Donald Sterling to sue the NBA for 1.7 billion

[celtic -_- pride]

Donald sterling is the type of dude that fights for that last slice of pizza but only takes one bite.

[D.o.s.]

Good for Sterling.  Espn, doc, magic Johnson, all of them are hypocrisy and created this circus.  If it was an issue they should a dealt with it from the get go.  This is what happens when priority embraces a.mob mentality and listens to the so called experts instead of using their brains.

 

Must be referring to the history of Sterling in a "You guys know what you were dealing with and signed up for!" type of argument.

Exactly.  The Ncaa did the same.thing with penn state.  People knew what was goin on under there noses and they let it go until  someone makes a big deal about it.  Don't act like all of a.sudden u care, it's hypocrisy and is the foundation of this country.  I love how LeBron and other people have such an issue with this guy's comments yet live in a country that allows the kluux Klan to  hold rallies whenever they want.  Why don't they protest that?  Oh because that might be the right thing to do.  No, let's be followers and jump on whatever the hot topic is and kick people while they're down.  It's a sad state of affairs the way our society and this league is.  They both need to keep their moral posturing to themselves.

You know, I might not have said exactly what you have written here, but I will give you a tp for getting across a very important point.

I said something similar a couple of days ago about hypocrisy and people's 'holier than thou' attitudes. I am certainly not a staunch supporter of Sterling, but it is a little jaw-dropping to see so many piling on when the vast majority of Americans have said much more insulting things about race, etc in the privacy of their own homes. I get it, he has had issues with tenants in his rental properties and has not always been respectful towards African-Americans, but his many honors, including the 2009 NAACP Lifetime Achievement Award, the 2008 BBA Humanitarian of the Year Award, and the 2008 NAACP Presidents Award (from cbssports.com) and [what was to be] his upcoming 2nd lifetime achievement award from the NAACP show that maybe he wasn't a total worthless piece of garbage.

And, if he was, well, everybody already knew that anyway. We shouldn't all be shocked that, after being set up by a disgruntled girlfriend, he said things that he has probably always thought.

Most people don't own NBA teams, though.


The idea that people getting on board with a good idea later, rather than never, is a bit absurd to me. It's akin to saying "well the 19th amendment is dumb because we should have always let women vote. Stupid to see so much support for it now."

[Sixth Man]

Good for Sterling.  Espn, doc, magic Johnson, all of them are hypocrisy and created this circus.  If it was an issue they should a dealt with it from the get go.  This is what happens when priority embraces a.mob mentality and listens to the so called experts instead of using their brains.

 

Must be referring to the history of Sterling in a "You guys know what you were dealing with and signed up for!" type of argument.

Exactly.  The Ncaa did the same.thing with penn state.  People knew what was goin on under there noses and they let it go until  someone makes a big deal about it.  Don't act like all of a.sudden u care, it's hypocrisy and is the foundation of this country.  I love how LeBron and other people have such an issue with this guy's comments yet live in a country that allows the kluux Klan to  hold rallies whenever they want.  Why don't they protest that?  Oh because that might be the right thing to do.  No, let's be followers and jump on whatever the hot topic is and kick people while they're down.  It's a sad state of affairs the way our society and this league is.  They both need to keep their moral posturing to themselves.

You know, I might not have said exactly what you have written here, but I will give you a tp for getting across a very important point.

I said something similar a couple of days ago about hypocrisy and people's 'holier than thou' attitudes. I am certainly not a staunch supporter of Sterling, but it is a little jaw-dropping to see so many piling on when the vast majority of Americans have said much more insulting things about race, etc in the privacy of their own homes. I get it, he has had issues with tenants in his rental properties and has not always been respectful towards African-Americans, but his many honors, including the 2009 NAACP Lifetime Achievement Award, the 2008 BBA Humanitarian of the Year Award, and the 2008 NAACP Presidents Award (from cbssports.com) and [what was to be] his upcoming 2nd lifetime achievement award from the NAACP show that maybe he wasn't a total worthless piece of garbage.

And, if he was, well, everybody already knew that anyway. We shouldn't all be shocked that, after being set up by a disgruntled girlfriend, he said things that he has probably always thought.

You're certainly welcome to speak for yourself, but you absolutely do not speak for me.  I'm not a fan of racial chatter, and I don't engage in it.  Many others do, but the vast majority of them do not own NBA franchises.  The right to free speech is not contiguous with the opportunity to own a franchise in a major sports league. 

Donald Sterling may well have redeeming qualities, but that is not the subject of discussion here because it's not relevant to the question of "what did he say and what should the league's response be?" 

[Kane3387]

Where is the 1.7 billion number mentioned?

[Finkelskyhook]

Got to love that the league is going to name a Clippers' CEO....I'm sure whoever they appoint will be looking out for the franchise's best interests....lol.

Why don't they just name the Great Liar interim CEO and give him a head start.....It's pretty obvious that the goal is to sell him the Clippers at some point. 

[Eja117]

It would so so so not surprise me if in the next two months a tape emerges of ...pick one....MJ or Mark Cuban or Jerry Jones or a very popular player like Lebron, or even someone in the public eye like Obama or Hillary or Rush or Ellen DeG or someone totally unpredictable or maybe very predictable saying something equally horrid, and when it does it will be very interesting to see what happens.