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

Sweet! Can they do that for the Blazers, too? Do you realize what a slippery slope that is?

What I can see is a player having a clause in his contract inserted where it states he has a no trade clause for any team owned by Donald Sterling.

 

It could be worse. Slysilverdog wants to ban anyone who doesnt walk on all 4's. Take a look under his cold wet nose and youll see a mini hitler stash

 

The league is all powerful. They prohibited the Maloofs from selling their team to the highest paying purchaser. They have a salary cap. Players can be traded to other teams. They don't allow teams to sign 18 year old players. Maybe this would be different, but it is not all that much different than things the league has done on a regular basis.

 

To be fair, that's just what Our Dear Leader has decided today. Tomorrow, his whims may carry us in a different direction. #hopeandchange #Lightbringer

 

None of those things were collectively bargained. Player contracts are collectively bargained. Would this also mean that the NBA owners can void a player contract if that player is a drug addict who isn't playing well? What if an owner doesn't want to employ a drug addict, because it's against his personal beliefs, and the other owners agree to a vote to void that contract. How about a player who beat his wife. Would Jason Kidd's contract had been able to be terminated? Think the players' union would think that's OK?

 

Didn't that happen with Roy Tarpley back in the early 90's in Dallas?

 

No, but if the proposal had support of the players and the owners, which it could, the CBA could be amended for this specific situation.

 

Neither side wants to renegotiate the CBA. One thing that I can always count on in this country are people overreacting in order to "feel good," not looking at all at the long-term implications of the short-term solution.

 

Here is an interesting article on Gilbert Arenas, and why his contract wasn't voided even though he had felony gun charges against him.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/19/sports/basketball/19arenas.html?_r=0

 

Some other examples of player contracts being voided, but not completely.

 

Maxie, nothing Sterling said is a crime. I never claimed that.

Look, so far as I know, none of us are lawyers and I can say with certainty that none of us know the intricacies of the fine print of NBA regs. So it's realy just speculation to talk about what the NBA could or could not do under what contract.

Not that ever stopped anyone....

Now, as I said, I'm no lawyer, but I would say that if a person is really involved in a criminal case against a girlfriend or ex girlfriend his/her lawyer would say very firmly don't have personal contact with that person.

Sadly, the Clippers are clearly distracted and clearly it's affected their play. Either that or they decided to blow the series. Sad, either way. They worked hard for their #3 seed and now can't enjoy the results.

 

The Washington Generals.

 

What the fuck is Wes Matthews doing down in Oakland? We have a game tonight!

 

Are you kidding me? I think it's great.

I look forward to Memphis, GS and Dallas all advancing. #BlazersinNBAFinals

 

There are a few posters who are lawyers, or at least claim to be. Stevenson, for example (although I'm sure he actually is a lawyer).

My point was that part of my love of free speech is to defend all speech, no matter how much I disagree with it. Sterling is a scumbag, and a Jewish bigot, which makes him even more of an ass, because he comes from a people who were almost exterminated simply because of their race/religion. Fuck that guy, but he did make my life easier. Now, I no longer have to wonder what he thinks. I can dismiss him entirely.

The beauty of our system is we can defend free speech and punish his thoughts in other ways, economically and socially for example.

 

Yes. Yes I did. All dogs of the same breeds look alike to me, too.

 

By the way, it wasn't the guy's face, but his upper body.