OT - Clippers Owner Donald Sterling to GF -- Don't Bring Black People to My Games (5 Viewers)

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Will Sterling be owner of the Clips on Nov. 1?

  • yes, he'll still be owner (Sterlng Wins, at least temporarily)

    Votes: 6 18.8%

  • no, he'll be ousted (Sterling Loses)

    Votes: 8 25.0%

  • no, but he'll make an exorbitant amount of dough in the sale (Sterling basically wins)

    Votes: 18 56.3%
  • Total voters
    32
BlazerWookee said:
You guys keep having them too far north for me anyway, lol, and the gas savings will more than cover the amount of the fine...
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OK fine. If the Blazers make the next round (doubt they will-reverse jinx), it will be an ASSAULT ON LEBANON viewing party. We just need to get one of the more sensible forumites such as Lanny or even SPD to act as the designated driver. It won't be me because I'll be the designated drinker.
 
HomerLovesKoolAid said:
OK fine. If the Blazers make the next round (doubt they will-reverse jinx), it will be an ASSAULT ON LEBANON viewing party. We just need to get one of the more sensible forumites such as Lanny or even SPD to act as the designated driver. It won't be me because I'll be the designated drinker.
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Heck yeah! Pineway Golf Course or Game Time in Lebanon would be my first two choices...
 
PtldPlatypus said:
I would LOVE to see you try to get half a Coors Light away from Wook.
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I'm loving the idea of anyone trying to catch me with a half-full Coors Light, lol. They usually don't last long enough to take accurate measurements...
 
I'll meet in Salem but I ain't drivin' to Lebanon or Albany or where ever that fucking Wookee lives.
 
Not sure what to think about this. On one hand, sure, Sterling is a dirtbag. On the other, I don't see his players saying they won't accept their paychecks, and at a public school like UCLA, a private donation of $3m for research could do a lot of good. I'm biased on this, because both of my daughters have had some abnormalities with their kidneys and immune systems, and I've also seen African-American kids in the Nephrology area at Kaiser Interstate. I've seen studies that say that blacks are 2.5x more likely to have renal issues than those of other races.

http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2014...ift-from-donald-sterling-for-kidney-research/

WESTWOOD (CBSLA.com) — Researchers at UCLA will return a portion of a $3 million pledge that Clippers owner Donald Sterling made to support kidney research, school officials announced Tuesday

The university is returning the initial $425,000 payment from the Donald T. Sterling Foundation made earlier this month, and will not accept the balance of the money, calling the comments he made in a recorded conversation “divisive and hurtful,” according to spokesperson Phil Hampton.

Dr. Ira Kurtz, a professor of medicine in UCLA’s Division of Nephrology was awarded the gift earlier this month to fund research on the structural properties of key proteins in the kidney that affect its function in health and disease.

KNX 1070′s Ed Mertz reports the project’s ultimate goal is to aid in the development of drugs to treat patients with kidney disorders.
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If you think about it, UCLA just paid Sterling's NBA fine, and Sterling gets an extra $500k to keep in his bank accounts. Idiots.
 
PapaG said:
If you think about it, UCLA just paid Sterling's NBA fine, and Sterling gets an extra $500k to keep in his bank accounts. Idiots.
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I'm sure people will rush in and surpass the Sterling donation. Actually it's a ton of free publicity for them. They're not stupid, they know what they're doing.
 
SlyPokerDog said:
I'm sure people will rush in and surpass the Sterling donation. Actually it's a ton of free publicity for them. They're not stupid, they know what they're doing.
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So UCLA is using race to drive donations. Until the NAACP and the Clipper players refuse or return their money from Sterling, I think this is a dumb decision. An extra $3m pays for a lot of researchers, and maybe potential donors have things in their private lives that they don't want exposed, either. The more I think about it, it's a dumb move.
 
PapaG said:
So UCLA is using race to drive donations. Until the NAACP and the Clipper players refuse or return their money from Sterling, I think this is a dumb decision. An extra $3m pays for a lot of researchers, and maybe potential donors have things in their private lives that they don't want exposed, either. The more I think about it, it's a dumb move.
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I think it would a dumb move to accept Sterling money. Especially for a public academic institution. I could imagine there would be plenty of protests on campus.

That there is devil's money . . .
 
PapaG said:
So UCLA is using race to drive donations. Until the NAACP and the Clipper players refuse or return their money from Sterling, I think this is a dumb decision. An extra $3m pays for a lot of researchers, and maybe potential donors have things in their private lives that they don't want exposed, either. The more I think about it, it's a dumb move.
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No, they're returning a donation they are uncomfortable with and hoping it generates at least that much or more.

What Sterling should have done or do in the future is what Phil Knight does, saying he will match dollar for dollar every donation up to a certain amount.
 
Treaty_of_Batum said:
I think it would a dumb move to accept Sterling money. Especially for a public academic institution. I could imagine there would be plenty of protests on campus.

That there is devil's money . . .
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Has the NAACP given back Sterling all of the money he's donated to that organization? It's easy to say don't take the money, but it kind of fucks over those with kidney issues, a group that is disproportionately black. Are either you or Sly going to donate to UCLA's Nephrology department?
 
SlyPokerDog said:
No, they're returning a donation they are uncomfortable with and hoping it generates at least that much or more.

What Sterling should have done or do in the future is what Phil Knight does, saying he will match dollar for dollar every donation up to a certain amount.
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Why? His money is dirty, according to you, and should be rejected.
 
PapaG said:
Why? His money is dirty, according to you, and should be rejected.
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Hahahaha! I never said his money is dirt. I just don't see it as this giant UCLA fuck up like you do.

And no, I won't be donating to UCLA. I donate to other charities.

I'm not sure why you're trying to turn this into some argument.

Go Blazers!
 
SlyPokerDog said:
Hahahaha! I never said his money is dirt. I just don't see it as this giant UCLA fuck up like you do.

And no, I won't be donating to UCLA. I donate to other charities.

I'm not sure why you're trying to turn this into some argument.

Go Blazers!
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As I said, I'm biased about this due to my daughters. If UCLA wants to accept money from Louis Farrakhan, I also think it should be accepted.
 
PapaG said:
Has the NAACP given back Sterling all of the money he's donated to that organization? It's easy to say don't take the money, but it kind of fucks over those with kidney issues, a group that is disproportionately black. Are either you or Sly going to donate to UCLA's Nephrology department?
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Not me, I don't have that kind of cash. But I think you are missing the big picture. UCLA is a huge academic university with incredible research (especially medical) and an outstanding reputation. They don't need Sterlings money to do what they are doing. They are much more concerned about their reputation than 2-3 million dollars. It's a lot of money of course, but imagine the student uproar alone. Guessing there won't be a lot of students protesting about giving the money back.

So is it easy to say don't take the money? For me yes and my guess for the governing board of UCLA, yes.
 
UCLA is also having major issues with the racial climate. It wouldn't be a good look to accept the money.
 
Mr. J said:
UCLA is also having major issues with the racial climate. It wouldn't be a good look to accept the money.
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You mean the University of Caucasians Lost among Asians?
 
It's probably time to park this thread in OT forever. :cheers:
 
Has the topic of the clippers banning association with clipper Darrel come up? Perhaps that was just another example of racism in the organization?
 
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Why doesn't the NBA ban people that hit their wives? In my book that is much worse than having a racist thought. I'm not a fan of punishing people for thought crimes, especially if they were trying to keep those thoughts to themselves.

This Donald Sterling thing is like a witch hunt, and commenters are stumbling over themselves trying to give the most eloquent rebuke of him. Bullshit.
 
I liken it to finally arresting a gangster on tax evasion charges. Yeah it's the least offensive of the actual offenses, but you finally got him on something concrete enough that you can put his ass in jail.

That said, Kareem has the best take on the whole thing.
 
How racist is Sterling really? I mean not once did he use the N word in his diatribe, his head coach is black and the highest paid coach in the league, his gf is mixed race. He just sounds like an old man with a lot of friends who group up racist and theyre the ones causing problems.
 
cmeese47 said:
How racist is Sterling really? I mean not once did he use the N word in his diatribe, his head coach is black and the highest paid coach in the league, his gf is mixed race. He just sounds like an old man with a lot of friends who group up racist and theyre the ones causing problems.
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Agreed. The obvious way to continue is to throw all of the players who've used the N-word out of the league and ban them from the facilities. They won't do it, why? From Sinobas, above:

This Donald Sterling thing is like a witch hunt, and commenters are stumbling over themselves trying to give the most eloquent rebuke of him. Bullshit.
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My initial judgements were based on the cherry picked quotes. They changed once I actually listened to the tape.
 
1%ers deserve more tax breaks for their conservation. Here's how one conserves basketballs on his yachts.

 
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