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Re: Donald Sterling = Mentally Incapacitated?

2014-06-13T21:11:00-06:00

Maybe the owners will fire the commish.

Statistics: Posted by scott715 — Fri Jun 13, 2014 9:11 pm

Re: Donald Sterling = Mentally Incapacitated?

2014-06-13T13:17:11-06:00

And so the scorched-earth campaign begins in earnest as Donald Sterling hired PIs and gives them six-figure budgets to go after other owners' and NBA officials' pasts:

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The firms will be engaged in an "audition" of sorts, the individual said: "Whoever delivers the best (material) is going to stay on for the next round and it might be all four of them...29 owners is not a small undertaking."

I absolutely love this.

Statistics: Posted by hawkwing — Fri Jun 13, 2014 1:17 pm

Re: Donald Sterling = Mentally Incapacitated?

2014-06-13T12:42:14-06:00

And so the scorched-earth campaign begins in earnest as Donald Sterling hired PIs and gives them six-figure budgets to go after other owners' and NBA officials' pasts:

http://www.ksl.com/?sid=30291801&nid=14 ... id=queue-9" uncited">

The firms will be engaged in an "audition" of sorts, the individual said: "Whoever delivers the best (material) is going to stay on for the next round and it might be all four of them...29 owners is not a small undertaking."

Statistics: Posted by snoscythe — Fri Jun 13, 2014 12:42 pm

Re: Donald Sterling = Mentally Incapacitated?

2014-06-01T23:41:37-06:00

The final ruling on the legality of the NBA's actions will be settled in a court of law - where I believe Donald Sterling has a good case. The NBA had a knee jerk reaction to an illegally obtained recording that they made a Draconian decision on... What ever happened to gathering all the facts surrounding a case in a fair and impartial manner?
It was my thought that the NBA could do basically whatever they wanted for whatever reason they wanted. Like how Boy Scouts don't HAVE to include gay scout leaders. There seems to be little legislation when it comes to interfering with private business decisions. They could have kicked him out based on his favorite color for all I know (and yes, I may be very wrong about that premise).

Yes, the NBA can vote an owner out. Just like any private business can fire any employee they want to. But, that dis-enfranchised owner, or fired employee, can challenge that action in court. After the NBA moved so swiftly to ban Donald Sterling for life, fine him, and move towards stripping him from team ownership - they opened themselves up to litigation.

The problem with trying to bully Donald Sterling is - he is an experienced and successful businessman, a lawyer himself, pretty shrewd, has massive financial resources to hire the finest legal team in the nation, and pissed off. Toss in illegal activity to trap Mr. Sterling, add some bitterness and you have a recipe for a determined legal challenge to the NBA's actions.

Statistics: Posted by Ddawg — Sun Jun 01, 2014 11:41 pm

Re: Donald Sterling = Mentally Incapacitated?

2014-06-01T17:31:50-06:00

The final ruling on the legality of the NBA's actions will be settled in a court of law - where I believe Donald Sterling has a good case. The NBA had a knee jerk reaction to an illegally obtained recording that they made a Draconian decision on... What ever happened to gathering all the facts surrounding a case in a fair and impartial manner?

It was my thought that the NBA could do basically whatever they wanted for whatever reason they wanted. Like how Boy Scouts don't HAVE to include gay scout leaders. There seems to be little legislation when it comes to interfering with private business decisions. They could have kicked him out based on his favorite color for all I know (and yes, I may be very wrong about that premise).

Statistics: Posted by Mars — Sun Jun 01, 2014 5:31 pm

Re: Donald Sterling = Mentally Incapacitated?

2014-06-01T17:28:19-06:00

There's no time for that when you need to publicly hang someone for racism.

Statistics: Posted by snoscythe — Sun Jun 01, 2014 5:28 pm

Re: Donald Sterling = Mentally Incapacitated?

2014-06-01T14:40:35-06:00

There's no time for that when you need to publicly hang someone for racism.

Statistics: Posted by SpiffCoug — Sun Jun 01, 2014 2:40 pm

Re: Donald Sterling = Mentally Incapacitated?

2014-06-01T10:29:29-06:00

The recording made of Donald Sterling was recorded without his knowledge or consent. That is illegal in California... The fruits of an illegal act are not admissible.
In a court of law perhaps. Probably much less so in the boardroom of a private corporation.

Exactly - in a court of law. The final ruling on the legality of the NBA's actions will be settled in a court of law - where I believe Donald Sterling has a good case. The NBA had a knee jerk reaction to an illegally obtained recording that they made a Draconian decision on. And, they never interviewed Donald Sterling to get his side. What ever happened to gathering all the facts surrounding a case in a fair and impartial manner?

Statistics: Posted by Ddawg — Sun Jun 01, 2014 10:29 am

Re: Donald Sterling = Mentally Incapacitated?

2014-06-01T09:33:14-06:00

Isn't he selling the Clippers for $2B? If so, how would he have a case?

He does claim that he had an unsolicited offer for $2.5 billion a couple years ago, and the team/market has only improved since then, so it's not that far-fetched (if he can prove he turned down $2.5B in the past) to convince someone that the $2B selling price was actually a discounted price where the buyer's knew the seller was in a position of weakness given the NBA's actions rather than a fair-market, evenly negotiated purchase. If he really can show that $2.5B offer, I don't think $1B in damages is that hard to get to.

Then if he can win on anti-trust, his damages award can get tripled to $3B.

I think Sterling has one of two goals here--either force the NBA into a painful settlement to avoid what will absolutely be embarrassing, if not debilitating depositions and testimony from executives and owners, or to wage a scorched-earth campaign to get all the dirty laundry from every owner and exec out in the open, regardless of legal outcome.

Statistics: Posted by snoscythe — Sun Jun 01, 2014 9:33 am

Re: Donald Sterling = Mentally Incapacitated?

2014-06-01T02:13:28-06:00

The recording made of Donald Sterling was recorded without his knowledge or consent. That is illegal in California... The fruits of an illegal act are not admissible.

In a court of law perhaps. Probably much less so in the boardroom of a private corporation.

Statistics: Posted by Mars — Sun Jun 01, 2014 2:13 am