mornelithe said:
Yes, I'm well aware 2.5 million is chump change, however, if Sterling decides to fight it, I don't see why he would. Beyond that, why would the court give him a stay? Courts rarely want to get involve in Sports leagues already agreed upon contracts/constitutions. It's a club..they voted you in, there shouldn't be any problem with voting him out. |
Well, the courts did get involved with the whole steroid scandal in baseball a few years back.
I agree with what Mark Cuban said about the slippery slope that forcing Sterling to sell the team would cause. A person has the right to be a moron or a bigot. What he says in the privacy of his own home is his own business. If the NBA sets this precendance to kick him out because of his personal beliefs, then what's next? Another owner gets kicked out when he was secret taped saying he's against gay marriage? If the NBA supports diversity, they should support the diversity of personal beliefs that exist in this country as well. Otherwise they're no different than a totalitarian or communist government. It's one thing if he had made these statements publicly at a press conference representing the Clippers organization, but to condemn him for something he said in private seems to be highly hypocritical for what the NBA is trying to promote.
