Here is my thought on this....
Was he an idiot and wrong in what he said... YES. Is it right to ban him.... Maybe. Now this is a slippery slope the NBA is dealing with. Because now it opens the door for litigation on his part. Yes the recording were his....but to ban...look out.
Marge Schott was banned from managing....not owning or doing operations for the team.
Also if you listened to the tapes.... he was goated into saying those things. Also it was on a recorded message that he didn't know was getting recorded. The lady kept pressing him to say certain things. So his lawyers could have a field day with this one.
But again I am not saying he is in the right. he is definitely in the wrong...100%. But a lifetime ban.... This isn't the last we will be hearing about this one.
Below is a snippet of an article talking about this situation. The woman in the audio is accused of swindling Sterling out of money. Also the audio that everyone heard is 10 mins out of an hour conversation. So again.... She kept pressing him to say things.
"ATTORNEY NO LONGER ANSWERING QUESTIONS
Stiviano's attorney, Mac Nehoray, has said his client did not leak the audio of the conversation with Sterling, but he has said what's been posted online is a snippet of a conversation lasting roughly an hour.
On Monday, a man who answered the phone at Nehoray's law office wouldn't identify himself and said the attorney would no longer comment on the audio or Stiviano's case. He said the attorney was invoking the Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination, citing a statement issued by the Clippers accusing Stiviano of embezzlement."
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Like I have stated i am not saying Sterling is an choir boy and shouldn't get punished. But there is a motive for why the conversation was recorded and why it was released.
I am thinking someone wants 15 mins of fame and to get her name off a different law suit. But again I am not condoning his actions or what he said. But there is more to this story right now than what is getting posted.
@crsm27: Spot on. This is going to be ugly.
Also, what about the next taped conversation that surfaces with similar connotations, will the ban that person?
Who the fuck has never had conversations where ugly things were said that the speaker really didn't mean.
I predict a flood of off-color recordings of conversations will start surface soon. Think of all the jilted wives, lovers, jealous friends family that have recording of players, coaches and owners saying stupid shit that could ruin their careers.
This kind of reminds me of when "sexual harassment" became such a hot topic in the corporate environment in the 90's. Dudes were getting fired for saying dirty jokes or asking babes out to happy hour. This resulted in all kinds of successful lawsuits by those fired but more importantly became a huge distraction to getting anything done.
“They were a little too harsh when they banned him from even going to a NBA game. Sheesh!â€
just imagine how much worse it would have been if he had said something against obamacare. he’d be lining the bottom of a mass grave in some fema camp
Eh. The NBA isnt a court of law. He is a public figure and still didnt give a damn about his statements over the years. His privacy only extends as far as the agreement he made with the NBA. And constantly making your fellow owners look bad is never a recipie for success.
It is interesting how many TUSCLers use band in place of banned. Shows how influential juice, juice's circle jerk buddies, and juice wannabes have been.
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