LA Clippers owner banned for life

[SportsGuy41017]

The NBA has banned LA Clippers owner for life.

[BIG BLACK JACK]

Good. I doubt Stern would've done the same.

[John Anthony]

So he collects profits since he's the owner but can't go to the games or interact with the team?

[HammerTime]

Sam Amico ‏@SamAmicoFSO 28s

 

#Mavericks owner Mark Cuban tweets he agrees 100 pct w Sterling verdict.

#Hawks owner Bruce Levenson has said he would vote out Sterling.

[HammerTime]

So he collects profits since he's the owner but can't go to the games or interact with the team?

 

Right, for now. I would be shocked if he doesn't take legal action of some kind.

[ESPNdeux]

Wow!

 

Silver doesn't waste any time making a statement. And justifiably so.

 

Will he have to sell the team?

[HammerTime]

Chris Palmer ‏@ChrisPalmerNBA 14s

 

Silver: "If a player in the future doesn't want to play for the Clippers and is under contract, we'll deal with that."

[HammerTime]

Wow!

 

Silver doesn't waste any time making a statement. And justifiably so.

 

Will he have to sell the team?

 

 

 

3/4 vote of owners to remove him.

 

Sam Amico ‏@SamAmicoFSO 38s

 

Adam Silver's final thought: "I fully expect to get the support I need (via 3/4ths vote) to remove (Sterling)." Removal now up to owners.

[Irish Cat]

So what if he doesn't pay the fine. What more could they do to him.

[HammerTime]

Chris Palmer ‏@ChrisPalmerNBA 14s

 

Silver: "If a player in the future doesn't want to play for the Clippers and is under contract, we'll deal with that."

 

Ken Berger ‏@KBergCBS

 

Silver says the league is not considering granting free agency to Clippers players after the season.

[HammerTime]

So what if he doesn't pay the fine. What more could they do to him.

 

I would imagine they would take it out of his profit sharing/TV revenue if he doesn't pay up.

[formerkywrestler]

Right, for now. I would be shocked if he doesn't take legal action of some kind.

Interesting take on that:

 

Q: Sterling is notoriously litigious. Can he go to court to stop Silver from punishing him?

 

A: Not effectively. When Silver issues his punishment to Sterling, the decision is final. The constitution provides in Paragraph 24(m) that a commissioner's decision shall be "final, binding, and conclusive" and shall be as final as an award of arbitration. It is almost impossible to find a judge in the United States judicial system who would set aside an award of arbitration. Sterling can file a lawsuit, but he would face a humiliating defeat early in the process. There is no antitrust theory or principle that would help him against Silver and the NBA. He could claim an antitrust violation, for example, if he were trying to move his team to a different market. But under the terms of the NBA constitution, he has no chance to succeed in litigation over punishment.

 

Munson: Challenge for Donald Sterling - ESPN

[gametime]

"I fully expect to get the support I need from the other NBA owners to remove him."

 

Drops mic. Presser over. Bravo...

[ESPNdeux]

3/4 vote of owners to remove him.

 

Sam Amico ‏@SamAmicoFSO 38s

 

Adam Silver's final thought: "I fully expect to get the support I need (via 3/4ths vote) to remove (Sterling)." Removal now up to owners.

 

Sounds like 3/4th is definite from immediate reaction.

 

It was really nice of him to remove himself enough for the team to become desirable again before doing something so stupid as to get kicked out....

[jericho]

Will the same be done to players, coaches, refs, etc?

 

The precedent has been set.