THE NBA WANTS TO TAKE AWAY OUR PRIVACY RIGHTS AND FREEDOM OF SPEECH. I was brought up in America and educated to believe that every citizen has a right to privacy and right to freedom of speech. As a lawyer and citizen, I am shocked (but not surprised) that the NBA wants to take away those fundamental rights. I feel that every American has to protect those rights and that the NBA should not be allowed to take away those rights. I have apologized for my mistakes. My apology is sincere. I want every American to know that I will not give up fighting for those rights. I also feel that the leadership of the NBA is incompetent, inexperienced and angry. It is clear that they took this opportunity to settle the personal grievances they have harbored against me for years. The NBA has a history of discriminatory practices which is supported by the numerous lawsuits filed by NBA employees claiming gender based discrimination. Adam Silver has worked for the NBA since 1992. He must know about the discriminatory practices of the NBA which are all matters of public record. The reason Adam Silver is focused on the sale, instead the larger social issue, is because doing so would require him to examine the NBA's own discriminatory practices, including those that occurred under his many years in leadership. If the NBA is sincere about their approach, Adam Silver needs to publicly examine the NBA's own conduct and the conduct of each and every Owner. For now, it seems Adam Silver is content with focusing his energy on violating my rights, attempting to take my property, and signing autographs for TMZ. Maybe once the dust settles, he will have some time to focus on the NBA's own transgressions. The NBA continues to thrive and exact its reign of terror in large part from the money it receives from the Fans. The NBA is a band of hypocrites and bullies. They will not stop until someone stands up. They have taken the liberty to desecrate my privacy rights and my right to own property. I have no doubt that they will continue to find new ways to violate my rights and the rights of any other person in order to draw attention away from their own discriminatory and repulsive conduct. We have to fight for the rights of all Americans. We have to fight these despicable monsters. THIS IS THE REASON I WILL NOT SELL MY TEAM. Donald T. Sterling http://espn.go.com/los-angeles/nba/...earing-resolve-los-angeles-clippers-situation
You don't have 'freedom of speech' with or from private entities. The government can't legally infringe on your right to free speech, but your boss sure can. The letter above is gibberish.
It appears to be 100% accurate, and 0% gibberish. Maybe you didn't actually read it? BTW, it's an oft-repeated falsehood that your Constitutional Rights cease to exist in the workplace.
But... but.... freedom of speech! Seriously, the amount of people who misunderstand the first amendment is just astounding.
Donald Sterling understands it quite clearly. He knows he can't be silenced. He can be boycotted, ostracized, hated, fired, kicked out of a golf club, or possibly even forced to sell off a business he built and has owned and run successfully for 30 years increasing it's worth from $12,000,000 to $2,000,000,000. But he can say what he wants, including presenting for the record in a court of law the racist policies of the NBA. Adam Silver lives in a great big glass house, and either he's going to have to appease Sterling, or the NBA is going to lose a lot of black fans.
I'm uncomfortable with someone being fired for putting forward a political argument. While not at work. Which part of the Constitution has been interpreted to allow morals clauses? I wonder how solid that is.
Greg Oden didn't say that. Fez is joking. Oden just laughingly quoted the oft-heard truism that there are few wealthy black social events here (compared to bigger or more-black cities). The context was, he was explaining why he held little home drinking parties with 2 or 3 friends at a time.
Well this should be interesting. Sterling has been an owner for a long time and has seen and experienced a lot behind the scenes that we don't get to see and read about. Is 30 yrs of NBA's dirty laundry about the be exposed to the fans or is he just blowing a lot of smoke? Stay tuned . . .
He socialized with the other billionaires and knows their business and romantic secrets. The CIA may kill him to silence him. The 1%ers are probably pitching in their nickels to privatize the op. Yep, it's a done deal.
