Would Sterling get banned if he made homophobic comments instead?

[DMV2]

It would depend on the public outrage, this includes sponsorship. Silver would have just fined him if it didn't made front page news in non-sports section.

Kobe nor Hibbert cost the league to lose any sponsorship. They also didn't have a history of discrimination either.

Don't blame Silver or the NBA for this. They're just protecting their brand, their image, doing what they feel is best to keep their sponsorship.

[KungFuJoe]

Nope. It's perfectly acceptable to be homophobic currently. Just like it was perfectly acceptable to be racist 50 years ago.

[Derka]

He didnt say '' I dont want them at my games.''
He just said that he didnt want her to come at the games with them.
Completely different meanings.

No, its not. At all.

[mr.big35]

If he said like I dont like gays because I follow the bible he would not face that big of a backlash

[christian1923]

If he said like I dont like gays because I follow the bible he would not face that big of a backlash

Well there is two known gays in the nba. The NBA is all black players, that's why it's different.

[moe94]

that's really not what he said tho

What? I love when y'all make up up anything to go with your own accounts of what happened.

[G-train]

If he said like I dont like gays because I follow the bible he would not face that big of a backlash

Yeah I think he would, because the bible doesn't say that.

[longtime lurker]

He didnt say '' I dont want them at my games.''
He just said that he didnt want her to come at the games with them.
Completely different meanings.

Really?

[QUOTE]
V: I don't understand, I don't see your views. I wasn't raised the way you were raised.

DS: Well then, if you don't feel

[G-train]

I think he would have received a large fine for a homophobic remark, and no ban.
The NBA is full of black people, not homosexuals. The uproar would not be as big IMO.

[PejaNowitzki]

Nope. It's perfectly acceptable to be homophobic currently. Just like it was perfectly acceptable to be racist 50 years ago.

Was one of the founders of M-o-z-i-l-l-a not just booted from his position as CEO? Not for any comments he made but a political donation opposing gay-marriage about 7 years ago.


Roy Hibbert said "no homo" jokingly and drew a shit ton of criticism as well as a fine for it.


Not sure where you're seeing all this publicly accepted rampant homophobia at?

[G-train]

I am really certain he was under the influence of some sort of substance when this happened, and I wouldn't be surprised if someone drugged him. It's a total set up.
I still think he believes what he said, and I guess that is what matters most.

[STATUTORY]

What? I love when y'all make up up anything to go with your own accounts of what happened.

he clearly alludes to living up to society's expectations and the limitation of his own agency. racism is a societal problem, not an individual one.

[G-train]

Nope. It's perfectly acceptable to be homophobic currently. Just like it was perfectly acceptable to be racist 50 years ago.

It's not acceptable to hate anyone really. Not even Donald Sterling.
Who decides what is worthy of hate? Society?
Uh oh.

What you can do is disagree with a person's lifestyle or actions, or believe they are not for you personally, but you shouldn't hate anyone.

E.L.E.
- Jackie Moon

[longtime lurker]

Was one of the founders of M-o-z-i-l-l-a not just booted from his position as CEO? Not for any comments he made but a political donation opposing gay-marriage about 7 years ago.


Roy Hibbert said "no homo" jokingly and drew a shit ton of criticism as well as a fine for it.


Not sure where you're seeing all this publicly accepted rampant homophobia at?

Phil Robertson anyone?

[Laker4Lyfe]

He didnt say '' I dont want them at my games.''
He just said that he didnt want her to come at the games with them.
Completely different meanings.

At one time he said:

"Don't come and don't bring black people to my games"

We can all hear.