Lifetime Ban for Sterling

[NYSportsGuy210]

I would just love for one reporter to ask this man why it is ok for his black girlfriend to have sexual relations with black men, but not be seen with them in public.

I really want to hear his "81 year old man" explanation for this.

Yea that is weird. And if he is suing her for $1.8 million why are they even talking to each other?

[geebert74]

All just to have a black owner in there someday

[MoneyLineDawg]

guy was obviously a scumbag, billionaire doesnt need sympathy

Exactly....Not paying for one of his coaches cancer treatment among much more pathetic things

[zooom]

i find solace in the fact that he hates blacks more than mexicans.

[brooks85]

not when it becomes public

.....or did you miss that

Oh..so you're acknowledging his personal opinions are being ostracized by the public?

Thanks for being an example of my point.

[TwoWays]

Exactly....Not paying for one of his coaches cancer treatment among much more pathetic things

it is how the issue is being treated that angers many.

[LT Profits]

if he is forced to sell, which i still dont see happening, itll be at a massive discount.

anyways this could put him to an early grave, seems like this team kept him going.

I originally thought that the "ban" included stripping him of ownership. Seems that it doesn't, which weakens the desired effect of the ban IMO.

[MoneyLineDawg]

it is how the issue is being treated that angers many.

Who cares who it angers....The backlash is always bad when it comes to offending Blacks, Jews, or Gays....Easily predictable there

The Bottomline is a billionaire scumbag finally got taken out....Karma

[boeing power]

I originally thought that the "ban" included stripping him of ownership. Seems that it doesn't, which weakens the desired effect of the ban IMO.

He will be forced to sell, league only needs 2/3 of the owners to vote him out.

It's a slam dunk.

[brooks85]

Who cares who it angers....The backlash is always bad when it comes to offending Blacks, Jews, or Gays....Easily predictable there

The Bottomline is a billionaire scumbag finally got taken out....Karma

Yes, if by "taken out" you mean either way this plays out Sterling wins then sure, he was "taken out." lol

[thetrinity]

i agree with everyone that sterling seems like a total douche, basically hes not allowed to have a non pc opinion and own a nba franchise is what they said today, no more freedom of speech.

another thing i dont get is the 2.5 million fine, i thought 1 mil was the max? guess silver is gonna be the dictator and thats it.

[mcdonae101]

Lmfao listening to Stephen a smith trying to sound like al sharpton or Jesse Jackson, what a typical *. "It's what all black people were looking for" he said. What a dumbass

[brooks85]

He will be forced to sell, league only needs 2/3 of the owners to vote him out.

It's a slam dunk.

Put your money where your mouth is.

I'll throw you a bone, you'd be better off donating the money to the democratic party if you want to waste it.

[ThaTopMoron]

Oh..so you're acknowledging his personal opinions are being ostracized by the public?

Thanks for being an example of my point.

once something is public, it can hurt his team, hurt the league, hurt the image. that's why they have bylaws. they have to protect the product.

guy just got banned for life by someone who has known him for 20 years

[mcdonae101]

He will be forced to sell, league only needs 2/3 of the owners to vote him out.

It's a slam dunk.

I thought it was 3/4

[thetrinity]

2/3 vote isnt a slam dunk like everyone thinks, reinsdorf and the buss family are good friends of him.

even if they do get it, it has a snowballs chance in hell of holding up in a court of law if sterling wants to fight it.

even mark cuban says the nba was on a slippery slope, i think this is just getting started now actually, silver could have ended it today instead he fans the flames.

[Ghenghis Kahn]

he's fukking 100 years old, lifetime ban for him is just couple years...

[boeing power]

Put your money where your mouth is.

I'll throw you a bone, you'd be better off donating the money to the democratic party if you want to waste it.

You don't think they vote him out?

They have to protect their product.

[boeing power]

I thought it was 3/4

You're right.

was never good with fractions.

[mcdonae101]

It's 3/4, not 2/3. Big difference there

[jjgold]

Does this improve black race??


Of course not
Business as usual

[paco]

Is this still America?

[brooks85]

You don't think they vote him out?

They have to protect their product.

well I'm no expert by any means but they need 3/4 to actually terminate his ownership. On top of that, rich people stick together and it would be a terrible precedent to set if they voted to allow an injustice like forcing Sterling to sell his team to happen at their own hands.

[d2bets]

2/3 vote isnt a slam dunk like everyone thinks, reinsdorf and the buss family are good friends of him.

even if they do get it, it has a snowballs chance in hell of holding up in a court of law if sterling wants to fight it.

even mark cuban says the nba was on a slippery slope, i think this is just getting started now actually, silver could have ended it today instead he fans the flames.

It's a lock, no one will stand behind him, but it won't get to that because he will see the writing on the wall and get out before it gets worse.

[LT Profits]

It's 3/4, not 2/3. Big difference there

Doesn't matter, they should get 3/4 easily.

[brooks85]

It's a lock, no one will stand behind him, but it won't get to that because he will see the writing on the wall and get out before it gets worse.

Well when vote time comes and the odds are out, ill be sure to bump this and remind you to place your losing bet.

[ramones951]

Complete and utter BS.... recorded in his own home and banned for life?

They want to force him to sell the team... Lol good luck with that

[MoneyLineDawg]

Fringe racists should learn which battles to fight....Defending a scumbag like Sterling here makes you look really stupid to most of the civilized world

[Guinser]

I think he will end up selling but I'd really like to see this creep keep the team and have it become completely irrelevant again with 0 sponsors. The way that he was set up by his side piece was pretty shitty and unfair but like another guy said he's had it coming for a long time and deserves his reputation to completely go up in flames.

[Kermit]

I wonder how many other owners have just deleted V. Stiviano's contact information from their phones...?

[thetrinity]

It's a lock, no one will stand behind him, but it won't get to that because he will see the writing on the wall and get out before it gets worse.

the guy never sells anything good luck getting him to sell 33 years of his life at the drop of a hat.

[brooks85]

Doesn't matter, they should get 3/4 easily.

Easily?

Wealthy people don't get there by being stupid like the majority of the public. If the public was making the vote, then sure it would stand a chance. With intelligent, wealthy owners, not going to happen.

Think of it like this.

If Obama vs Romney was determined by fortune 500 CEO's and not the stupid general public, who would be the obvious winner?

[boeing power]

Doesn't matter, they should get 3/4 easily.

Agree

Any owner that supports Sterling will lose his sponsors and black players.

[You mad bro]

Black people can say anything they want about anyone. We just laugh it off like it is no big deal.

[LT Profits]

Is this still America?

You can't have an openly racist owner in an 80% black league. Yes, everyone is entitled to their views and free to express them, but when those views conflict with the business you run, you better find something else to do.