I have a feeling that the pre-trial discovery process would reveal quite a bit.
And, consider how many professional athletes, including NBA stars, have been in trouble with the law in one way or another. Yet none of these players ever seem to face any sanctions. Yet we see an owner who says outrageous things privately, and gets banned.
How many NBA players use the N word for example? If we’re going to go there, I suspect that not only some owners, but most players, would have to be banned.
The NBA commissioner has set a strong precedent here, that anyone who says anything, even privately, which is judged to be hate speech, will be banned for life from the NBA. I wonder if this new standard will be applied across the board.
I’ve heard that Sterling is difficult to deal with and get along with. And that he’s a hard nosed guy who is used to getting his own way. I’ve heard that he does not want to sell the team, in spite of his suspension.
I’ve also heard that the team is actually owned by the Sterling Trust, which in turn is controlled by him, his estranged wife, and children. A legal process to force a sale of the team will have to involve these other people in the trust, not just Sterling.
I think the lawyers are going to have a lot to deal with, if Sterling resists a forced sale.
He's black and is HIV+.
Because of his HIV, libs and gays will rally BEHIND...him. The fact that he has gone so long with HIV, without it going to full blown AIDS, gives hope to others to continue in there lifestyles without consequence.
He ain’t goin’ down without a fight. A lot of personal AND Constitutional issues in play here.
Ever since Ted Kennedy, that hasn't been true for lefties.
If I had $2 billion, I sure would NOT own an NBA team.
The P/Is could mine all the social media for comments by NBA players and their friends, associates, and fans. They could start conducting criminal background investigations and Sterling’s layers could ask why these people are also not getting lifetime bans. Sterling could make this so painful that his little girlfriend and those who are eager to buy the team will regret that this ever came up.
I would burn the team to the ground for spite and retire to my own island.
Ever since the NBA announced this debacle I have been wondering what would happen if all non-blacks were to ‘boycott’ all NBA games. Would not the NBA fold in a heartbeat? I do believe that the NBA is now on thin ice and chopping holes into which they are sure that they will fall.
If I had 2 Billion dollars...I’d be rich.
I like the idea, BUT if one is a progressive and a billionaire there is a screw loose.
While his fellow progressives nail him to the wall he may be still thinking the same as they.
I would have my doctor write me an excuse because of the medications I am on
... I wouldn’t have a side girlfriend, and if I had any non-PC thoughts running in my head I’d keep them there. I also wouldn’t have spent the last 30 years deliberately putting a bad team on the court.
Just wondering if they actually can prevent this ‘Sterling Trust’ from selling tickets to an NBA game to an individual. I cannot see it standing anywhere.
They have opened a can of worms of course, but maybe they really just want to get these Playoffs over.
I’d at least patronize a better class of prostitutes.
If I was Sterling I would just bug the locker rooms and record the voices of the players and visiting players as well as the referees.
Trust me. Sterling already knows where the bodies are buried:
Sterling and Silver...strange pairing of names.
This is not going to end well for the NBA. I think Sterling is a major asshole but one that is not into giving up. This is going to drag on for years.
I would also suggest you be careful when selecting your bimbos. You never know when one might be taping you.