The Elephant in the room- LA Clippers Owner BANNED for life, fined maximum

[Kraven251]

I am unfortunately fresh out of give a fuck about the NBA, the hypocrisy of professional sports has always bordered on idiotic, this just takes it the next step further.

[mcjhr]

Meh. I got bigger fish to fry. Didn't know/care about him before this don't care now.

That being said, sentence seems pretty harsh.

[roberth]

This does set a spooky precedent doesn't it?


But the one question that begs an answer: why did the bimbo out the tape?
Gold digger?
Didn't get enough severance pay?

Oh yes, the ramifications are ENORMOUS, if they can do it to a billionaire who can afford the very finest legal protection they can do it to you...especially if they get the gov't to chip in with hate-crime law. I wonder how long it will be until a citizen can be forcibly moved to some other country b/c some asshole called said citizen a racist...it'd be cheaper to kill said citizen.

Bimbo = Gold Digger - I wonder if she planned to set him up for this a while ago; gold digger not necessarily stupid..maybe cunning and shrewd.

[Irving]

The owner is an idiot and a racist. However, neither of those things are cause to force someone to sell property. This sets a dangerous precedent, what will you do when you're labeled a racist or any other pejorative by some liberal and forced to sell your property.

I agree with this, EXCEPT, that there is an NBA Constitution that is not public knowledge. We don't know what it says.

[Ronin13]

Oh yes, the ramifications are ENORMOUS, if they can do it to a billionaire who can afford the very finest legal protection they can do it to you...especially if they get the gov't to chip in with hate-crime law. I wonder how long it will be until a citizen can be forcibly moved to some other country b/c some asshole called said citizen a racist...it'd be cheaper to kill said citizen.

Bimbo = Gold Digger - I wonder if she planned to set him up for this a while ago; gold digger not necessarily stupid..maybe cunning and shrewd.

And even more confusing... she's black/Mexican! This guy is something strange...

[BushMasterBoy]

I always thought it was a 500 lb gorilla in the room, not an elephant...

[roberth]

And making more waves than Kerry saying Israel could become an "apartheid state."

THIS! Let's not forget Obama himself too...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apartheid

OT but Kerry has no clue about how utterly WRONG he is. In Israel, Jews, Christians, and Muslims work together in the government, in the hospitals and everywhere else.

Liberals practice a form of apartheid using political correctness; instead of race they use language, interests, jobs, possessions to segregate people...the pc list is endlessly discriminatory. Divide and conquer is the method and goal.

[Ronin13]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apartheid

OT but Kerry has no clue about how utterly WRONG he is. In Israel, Jews, Christians, and Muslims work together in the government, in the hospitals and everywhere else.

Liberals practice a form of apartheid using political correctness; instead of race they use language, interests, jobs, possessions to segregate people...the pc list is endlessly discriminatory. Divide and conquer is the method and goal.

Created a thread somewhat based on that:
https://www.ar-15.co/threads/130939-...91#post1608091

[osok-308]

I know what the guy said was racist, and he definitely has the money to pay it. but man, 2.5 million dollars for a private statement. But the NBA is also a private organization and can do what they want. But how do they actually issue a fine? It's not like they're the public library or anything.

and banning him for life? He's like 85, they could have just banned him for two years.

[Robb]

What galls me about this is didn't he say these things in private, in his own home? Who wiretapped him and put this out to the media? Did the girlfriend leak this?
So now I can't rant and rave in the privacy of my own home without losing my job, business and suffering fines etc?
Okay, weird thing for a guy who's dating a black girl and owns an NBA team to say but I hope he fights it and wins.Where does the 1st amendment come in to play? This was a private concersation that was hiijacked was it not?