OT: Judge rules in favor of Shelly Sterling; can proceed with sale of LA Clippers
Just saw on ESPN. Interesting, should see an appeal.
Thoughts?
LINK:
http://espn.go.com/los-angeles/nba/story/_/id/11277942/judge-rules-dona…
Are you Jobu?
So he was senile while he was illegally recorded saying something racist? Dang, that's cold.
Funny how quick the media was to completely ignore the fact that he's likely senile and losing his mind. They found a convenient white, Jewish old man that was easy to hate. These leagues apparently have no problem having TEAMS with more racist names than the words Donald used, but will throw the old Jewish man and force the sale of his property.
You do understand the comparison, correct? I do understand that the NFL and NBA are different leagues, though they do hold similar positions in society and are held to similar standards by the general public. Funny that "Redskins" is a perfectly fine franchise name, but being a cringe-worthy old man is the single worst racial abuse of the past decade, judging by the penalty.
Er, Donald Sterling was not senile when he illegally discriminated against people of color in housing units he owned for multiple decades.
He's done a lot of harm to a lot of people. The rest of your post is a non sequitur.
Dude was great for a sound bite though. "I have them cars, and food, and clothes"
Great, so saying a few mean things in private is apparently $2.5 million and the sale of a billion dollar team worse than risking people's lives. http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2014/06/10/report-6-8-game-suspension-expec… I could understand the penalty more if it went with the discrimination lawsuits which actually hurt people, not some nasty words.
So make sure you don't beat your wife, drive drunk, use racial slurs, or offend feminists when Twitter is having a slow day?
Issues are judged not by their value, but by the number of times they are retweeted. ~ Public_97_Ivy
Well then it's time someone took back the horseshit measures of public opinion the media and businesses are using these days. Facebook, Twitter, Pintrest. Bunch of unemployed narccists and teenagers are the group these businesses are judging public opinion by. I don't know a damn person who was actually offended by half of the shit the media twitters on about. Bunch of primadonna gender studies grads making decisions for these companies PR departments and in the newsroom.
...someone who will join my crusade against wrong number dialers!
Damn feminists exercising their right to free speech.
Do any normal human beings do any of those things?
Sterling wasn't thrown out because he said some horrible things, he got thrown out because advertisers started pulling their ads and it started messing with peoples money and to a lesser extent the players threatened to boycott, which would also mess with peoples money. Jim Irsay won't see harsh punishments because while he did some bad things, those don't really affect anyone but him and his family. The media can do whatever it likes, people can disagree and get angry about whatever they like but in the end it's about the bottom line. Sterling had created a toxic atmosphere and I believe Chris Paul and Doc Rivers when they said they would not play if he still owned the team. Forcing Sterling out of the league was the correct business decision for everyone involved, including Donald who gets to walk away with 2-4 times what his portion of ownership was really worth. The lesson in this whole thing is not don't get caught doing bad things, it's don't do something that adversly affects peoples money.
Are you a professional quote maker? So brave.
It's amazing that he became a billionaire with how much of a jerk he is. Bill Gates and Warren Buffett give to charities, Illitch helps the city of Detroit come back, and all this guy does is cheat on his wife and continue make an ass of himself in interviews.
He's probably had Alzheimer's already. Surprised no one has brought this up as a defense. Have you heard him speak? It's barely intelligible.
It would have been much more interesting if he had won. Bad for everyone involved, but more interesting.
I don't have much doubt that Donald Sterling would mount an appeal, but the fact that the order states that Shelly Sterling can proceed with the sale with no delay pretty much regardless of what her husband tries makes me think that this might have been the final obstacle. Especially in light of some of the stern warnings given by certain personnel should the name Sterling remain associated with the team longer than absolutely necessary, if you will, I am thinking that the attempt to offload the Clippers is a relatively quick one.
I'm not so sure the appellate court would issue an emergency stay within the paramters of this case. However, regardless of that outcome, there will still be much haggling to be haggled.
I assume Sterling will appeal, but he isn't keeping that team and, I don't know, I'd rather just have the money and move on to the next phase of my (rapidly dwindling) life. But again, I'm not a racist billionaire.
Someone just ask him what a bundle of sticks is called and get it on video. We can start the Twitter war with just as much justification.
in the sense that he was recorded illegally (i am assuming this is true without really giving a fuck to research it). I also agree what he said was not that bad (bomani jones also agrees) in hte spectrum of racism.
I think the ultimate question becomes which players in the league would voluntarily go to sterling/s team after he has been publicly outed as disliking/hating black folks? an opportunity to shine vs. being labeled an uncle tom of sorts
Would it change your mind to know that Sterling also illegally discriminated against people of color in the housing units he owned for decades? Are you cool with all discrimination or just verbal discrimination in which one insinuates that their employees are slaves?
for 12 million dollars. His return on investment even considering inflation is pretty astronomical.
I also think Balmer is an idiot to pay that much for the Clippers
I heard Sterling is paying a law firm and private investigators to look into all of the NBA owners to see what they can dig up. I hope this devolves into an absolute war.
Though, I'd wager bet Cuban's closet is full of only genius.
They say the price was inflated because the Clippers will have an opportunity for a new TV deal in a couple of years. But then Balmer outbid the next highest buyer by half a billion dollars, so he's probably using the franchise as his own personal billionaire toy.