View Full Version : sterling suing EVERYBODY
Knicksfever2010
07-22-2014, 08:33 PM
http://espn.go.com/los-angeles/nba/story/_/id/11249995/donald-sterling-sues-nba-wife-shelly-sterling-adam-silver-lac-basketball-club-damages
kennethgriffin
07-22-2014, 08:35 PM
good... he has a legitimate case. it is biased to pick on him for bigotry when hundreds of players, coaches, owners have done it in the past without repercussion
hawkfan
07-22-2014, 08:38 PM
Sterling doin work.
avonbarksdale
07-22-2014, 09:09 PM
good... he has a legitimate case. it is biased to pick on him for bigotry when hundreds of players, coaches, owners have done it in the past without repercussion
honestly
there is nothing illegal about being a racist
what if someone cheated on their wife? another act frowned upon by western society, should he be fired?
kobe allegedly raped a girl (i am a kobe fan) and the lakers/league had no problem supporting him, but the second you dont like black people you are no longer allowed to own the team you are already in control of?
Soundwave
07-22-2014, 09:13 PM
good... he has a legitimate case. it is biased to pick on him for bigotry when hundreds of players, coaches, owners have done it in the past without repercussion
Lets be real though too, do you honestly think "hundreds of players/coaches" have told their girlfriend/mistress to not bring black people to an NBA game? Or chastised them for taking a photo with a black celebrity?
Sterling was a known racist before and the NBA did let him get away with it, he just got caught with his pants down too far this time.
If Tiger Woods cheated on his wife .... fine, no big deal, every pro athlete probably cheats on his wife, blah, blah, blah. But he banged half the porn industry and his neighbor's daughter, etc. etc. etc. that's where he crossed the line into "full retard" territory. Never go full retard.
At some point you cross the threshold from PR hit to PR f*cking debacle. And there's a price to pay when that happens when you are in a position where your public image matters.
Clippers CEO said today in court testimony in his discussions with sponsors they will not be back as long as Sterling is the owner, also says Doc Rivers has told him he will quit if Sterling is the owner...
Locked_Up_Tonight
07-22-2014, 09:48 PM
As if Sterling cares who coaches the team. Sterling made money on off the Clippers because he didn't want to shell out money. It had nothing to do with winning basketball games.
Soundwave
07-22-2014, 09:50 PM
As if Sterling cares who coaches the team. Sterling made money on off the Clippers because he didn't want to shell out money. It had nothing to do with winning basketball games.
I assume all the sponsors saying they will dump the Clippers if Sterling is back probably hurts even if he could ignore that one.
Locked_Up_Tonight
07-22-2014, 09:57 PM
I assume all the sponsors saying they will dump the Clippers if Sterling is back probably hurts even if he could ignore that one.
I seriously doubt all the sponsors leave too. Just like the players said they'd walk out, etc.
Money talks. His business will take a hit no doubt. But at the end of the day people care more about green than they do about someone's beliefs.
stalkerforlife
07-22-2014, 09:58 PM
I stand with Sterling and against all the hypocritical sons of bitches living in glass houses.
Foster5k
07-22-2014, 10:00 PM
I stand with Sterling and against all the hypocritical sons of bitches living in glass houses.
Every person has the right to freedom of speech. However, with such freedom, also comes a price. If you say the "wrong thing", prepare for the backlash. Donald Sterling exercised his right to free speech. Now, he's paying the consequences.
AintNoSunshine
07-22-2014, 11:20 PM
Everybody? Good luck suing ISH, Lebron23 is a lawyer:rockon:
bagelred
07-22-2014, 11:24 PM
sterling suing EVERYONE
Um....what do you mean by Everyone?
http://www.reactiongifs.us/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/everyone.gif
Soundwave
07-22-2014, 11:24 PM
I seriously doubt all the sponsors leave too. Just like the players said they'd walk out, etc.
Money talks. His business will take a hit no doubt. But at the end of the day people care more about green than they do about someone's beliefs.
Sponsors have 30 other teams they can do business with, the Clippers aren't even the only team in LA.
No one wants to be associated with Sterling. Having a dinky billboard at a meaningless Clippers game isn't worth the bad association to any global multi-billion dollar company.
SpecialQue
07-22-2014, 11:27 PM
Love it. Not because he's in the right, but because Sterling's pure comedy. I want him around.
tpols
07-22-2014, 11:28 PM
good... he has a legitimate case. it is biased to pick on him for bigotry when hundreds of players, coaches, owners have done it in the past without repercussion
ether.
pure scapegoat'ed.
oh the horror
07-22-2014, 11:34 PM
Is that really the argument from some of you guys? "Others have probably said worse?"
Fellas you'd be learn one thing. You're responsible for yourself.
His convo was leaked and it hurt the nba on a business level. They want him gone.
It's irrelevant what others are doing or what he was like in the past. He messed up again and they want him gone.
You get caught you can't go around outing everyone else. YOU were caught.
This is a business decision and he's bad for business.
dubeta
07-22-2014, 11:35 PM
good... he has a legitimate case. it is biased to pick on him for bigotry when hundreds of players, coaches, owners have done it in the past without repercussion
reported for racism
WeGetRing2012
07-22-2014, 11:35 PM
Does the NBA have to do business with him? If he wants to own the team fine
Lets be real though too, do you honestly think "hundreds of players/coaches" have told their girlfriend/mistress to not bring black people to an NBA game? Or chastised them for taking a photo with a black celebrity?
Sterling was a known racist before and the NBA did let him get away with it, he just got caught with his pants down too far this time.
If Tiger Woods cheated on his wife .... fine, no big deal, every pro athlete probably cheats on his wife, blah, blah, blah. But he banged half the porn industry and his neighbor's daughter, etc. etc. etc. that's where he crossed the line into "full retard" territory. Never go full retard.
At some point you cross the threshold from PR hit to PR f*cking debacle. And there's a price to pay when that happens when you are in a position where your public image matters.
No but I think 100's of players have made racist or homophobic comments at one point or another. Whether it be black dudes dropping the N-bomb, or white dudes cracking gay jokes in the locker room...
And that's all that needs to be proven. It doesn't matter who it was or when it was, it just needs to be shown that other people have done it too and weren't punished.
Love it. Not because he's in the right, but because Sterling's pure comedy. I want him around.
What's comedy is since Sterling bought the team for the first time in their history they had become relevant, a team to watch and one the fans could embrace and now Sterling is willingly/knowingly going to tear the team apart and turn it back into an afterthought on the national sports scene.
Sponsors have said they'd leave and have already
Front office people have already left
A head coach threatening to leave and if Rivers goes players will demand out too
Sterling doesn't care about the Clippers as an organization or the fans, he cares about being known as the Clippers owner everything else is just an afterthought with him
No but I think 100's of players have made racist or homophobic comments at one point or another. Whether it be black dudes dropping the N-bomb, or white dudes cracking gay jokes in the locker room...
And that's all that needs to be proven. It doesn't matter who it was or when it was, it just needs to be shown that other people have done it too and weren't punished.
Players and owners are not the same.
And let's be honest the examples you used wouldnt get an owner removed either...
Is that really the argument from some of you guys? "Others have probably said worse?"
Fellas you'd be learn one thing. You're responsible for yourself.
His convo was leaked and it hurt the nba on a business level. They want him gone.
It's irrelevant what others are doing or what he was like in the past. He messed up again and they want him gone.
You get caught you can't go around outing everyone else. YOU were caught.
This is a business decision and he's bad for business.
If Mark Cuban said Sprite tasted like doo doo water and he would never sell it in his arena, to which Sprite then pulled its sponsorship, does that give the right of the other owners to expel him for losing sponsors?
Hypothetical question, but at the same time, serious. I'm curious as to where you draw the line.
Players and owners are not the same.
And let's be honest the examples you used wouldnt get an owner removed either...
Right. Which is why the owner of the Colts can be arrested for DUI with a shit ton of prescription pills in his car and nobody says a word, but Josh Gordon can smoke weed and be suspended for a year.
But I am not talking solely about players. I'm willing to bet 80% of the owners in the NBA have made some sort of disparaging remark about another race or ethnicity, be it in casual conversation, or even a joke. Sterling just needs to find evidence and present it, and then the league is put into a sticky situation.
HurricaneKid
07-23-2014, 12:06 AM
Um....what do you mean by Everyone?
http://www.reactiongifs.us/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/everyone.gif
The irony here is that he is the only people he is suing is his wife and himself.
The NBA A) didn't end up doing anything outside of fining him 2.5M and ban him from coming to their games. They never even took the vote to force Sterling to divest. Most importantly, B) they were indemnified against any lawsuits by the Sterling Family Trust. Which means even if they somehow get a lousy ruling Sterling is going to get the check from... HIMSELF.
wally_world
07-23-2014, 03:04 AM
:applause: :applause: :applause:
fcuk Doc Rivers and Magic Johnson
bdreason
07-23-2014, 03:10 AM
At the end of the day, if all the other owners vote him out, I don't think he really has a choice.
I do think it's BS that he's losing his business because of illegally recorded, private conversations... but at the same time, Sterling never did shit for this franchise, and to be honest, he doesn't even deserve to own it now that it's successful.
In other words, karma is a bytch.
Right. Which is why the owner of the Colts can be arrested for DUI with a shit ton of prescription pills in his car and nobody says a word, but Josh Gordon can smoke weed and be suspended for a year.
But I am not talking solely about players. I'm willing to bet 80% of the owners in the NBA have made some sort of disparaging remark about another race or ethnicity, be it in casual conversation, or even a joke. Sterling just needs to find evidence and present it, and then the league is put into a sticky situation.
Who is this nobody of which you speak?
He will be hard pressed to find one. Sterling's problem is that his history shows he cant clam he made a mistake or apologize like other people usually do. Once you've been outed as a clear cut racist with no debate what so ever nobody is going to want to associate with you. And nobody does. Everyone else can apologize and get a slap on the wrist.
clipps
07-23-2014, 04:52 AM
At the end of the day, if all the other owners vote him out, I don't think he really has a choice.
I do think it's BS that he's losing his business because of illegally recorded, private conversations... but at the same time, Sterling never did shit for this franchise, and to be honest, he doesn't even deserve to own it now that it's successful.
In other words, karma is a bytch.
Once the recorded word becomes public from a different party, the NBA has full right to protect it's brand. The only parties that Sterling can win a lawsuit over are V and TMZ.
Dragic4Life
07-23-2014, 04:53 AM
:applause: :applause: :applause:
fcuk Doc Rivers and Magic Johnson
this.
tontoz
07-23-2014, 07:18 AM
honestly
there is nothing illegal about being a racist
The NBA didn't say it was illegal dumbass.
SpanishACB
07-23-2014, 08:38 AM
this is one of the biggest problems with modern society
when it's about racism, human rights, women rights or whatever people lose all perspective
let's put things into perspective:
a man whose company supports hundreds of black men families should be able to get away with a bit of racism on the phone I AM SORRY to break the political correctness but go ask a black man without a job if he'd work for Donald please.
surely internet warriors should be also mad at the black men that play for the Clippers? Shouldn't they go in strike for this phone blasphemy? Oh no, that would mean no popcorn nights watching your team: egoistical ****s who don't care about racism really.
Jailblazers7
07-23-2014, 08:57 AM
If Mark Cuban said Sprite tasted like doo doo water and he would never sell it in his arena, to which Sprite then pulled its sponsorship, does that give the right of the other owners to expel him for losing sponsors?
Hypothetical question, but at the same time, serious. I'm curious as to where you draw the line.
Would Mark Cuban stating that he hates Sprite cause players to strike? Would his head coach quit and his players to refuse to play?
People look at this wrong. As soon as you say "illegal" you are looking at it wrong. As soon as you are saying he's being forced to give up property like a house, etc., you are looking at it wrong.
This is more akin to you being in a business with a partner, and the partner's presence becomes toxic and no longer allows the business to run. Would you keep the partner? And lose the business? Or remove the partner?
The NBA is removing a partner.
joeyjoejoe
07-23-2014, 10:18 AM
As a clipps fan I just want him to let it go, definitely don't wanna lose doc over this
iamgine
07-23-2014, 10:45 AM
If Mark Cuban said Sprite tasted like doo doo water and he would never sell it in his arena, to which Sprite then pulled its sponsorship, does that give the right of the other owners to expel him for losing sponsors?
Hypothetical question, but at the same time, serious. I'm curious as to where you draw the line.
The problem is this is not the same thing at all.
Marc Cuban hating Sprite might make Marc Cuban look bad but it doesn't make the NBA look bad. It's just his own opinion.
Sterling being racist would make the NBA seem like they are sympathizing with racism if they do not punish him. That's a totally different monster.
[QUOTE]LOS ANGELES -- It sounded more like the title of a horror film than a projection for next season.
As Dick Parsons, the interim CEO of the Los Angeles Clippers, testified in state court Tuesday about the uncertain future of the team, he outlined an accelerated "death spiral" for the Clippers if Donald Sterling were to remain the owner.
"If none of your sponsors want to sponsor you," Parsons said. "And your coach doesn't want to coach for you and your players don
LAS VEGAS -- Los Angeles Clippers point guard Chris Paul told ESPN.com it's "unacceptable" if Donald Sterling is still the owner of the team when the season begins.
Paul also said he has spoken to coach Doc Rivers about the possibility of sitting out if Sterling remains in control when the seasons starts in a little more than two months.
"That's something me and Doc are both talking about," Paul said on Thursday after coaching his AAU program, CP3. "Something has to happen, and something needs to happen soon -- sooner rather than later."
Interim Clippers CEO Dick Parsons testified earlier in the week in state court that Rivers told him on multiple occasions that he doesn't think he wants to continue coaching the team if Sterling remains in control of the franchise.
"We're all going to talk about it," Paul said. "We're all definitely going to talk about it. Doc, Blake [Griffin], DJ [DeAndre Jordan]. It's unacceptable."
http://espn.go.com/los-angeles/nba/story/_/id/11261909/chris-paul-los-angeles-clippers-says-sitting-possible-donald-sterling-remains?ex_cid=sportscenterTW
NumberSix
07-25-2014, 01:27 AM
LAS VEGAS -- Los Angeles Clippers point guard Chris Paul told ESPN.com it's "unacceptable" if Donald Sterling is still the owner of the team when the season begins.
Paul also said he has spoken to coach Doc Rivers about the possibility of sitting out if Sterling remains in control when the seasons starts in a little more than two months.
"That's something me and Doc are both talking about," Paul said on Thursday after coaching his AAU program, CP3. "Something has to happen, and something needs to happen soon -- sooner rather than later."
Interim Clippers CEO Dick Parsons testified earlier in the week in state court that Rivers told him on multiple occasions that he doesn't think he wants to continue coaching the team if Sterling remains in control of the franchise.
"We're all going to talk about it," Paul said. "We're all definitely going to talk about it. Doc, Blake [Griffin], DJ [DeAndre Jordan]. It's unacceptable."
http://espn.go.com/los-angeles/nba/story/_/id/11261909/chris-paul-los-angeles-clippers-says-sitting-possible-donald-sterling-remains?ex_cid=sportscenterTW
Chris Paul is full of it. He's under contract. The only way out is to retire, which he won't do.
oh the horror
07-25-2014, 01:43 AM
People look at this wrong. As soon as you say "illegal" you are looking at it wrong. As soon as you are saying he's being forced to give up property like a house, etc., you are looking at it wrong.
This is more akin to you being in a business with a partner, and the partner's presence becomes toxic and no longer allows the business to run. Would you keep the partner? And lose the business? Or remove the partner?
The NBA is removing a partner.
This. And no one seems to get it.
Riley Martin
07-25-2014, 01:51 AM
People look at this wrong. As soon as you say "illegal" you are looking at it wrong. As soon as you are saying he's being forced to give up property like a house, etc., you are looking at it wrong.
This is more akin to you being in a business with a partner, and the partner's presence becomes toxic and no longer allows the business to run. Would you keep the partner? And lose the business? Or remove the partner?
The NBA is removing a partner.
Can you force a partner to sell his portion of ownership?
GimmeThat
07-25-2014, 01:54 AM
NBA Cares.
Raymone
07-25-2014, 01:57 AM
Can you force a partner to sell his portion of ownership?
Not easily, without an established contractual agreement or a court ruling.
http://www.entrepreneur.com/answer/222263
http://business-law.freeadvice.com/business-law/corporations/expel-minor-partner-from-business.htm
GimmeThat
07-25-2014, 01:57 AM
Can you force a partner to sell his portion of ownership?
if you no longer have the license to operate the business.
I consider that to be the same.
Can you force a partner to sell his portion of ownership?
You can if the partner signed documents recognizing your ability to remove him should he become a liabilty..
Sterling signed such agreements when he became an NBA franchise owner
shadow
07-25-2014, 02:49 AM
I think it's funny in a dark sort of way how things were finally starting to look up for the clippers and now they're getting mucked up again. The curse lives on I guess. I can't believe Ballmer is idiotic enough to be willing to pay that much, and Sterling is and even bigger idiot for trying to kill it.
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