OT: Stern gets medieval on Arenas's ass

What is the NRA going to support? Since when does Gilbert have a RIGHT to bring guns into his workplace, which is specifically forbidden in the contract he signed. This isn't a 2nd ammendment issue. Nobody's trying to take his guns away from him. Well, they might now, that he was an idiot with them.

 

Gilbert would drop 100 in Euroleague!

 

I don't get it??

Telfair gets caught with a gun on a team plane (!) and in NYC with a concealed weapon (almost as bad as a gun in DC). He got nothing more than a slap in the wrist.

Maybe Telfair showed more remorse than Arenas did and didn't make fun of the situation; but, this doesn't seem very consistent to me.

 

That's what seems like a big issue to me.

Also, the real game is gonna be over voiding the $80M left on his contract.

My guess is convicting him will be fairly difficult

If nothing else, given the Heller decision, it’s pretty likely convicting a very wealthy man of a felony for possession of an unloaded firearm will be difficult in the first place, and will require expensive constitutional level appeals.

Arenas sure as hell isn’t going to go quietly if he’s got $80M at stake. At best, the process will take a couple years.

That makes voiding the contract a pretty big question in my mind. It sounds like it can only be voided if he’s convicted of a felony. What happens if it’s overturned on appeal? For that matter matter, what if he makes a plea deal or does a nolo contendre?

 

Another good one was that Stern layed down three suspensions at Gil's locker and told him to pick one.

 

Hey MM, this suspension is the least of his issue. His union rep can visit him in jail...

 

LOL at TMZ. They are reporting that the Wiz have been "overly cooperative. Almost as if they want Gil to go down."


Hahaha, no shit. That's a lot of money they save


They are also reporting that it is more than likely it was all caught on tape via secrity cameras. This will not end well for Gil

 

Very good point... if Gil had a leg to stand on, he should sue for collusion between the Wiz and the League Office. I personally don't care who wins, as long as Stern looks bad and the Wiz have a fire sale.

 

how would it be collusion for the Wizards to cooperate with the league?

 

the ulterior motive is that they want Arenas's contract of the books, and the League is giving them a gift. That the player's union has been silent tells me there's no way to really make a case for that, but it's pretty obvious that the Wiz are benefiting from a league punishment, which seems like a conflict of interest to me. But that's just court of public opinion BS, not legal.