So, next Tuesday then?
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I read elsewhere that #1 is precisely what the NBA will do if he does not sell. No games would be scheduled with Sterling’s Clippers regardless of #'s 2 and 3 taking place
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/nba/news/20140429/donald-sterling-nba-adam-silver-clippers-lawsuit-lifetime-ban/… So Don doesn’t plan on selling and intends to go down with the sinking ship. The article in this link from SI does present a number of possible scenarios. And while Sterling may think he has fallback. What he should keep in mind is, who does he thinks want to play for his team after this fiasco? What player in his right mind would sign on? In order for the Clippers to stay relevant, they have to have players to play. Trying to hold on is not going to help make his case.
I really have to go back over the commenting guidelines. There has to be an easier way to correct mistakes that are made in an original posting. sigh
As has been said before, all that would do is hurt the players, the extremely loyal fans who’ve stuck by them all these years, and all the people who work for or support the organization. There’s no way to hurt this guy financially. He’s a freakin billionaire even without the team.The only thing that hurts a guy like that is losing his prestige, the legacy he’s been working very hard to purchase, and making him a pariah. Allowing him to try to keep his team would just hurt a lot of people who’ve already been hurt enough by his actions and would allow him to remain in the public eye. No, thank you.
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The Clippers; Mr. Sterling does not own us.
sure Donald … have it your way you old fool … you got about 10 good years left if you are lucky - why not spend them all tangled up in litigatation and having virtually every human alive hoping you receive an early departure to the great beyond. Nice victory lap for the end of your life!
Yes, but like all 1-percenters, he believes the rules don’t apply to him. If all his sponsors running like scalded dogs doesn’t get his attention, maybe a unanimous ruling by the other owners will do the trick. I know there were empty seats at the game last night, but not enough to give Sterling pause. Maybe he figures he can survive just on ticket income – which is, to be charitable, a pipe dream.
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This is up to the Clipper fans, IF THEY DON’T
SHOW, STERLING WILL GO !!!
Why sell? He can lose it in the divorce to his wife just as easily.
I’m pretty skeptical the other owners will band together and vote to force him out, unless or until it starts to hit them where it hurts (the wallet).
This guy has been a cancer for three decades, and the league did nothing. He and his wife have been racist a-holes for probably a lot longer than that, but public record shows they’ve been racist a-holes for at least a decade, and nobody listened. The fact that it’s only NOW that they’re deciding to take action and pat themselves on the back for a job well done is really pretty meh to me.
This link below to a radio interview done yesterday with Bomani Jones absolutely nails the absurdity of this whole thing. It’s long, but definitely worth a listen.
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“think?” You’re being far too kind to the “gentleman.”
easier than editing them?
“According to the NBA constitution a decision to terminate the ownership of a team is final and binding and the ousted owner waives any court fight” and most legal eagles seem to agree that the constitution is iron clad. Of course Sterling is going to put up a defiant front, but he’ll be offered attractive deals by prospective buyers and will eventually melt down like The Wicked Witch
Did she say that from under the welder’s mask she was sporting?
The league can do a lot more than just void his player’s contracts. They can not schedule any games with the Clippers. They can also (as a last resort) vote to dissolve the Clippers organization and grant an expansion team in LA to new ownership. He is screwed and it is in his best interest to get the best deal he can get and just sell them.
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This is actually the stick. The league absolutely has the right to just kick the Clippers out of the league, void all the contracts and start a new franchise in LA. I think Sterling is very away of that fact, and this is just posturing on his part. Frankly, I think he’s still just in shock. This only happened, what, 5 days ago? 4? He’s behaved like this the entire time he’s owned the team, so I suspect the fact that it all crashed down on his head in that quick a time frame is still a bit mindblowing. He’ll ultimately take his boxcar of money and go home.
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I agree, but I think he is just posturing for the best deal he can get now. He is a business man first and I guess he figures the NBA will offer him a generous buy-out.
Well, I don’t know. I mean, it IS the Clippers.
Forcing him to own it sounds like a better punishment than selling.
Pete Rose deserved everything he got. He was (and still is) an embarrassment to baseball, period.
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No, no, no. They will not do that. They only hate the government when it tries to enforce the law. It’s okay with them if private corporations and billionaires screw the working man (or in this case the working millionaire) because the private sector knows best! The NBA can rest assured there will be no militia involved. ; )