OT: Sterling loses in court, Clippers sold

[Rastapopoulos]

I guess Doc Rivers doesn't have to quit now.

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[SlyPokerDog]

Sterling will appeal. That fuck will not go away quietly.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

A really good read here - http://www.si.com/nba/2014/07/28/ju...-sterling-permits-clippers-sale-steve-ballmer

 

[NewsSource]

Sterling will appeal. That fuck will not go away quietly.

He'd better do it quick, because from what I heard, the sale immediately is in process since the judge decided, and should be closed by August 15th.

EDIT - should have read SPD's article first.

Of equal importance, Levanas invoked Section 1310(b) of the California Probate Code. By doing so, Levanas has permitted the Clippers sale to be completed irrespective of Donald Sterling appealing.

Sterling's gone. Thank goodness.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

He'd better do it quick, because from what I heard, the sale immediately is in process since the judge decided, and should be closed by August 15th.

EDIT - should have read SPD's article first.



Sterling's gone. Thank goodness.

He is still going to sue the NBA. He might not own the Clippers in a few weeks but he won't go away.

 

[BigGameDamian]

Sterling will probably move on to another sport. NHL, NFL, MLB? Can he do that?

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Sterling will probably move on to another sport. NHL, NFL, MLB? Can he do that?

I seriously doubt those leagues want anything to do with him.

 

[NewsSource]

I seriously doubt those leagues want anything to do with him.

Rush Limbaugh got rejected by the NFL as a part-owner of the Rams for things he didn't say. I can't imagine Sterling being voted in by fellow owners based on what he did say.

 

[Haakzilla]

Seattle Super Clippers!

 

[maxiep]

It's a tax clusterfuck for the Sterlings. It's that issue that would be driving me nuts if I were Donald Sterling. That, and the fact I lost my 15 man plantation.

 

[Shooter]

That, and the fact I lost my 15 man plantation.

I don't recall any plantations where the workers made $10 million a year.

 

[Minstrel]

I don't recall any plantations where the workers made $10 million a year.

Better study up on your Civil War history.

 

[maxiep]

I don't recall any plantations where the workers made $10 million a year.

It was just a joke.

 

[riverman]

Sterling bought the Clips dirt cheap. I don't understand him playing the victim card one bit given the profit he generated on his investment. Him spending half a billion in legal fees alone proves to me that he's probably ready for the drool cup and depends chapter of his life. His wife sure got paid. I'd love to see the Clippers in Seattle with their own arena. Put some distance between this bad blood and the franchise. LA will always belong to the Lakers given the Clips have zero titles. No brainer.

 

[PDXFonz]

How often does losing a court case mean you get 2 billion dollars?

 

[MARIS61]

An LA court also found OJ not guilty of 2 extremely heinous murders that everyone knows he committed.

 

[SheedSoNasty]

I hope that he just goes away into the night and we never have to hear about him anymore. Unfortunately that likely won't be the case.

 

[maxiep]

I have a real problem with a court forcing you to sell something simply because they don't like you or what you think. "Extraordinary circumstances" for this? A ridiculous stretch.

 

[santeesioux]

Am i selfish for wishing he had held on to the team so they could have fallen apart and the Blazers could have passed them?

 

[PtldPlatypus]

I have a real problem with a court forcing you to sell something simply because they don't like you or what you think. "Extraordinary circumstances" for this? A ridiculous stretch.

The court didn't force the sale. It upheld Shelley's right to voluntarily sell despite Donald's protestations.

 

[maxiep]

The court didn't force the sale. It upheld Shelley's right to voluntarily sell despite Donald's protestations.

I stand corrected. Thanks for enlightening me. You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to PtldPlatypus again.

 

[NewsSource]

I have a real problem with a court forcing you to sell something simply because they don't like you or what you think. "Extraordinary circumstances" for this? A ridiculous stretch.

The NBA owners forced Sterling out of their club. Sterling foolishly spent money on a losing case to regain control from his wife, and even had witnesses basically perjure themselves on the stand. Luckily the judge didn't fall for it.

 

[maxiep]

The NBA owners forced Sterling out of their club. Sterling foolishly spent money on a losing case to regain control from his wife, and even had witnesses basically perjure themselves on the stand. Luckily the judge didn't fall for it.

I guess I still have an issue with someone having evidence illegally obtained used against them to force them out of a cartel. Go ahead and suspend his day-to-day management, but forcing him to sell such a valuable asset strikes me as unjust. The tax and inheritance consequences to me are chilling.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

I guess I still have an issue with someone having evidence illegally obtained used against them to force them out of a cartel. Go ahead and suspend his day-to-day management, but forcing him to sell such a valuable asset strikes me as unjust. The tax and inheritance consequences to me are chilling.

Agreed, and that's the risk inherent in being part of, as you call it, a cartel that can basically make up its own rules. But as long as the masses are OK with the way Silver wields his morality hammer, there's no reason for him to behave otherwise.

 

[Minstrel]

But as long as the masses are OK with the way Silver wields his morality hammer, there's no reason for him to behave otherwise.

If by masses, you mean the owners, they were the impetus behind the move. Silver couldn't have banished Sterling indefinitely and forced a sale without a majority vote from the owners, which he ensured he had.

If the masses are the fans, they'll never be relevant in matters like this. Silver's bosses are the owners.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

If by masses, you mean the owners, they were the impetus behind the move. Silver couldn't have banished Sterling indefinitely and forced a sale without a majority vote from the owners, which he ensured he had.

If the masses are the fans, they'll never be relevant in matters like this. Silver's bosses are the owners.

The masses in this case were the players who provide the very product Silver is responsible to protect, as well as the sporting news media. The owners likely wouldn't have cared an iota about Sterling's racism if it didn't threaten to impact their revenues. When the talking heads started spewing venom, and the players began talking protest, it then became a problem for the owners.

It's all connected.

 

[Minstrel]

Ah, I see.

 

[NewsSource]

I guess I still have an issue with someone having evidence illegally obtained used against them to force them out of a cartel. Go ahead and suspend his day-to-day management, but forcing him to sell such a valuable asset strikes me as unjust. The tax and inheritance consequences to me are chilling.

How was it illegally obtained? Sterling gave his consent to be recorded. It's why no arrests have been made of the weirdo who recorded him. I'm sure he didn't give consent for it to be released, but that isn't a point of law.

 

[maxiep]

How was it illegally obtained? Sterling gave his consent to be recorded. It's why no arrests have been made of the weirdo who recorded him. I'm sure he didn't give consent for it to be released, but that isn't a point of law.

It isn't? You can't record something and then have the expectation of privacy? Weren't the recordings his? If he owns them, then he gets to decide what to do with them, right?

 

[NewsSource]

It isn't? You can't record something and then have the expectation of privacy? Weren't the recordings his? If he owns them, then he gets to decide what to do with them, right?

When has he claimed ownership of the tapes? Faceshield recorded him; I assume she had ownership of the tapes. You're making the claim that the tapes were illegally obtained. I haven't found or heard of any legal findings that support that point of view.