Is It Okay For People To Be Racist Privately?

About Adam Silver's powers?

 

How many kids does Sterling have? Schott had none, so nobody gave a damn about her taxes.

 

Give me time to respond to the first one, Sparky.

See my last post.

 

It's still LA and he has floor seats.

 

I have no idea, but any of the heirs would get that treatment.

 

I agree that owning an NBA franchise isn't exactly the same as owning a private company. I'm still not sure that showing him the door for private statements is the right thing to do....if the NBA in fact had that power.

 

Stern had no problem getting into Mark Cuban's wallet for far less. If the commissioner can negate properly negotiated trades, blasting Sterling shouldn't be a problem.

 

And let me be clear. I don't give a shit about his taxes. He's been slime forever.

 

Him boycotting the Paul trade to the lakers in favor of the clippers sure isn't going to go down well in history.

 

He doesn't have floor seats.

 

Close enough. I bet they run $750 a ticket at least.

 

He can start his own league if he wants, but there are standards that must be followed when we join an organization on our own free will. There's more to consider than just the Clippers.

 

I think it is. Based on what I've read about the power of the Commissioner in the NBA, there isn't a ton that can be done here.

Cuban's fines have always been relate to comments about the league itself (officiating, etc.), and they were public comments.* Sterlings comments were not public, and weren't related to basketball operations.


*Correct me if I'm wrong

 

It'd be one thing if said standards were stated. But they aren't. I'd be kicked out of multiple organizations for doing bad deads, but they are listed. They aren't up for interpretation. Hell the nets is run by a guy who has probably ordered dozens of killings.

 

What are the standards, though? The "be a decent person" standard is tough to enforce.

 

No way.

 

I'm sure the league has a morality standard, then again, I could be wrong.

Regardless, having a known racist owner is bad for the NBA. Would you allow an idiot to damage your organization?

 

"Don't be a racist [Penis]" isn't.

 

Just because you don't want comments to become public doesn't mean they aren't when they make it into the media.

 

"Don't do something that runs off major sponsors" isn't tough to quantify.