Maybe the Commissioner forgot, Sterlings wife owns half the franchise. If she doesn't want to sell, I suspect the Commissioner will need to back water. I don't think apologies will do much.
I thought I heard that if the majority owner is ousted, all other partial owners are as well Then again I also heard something about the team being in a trust or something, so that would make it hard for the NBA to take his tram away
Magic has run businesses in LA that employ people. He has been the biggest face of heterosexual AIDS and has been active in bringing HIV awareness to the African-American community. If you want forgiveness, especially in LA, insulting Magic Johnson is not a good way to start. However, Magic tweeted he'd rather talk about the NBA playoffs than Sterling and frankly the playoffs are more interesting. Especially when the Blazers win.
He needs to stop bringing up Magic, but his point is valid. Why are we encouraging kids to look up to a man who was married and had a bazillion extramarital affairs. I would never want my children to emulate Magic Johnson. He has given a lot to charity, but I bet Sterling has as well.
He gave an entire interview to apologize. You can't just pick and choose the parts you like. He sat down and made an ass of himself. He took no responsibility. Her blamed the woman and he blamed Magic Johnson.
This. Magic Johnson is far from a perfect person, but when someone is apologizing for his own acts, it's not a good idea to once again insult the person he previously insulted.
Yeah, I get that, but I really don't think he's worth anyone's time. How many other old senile people are out there that we can trot out on national tv? I'm sure there's a bunch of old folks they could put on CNN that would say some hilariously awful and racist shit as well.
I felt alittle sorry for him too, but easier for me to say since I do not work for the Clippers. The NBA needs this situation to go away sooner than later. I guess she had been recording him for years. I hope they take the franchise before any of them get out.
I guess this means every employer in America, big or small, has an unavoidable moral duty to fire any of their employees who have ever used the "N" word? Odd that the result of the NBA doing that would be an all-white league.
First let me say I believe in forgiving anyone willing to apologize... That being said - Sterling might as well have come out and said "I'm sorry you guys are black" because there was really no sincerity behind it. How the hell are you going to being up the fact that magic has aids in an apology?
Sterling is mad at Johnson, who double-crossed him by releasing a confiding, personal letter that Sterling wrote him after the incident, that looked bad. After advising Sterling to stay silent, then Magic attacked Sterling in public.
If I remember correctly, they did not get married until after he contracted HIV and it was over twenty years ago. Is he still sleeping around? Besides, no one is saying be like Magic. He has taken up causes and that is what his charity work is all about.
Did you guys see the interview? The guy was trying to play the sympathy card. The guy was still talking shit about Magic... HAHAHA The guy is a straight up douché. As much as I disagree with forcing him to sell the team, I wouldn't want him to be a part of the team I root for. Thank God Allen isn't a douché!
"The Guy" is an old racist bigot who needs to not be receiving all the attention he's getting. He did what he did, and he got banned, thats it... Lets move along...
