there even an investigation?
Why haven’t they banned Jayz or Shaq for life? Equally offensive (content of character), yet they get a pass?
I’m not saying that the story I made up is what Sterling would actually say. What I’m saying is that it was a private phone call, and the only person who is providing any context is the person getting sued by Sterling for embezzling millions of dollars from him. Life is weird, context is necessary, and the response of the NBA is so over-the-top draconian and idiotic and knee-jerk PC that I could make up any story and it would sound reasonable compared to the extremity of what is actually going on.
Missed that.
I wonder, though, if Sterling was among the pack of hyenas that went after other people who made a true but careless statement?
Don’t know that he was, but my money would go that way.
sorry,I dont chat with strangers on the internet
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