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    Clippers owner Sterling banned from NBA for life

    http://espn.go.com/los-angeles/nba/s...s-life-ban-nba

    Has anyone been reading up on this, and what are your opinions on the matter? Too harsh, too fair? Bad precedent, good precedent?

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    Re: Clippers owner Sterling banned from NBA for life

    Political correctness run amok. Words should not get you banned

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    Too harsh. There is still the First Amendment whether you agree with what he said or not. My guess is he sells the team and sues the NBA and wins.
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    Re: Clippers owner Sterling banned from NBA for life

    Quote Originally Posted by st33lersguy View Post
    Political correctness run amok. Words should not get you banned
    The guy has been a scumbag most of his life, has a laundry list of offenses. This incident was simply the last straw. As far as I'm concerned, he got what he deserved.








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    Re: Clippers owner Sterling banned from NBA for life

    And when he sells the team, he'll pocket hundreds of millions in profit. It's just not fair.
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    The guy is a scumbag but being a scumbag isn't a criminal offense. We're slowly approaching the point where people don't care about race - but we're obviously not there yet. The NBA has freedom of speech too, so it's free to ban him from associating with them.

    But that's about where the line would probably have to be. If they disallow him from league affairs that's one thing and that's what he gets for being a douche. If they force him to sell, well that's akin to criminal punishment for a civil dispute, he can probably sue the league and win.

    Just be careful when you toe the edge of that first amendment cliff... it's a slippery slope.

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    Now everybody in the NBA that says the N-word should be fined and banned for life. Does anybody care that he brings a whore to the games? I think he was set up and this is the shakedown. Forcing him to sell is like confiscation. Truly a slippery slope.
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    Re: Clippers owner Sterling banned from NBA for life

    Quote Originally Posted by X-Terminator View Post
    The guy has been a scumbag most of his life, has a laundry list of offenses. This incident was simply the last straw. As far as I'm concerned, he got what he deserved.
    this.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ALLD View Post
    Now everybody in the NBA that says the N-word should be fined and banned for life. Does anybody care that he brings a whore to the games? I think he was set up and this is the shakedown. Forcing him to sell is like confiscation. Truly a slippery slope.
    Nope. Forcing him to sell is exercising the first amendment right of freedom of association. He bought into a business (the NBA) and now, he has ran afoul of that business, so they are getting rid of him. It happens all the time and there's nothing wrong with it. Now, if the GOVERNMENT stepped in and forced him to sell, I'd be raising a stink about it. But this is the exact same issue as the Dixie-Chicks—they're free to say whatever they want, but others are free to refuse to associate with with them after they say it. The right of free speech does not negate the responsibility of suffering the non-governmental consequences of that speech.


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    Re: Clippers owner Sterling banned from NBA for life

    The guy is a scumbag but being a scumbag isn't a criminal offense. We're slowly approaching the point where people don't care about race - but we're obviously not there yet. The NBA has freedom of speech too, so it's free to ban him from associating with them.

    But that's about where the line would probably have to be. If they disallow him from league affairs that's one thing and that's what he gets for being a douche. If they force him to sell, well that's akin to criminal punishment for a civil dispute, he can probably sue the league and win.

    Just be careful when you toe the edge of that first amendment cliff... it's a slippery slope.
    This is a great post.

    However I personally feel racism is a bigger deal to some groups now more than ever and not for the right reasons.
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    Re: Clippers owner Sterling banned from NBA for life

    Quote Originally Posted by ALLD View Post
    Now everybody in the NBA that says the N-word should be fined and banned for life. Does anybody care that he brings a whore to the games? I think he was set up and this is the shakedown. Forcing him to sell is like confiscation. Truly a slippery slope.
    theres actually a bylaw in the NBA somewhere that allows this type of thing to happen so this is not confiscation. The clippers are a franchise, and once you buy a franchise it isnt necessarily something you can fiddle with however the heck you want. You are still just a faction, and just a piece of a bigger fish.

    by the way, if sterling couldnt possibly be more classless, he has really outdown himself. At the press conference when Commissioner Silver was asked if Sterling showed any remorse in their conversation about this, he said no. See ya later Sterling. Have fun watching that bimbo spend your fortune away
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    I'm with XT on this. Also Silver had little choice, as the players as a collective unit really were the ones who forced his hand. Simply put the Union was going to demand that all Clipper players be granted free agency by July. Whether this demand was granted or not, there wouldn't have been one Clipper player report for camp next fall. Players from other teams would have stood with the Clipper players ( remember Chris Paul is the Union President) and the 2014-15 season would have been in jeopardy. Also the sponsors who have withdrawn their support for the Clippers in reaction to this quite likely would have extended that to the league if they tried to force minority players to take the court for Sterling. So in the end it was either get rid of one old racist prick or fight a multi front war against players, sponsors, and fans.
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    Quote Originally Posted by zulater View Post
    I'm with XT on this. Also Silver had little choice, as the players as a collective unit really were the ones who forced his hand. Simply put the Union was going to demand that all Clipper players be granted free agency by July. Whether this demand was granted or not, there wouldn't have been one Clipper player report for camp next fall. Players from other teams would have stood with the Clipper players ( remember Chris Paul is the Union President) and the 2014-15 season would have been in jeopardy. Also the sponsors who have withdrawn their support for the Clippers in reaction to this quite likely would have extended that to the league if they tried to force minority players to take the court for Sterling. So in the end it was either get rid of one old racist prick or fight a multi front war against players, sponsors, and fans.
    You are all correct, but the slippery slope is where does it end. Will it devolve into anybody that criticizes a certain political concept get banned or if somebody says something negative about law enforcement gets banned or somebody says something bad about religion or brings in too much religion?

    The NBA is trying to counter the loss of sponsors, the players are replaceable. Given enough incentive ($), I would play for the Clippers.
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    Where is the mea culpa from the NBA for not dealing with this guy earlier and a statement that they will deal with such activity sternly (pun somewhat intended) and quickly?

    The ONLY reason Sterling got banned this time is because this incident went viral and lasted longer than 3 days in the headlines.

    Shall we peak under the rug at the league offices and see what else lies beneath?

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    Not really a First Amendment issue. Guy is able to say anything he wants. What he's not protected from is the repercussions from those comments.

    There's nothing that protects him from punishment by a private organization where he may do his business.

    I do agree it's too harsh, but the guy chose to make some dumb comments and now he has to pay the price...or make a couple few million dollars in the near future.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ALLD View Post
    You are all correct, but the slippery slope is where does it end. Will it devolve into anybody that criticizes a certain political concept get banned or if somebody says something negative about law enforcement gets banned or somebody says something bad about religion or brings in too much religion?

    The NBA is trying to counter the loss of sponsors, the players are replaceable. Given enough incentive ($), I would play for the Clippers.
    The NBA is a star driven vehicle. Right now the league is sweating out the possibility of Memphis eliminating OKC. And Okie City is smaller than Memphis, but it's all about Durante and Westbrook advancing for the ratings. Anyway a player boycott involving LeBron James, Chris Paul, Blake Griffin etc... has teeth that digs deep at the underbelly of the league.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Count Steeler View Post
    Where is the mea culpa from the NBA for not dealing with this guy earlier and a statement that they will deal with such activity sternly (pun somewhat intended) and quickly?

    The ONLY reason Sterling got banned this time is because this incident went viral and lasted longer than 3 days in the headlines.

    Shall we peak under the rug at the league offices and see what else lies beneath?
    That's on David Stern. Stern operated on a consensus of himself. He didn't have colleges he had underlings.But that's then this is now.

    Silver has established a new era.
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    Quote Originally Posted by zulater View Post
    That's on David Stern. Stern operated on a consensus of himself. He didn't have colleges he had underlings.But that's then this is now.

    Silver has established a new era.
    If only someone would come along and do that for the NFL...

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    Re: Clippers owner Sterling banned from NBA for life

    8 Things that won't get you Banned in the NBA.
    http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-S...ned-by-the-NBA
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    Quote Originally Posted by fansince'76 View Post
    If only someone would come along and do that for the NFL...
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    Quote Originally Posted by ALLD View Post
    8 Things that won't get you Banned in the NBA.
    http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-S...ned-by-the-NBA
    Most of those things occurred before Silver took over.

    But let's face it, of the personal character combination's of white, male, conservative, Christian, and straight, if any four out of those five things apply to you, you will be held to a different standard of conduct than everyone else in today's America. All five, forget it, you have to apologize for everything bad that's happened in the past 500 years according to the new narrative. We're just suspicious by our being.
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    Re: Clippers owner Sterling banned from NBA for life

    Does Silver do anything without the threat from the players? We may never know.

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    http://toprightnews.com/?p=2777

    I hate the Lakers and I don't like Kareem (the NBA player), but Kareem the regular citizen speaks the truth.



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    Re: Clippers owner Sterling banned from NBA for life

    Wait until the Thought Police start confiscating homes and putting the owners in concentration camps for thinking impure thoughts.
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