LA Clippers owner racist rant at girlfriend

[OverVolt]

Don't worry, I guarantee the usual suspects at the Post are already writing their "Redskins name racist" equal to Sterling's remarks columns as I type this. Someone called into a DC radio show I was listening to this AM trying to equate them so you know it is coming.

Geez how inconsiderate of them to name the team Redskins with no thought as to how politically correct it would be in 82 years.

 

[Atomic Playboy]

While this guy is pretty vile and all, I sure hope someone is planning on digging up something similar from Dan Snyder of the Washington Redskins.

That would make me very happy, as a Redskins fan.

Snyder doesn't strike me as an incorrigible racist; he's young enough to not be from an age where casual racism was encouraged. George Preston Marshall; there was some racism you could sink your teeth into.

 

[Linflas]

Snyder doesn't strike me as an incorrigible racist; he's young enough to not be from an age where casual racism was encouraged. George Preston Marshall; there was some racism you could sink your teeth into.

Snyder's problem is that he is an incorrigible jock sniffer, not racist.

 

[OverVolt]

Boo lets complain about people online like the peanut gallery booo boooo boo.

This social media group opinion stuff is such a joke, you guys are pathetic, lol.

 

[zinfamous]

Don't worry, I guarantee the usual suspects at the Post are already writing their "Redskins name racist" equal to Sterling's remarks columns as I type this. Someone called into a DC radio show I was listening to this AM trying to equate them so you know it is coming.

Snyder doesn't strike me as an incorrigible racist; he's young enough to not be from an age where casual racism was encouraged. George Preston Marshall; there was some racism you could sink your teeth into.

whatever comes of it, I don't really care. My point being, it seems that this has spurned a movement to oust an owner (which I assumed was largely impossible--but I guess if the league bands together, things can happen...) and as a Redskins fan, I see this as one strategy towards achieving a noble goal.

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[Linflas]

whatever comes of it, I don't really care. My point being, it seems that this has spurned a movement to oust an owner (which I assumed was largely impossible--but I guess if the league bands together, things can happen...) and as a Redskins fan, I see this as one strategy towards achieving a noble goal.

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If this is the case then there is no bigger racist than Peter Angelos. MLB should move to strip him of his franchise immediately.

 

[zinfamous]

Geez how inconsiderate of them to name the team Redskins with no thought as to how politically correct it would be in 82 years.

/off topic
They weren't the Redskins for 82 years. They were first the Braves, then names changed to not compete with same-market baseball team (doesn't really make any sense), to the Redskins.

 

[OverVolt]

/off topic
They weren't the Redskins for 82 years. They were first the Braves, then names changed to not compete with same-market baseball team (doesn't really make any sense), to the Redskins.

Boooo

I didn't know that though. Google totally failed me. You're smarter than google!

http://bit.ly/1fm7pVB

Google being a piece of crap lately is a rant for another day I guess.

 

[norseamd]

• Washington Redskins (1937–present)

 

[bradley]

In this thread, normal people think the guy is terrible human being, while racists think what he said isn't a big deal.

So you're basically willing to label anyone "racist" and 'abnormal' who doesn't see your POV? I'm a content of character person, quite frankly.

Additionally you know enough about this man based on one unlawfully obtained tape to label him a terrible human? What laws did Sterling break? How do we know the NBA aren't trying to chase Sterling out of the league and paid to create this unlawful recording?

Ever heard of Howie Spira or Anthony Bosch? Both were cases where the Yankees illegally obtained evidence against David Winfield and Alex Rodriguez respectively in order to break their rather large contracts.

How about if someone (privately without your knowledge) were to record you doing something unlawful and then take it to your employer? Do you partake in illicit drugs, download illegal content, trap and kill animals who enter your property etc. ?

What I'm trying to determine is how Sterling's actions even directly affect any of us. Where's the 'skin' in this game for non-NBA fans?

Anyhow, Sterling will lawyer up and win any case against him. Though enjoy being entertained/distracted by the latest media firestorm.

 

[veri745]

Yea this man knows what true social justice is all about. Good for you. Hopefully when you are old people think the same way as they do now, but that is unlikely.

You don't have to agree with them but you should respect your elders. For this very reason. Because the world changes and at that age they cannot keep up.

It'll be you when you are that age, except "respect your elders" will have been long forgotten. So you'll be getting what you wished for I guess.

This doesn't have anything to do with "my elders". Bigoted, racist ***holes don't deserve respect regardless of how old they are.

 

[Markbnj]

My granddad was racist till the day he died and I never agreed with him on that but by and large one of the main drivers of social change is when peoples opinions die with them. It is literally a fundamental tenet of how the world works. Its something I learned in highschool history and to me seems obvious. Its amazing to see such morons finger pointing about it, like this is somehow shocking than an 80yr old rich man with a flashy young mistress who owns the LA Clippers and employs lots of high-profile black people has outdated racist opinions about black people.

FTFY.

You're right, it's a mystery why this is interesting. I'm not sure why I wasted time posting about it, when I could have been using the same time to improve the lives of people everywhere.

 

[MetalMat]

This story is getting so blown out of proportion just so media outlets can continue posting dribble on it. Obviously Snyder has racial issues but is anyone really that shocked by what a man older than time itself said on a tapped conversation that was posted against his will?

Bottom line is simple. Fans can either support the team or not and the people working for Snyder can decide if they want to continue being with the team or not. He did not do anything illegal in the NBA rulebook and because it is a franchise the commissioner will decide the best course of action. That's about it.

 

[drbrock]

How did this guys go from getting an award from the NAACP and having a black girlfriend to be being the biggest racist of all time?

Sucks to be him right now. He is stupid wealthy and this will just be a blip on his radar.

 

[Hugo Drax]

You know the NBA is not a government organization, right? :hmm:

KT

You were foaming at the mouth that they should have removed him as an owner. The only entity that can do it somehow is the Government.

NBA cannot since he is meeting all his financial obligation.

 

[manly]

You were foaming at the mouth that they should have removed him as an owner. The only entity that can do it somehow is the Government.

NBA cannot since he is meeting all his financial obligation.

You don't think if the league office and the other 29 owners unanimously wanted him out, they couldn't force a team sale?

If that scenario played out, obviously he would sue, but worst case he makes out like Frank McCourt did. Sterling "wins" either way.

As to those suggesting he's an innocent victim, there's plenty of prior history on his racist views. This just happened to be the first time it's exposed on tape AFAIK. People who follow the NBA closely aren't shocked, but are appalled. The general public who didn't know now do from the wide media coverage. Of course the tapes still have to be authenticated.

 

[Printer Bandit]

Everyone is racist. Just that some people don't like to announce it to the whole world.

 

[Miramonti]

No comments from the other plantation owners who propped up Sterling's continued ownership in the league, or from the most recent former plantation godfather, david stern, who's as culpable as anyone for not calling sterling out for his obvious history of racism and how it supposedly conflicts with the 'core values' of the nba. I don't know what the nba bylaws include, but I suspect they have had the ammunition for a very long time to force this guy to sell. Only in the past half-decade has the criticism subsided of him being the worst owner in all the major professional sports (I believe since he began signing some larger contracts, making more of an effort to win.)

Another thought that comes to mind is how much dirt this girl has on him. I don't think one can easily come up with such an audio gem without recording hours and hours over a long period of time...

 

[Atomic Playboy]

You were foaming at the mouth that they should have removed him as an owner. The only entity that can do it somehow is the Government.

NBA cannot since he is meeting all his financial obligation.

What authority would the government have over ownership of a team in a professional sports league? The NBA can vote to contract to 29 teams, revoke the Clippers and buy out Sterling's stake at fair market value and he'd have no recourse. I'm not saying they will, but if the league really wanted him gone, there are ways. There's no need to have the government step in.

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

No comments from the other plantation owners who propped up Sterling's continued ownership in the league, or from the most recent former plantation godfather, david stern, who's as culpable as anyone for not calling sterling out for his obvious history of racism and how it supposedly conflicts with the 'core values' of the nba. I don't know what the nba bylaws include, but I suspect they have had the ammunition for a very long time to force this guy to sell. Only in the past half-decade has the criticism subsided of him being the worst owner in all the major professional sports (I believe since he began signing some larger contracts, making more of an effort to win.)

Another thought that comes to mind is how much dirt this girl has on him. I don't think one can easily come up with such an audio gem without recording hours and hours over a long period of time...

According to TMZ she has more than 100 hours of recordings. She claims she made them at Sterling's request, because he would forget about things he'd said in conversation. Presumably the recordings will tell us whether that's true, since in 100 hours he would almost certainly have mentioned being recorded if he was aware of it.

As an aside, how is it that we are more than 24 hours into this scandal and we still don't know her first name? Very strange . . . Plus she is going around dressed like this:

 

[Hugo Drax]

What authority would the government have over ownership of a team in a professional sports league? The NBA can vote to contract to 29 teams, revoke the Clippers and buy out Sterling's stake at fair market value and he'd have no recourse. I'm not saying they will, but if the league really wanted him gone, there are ways. There's no need to have the government step in.

All this will blow over in a few weeks/months.

The funny thing is the NAACP wanted to hand him some super awards prior to this recording being released. The irony there is a history of his racist behavior in the past along with his estranged wife regarding the employees, housing discrimination etc.. but I guess that was okay with the NAACP as long as it was on the downlow.

 

[Ns1]

Plus she is going around dressed like this:

that is brilliant. I always wondered why more celebs don't wear shit like that.

 

[Drako]

As an aside, how is it that we are more than 24 hours into this scandal and we still don't know her first name? Very strange . . . Plus she is going around dressed like this:

I'm going to guess Vincent. :\

 

[Atomic Playboy]

Plus she is going around dressed like this:

Your office doesn't have Daft Punk Friday?

 

[Markbnj]

that is brilliant. I always wondered why more celebs don't wear shit like that.

Yep, my estimation of her just ticked up a notch. That's a pretty good middle finger to the paparazzi.