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Awesome line by Bette Midler.
Donald Sterling's racist remarks? What he's been saying for yrs. I think he should be stripped of his championship rings. All zero of them.
Buh-bye, Donald... Lifetime ban, urged to sell.
To be 80 w/all the money in the world, access to women & fame, yet seemingly not a single person to vouch for your character.
I can't wait to see what happens the next time somebody says something bigoted against a different group (say, something homophobic or anti-Semitic), especially if it's a black player or coach. After all, precedent has been set.
If that person has a decades-long and proven history of openly discriminating against that 'other' group, then your word 'precedent' would actually be relevant.
Well, the NBA didn't do much to the Dolans after the whole Anouka Brown-Sanders sexual harassment case. And the Dolans have been awful owners for years.
And you know there are going to be people actually calling for severe punishments in the future regardless of whether or not the precedent is relevant.
And you know there are going to be people actually calling for severe punishments in the future regardless of whether or not the precedent is relevant.
Isiah Thomas was the face of the harassment case. Steve Mills was the enabler. Dolan's an incompetent moron.
People can call for severe punishment all they want. Smart people normally end up making the right decisions regarding punishments. Sterling's punishment is a good example.
It was known here in the tampa area that former Buc owner Hugh Culverhouse was a huge racist. It was one of the reasons Bo Jackson told him to stick it and would not sign.
Sterling and Culverhouse are the same old boy mentality.
Originally Posted by Goalline:
Awesome line by Bette Midler.
Donald Sterling's racist remarks? What he's been saying for yrs. I think he should be stripped of his championship rings. All zero of them.
Learning about the latest racist rantings of Donald Sterling is about as shocking as learning that Goalline follows Bette Midler on Twitter.
Hey, the man was nominated for not one, but TWO NAACP life time awards.
And then there are the people who say the lifetime ban doesn't go far enough. What is the NBA going to do? Ban Sterling's corpse from attending NBA functions?
I would argue that his corpse was already attending games...
Sale pending at $2b.
Diagnosed with alzheimer's.
It's really interesting all of these teams (and the NBA) get criticized for their economic model yet teams like Milwaukee and Sacramento sell for 500MM plus and now the Clips for 2B? Hell, what are the Knicks or Bulls or Lakers worth? 5B? The Clippers don't even own their own pad and only collect about 25% from Staples Center. Crazy money