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Old 04-29-2014, 12:50 PM   #234
Julio
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Originally Posted by DiracSpike View Post
Totally agree. Sterlings a POS but that shouldn't be news to anyone he's been notorious in the NBA for decades. Honestly, hearing all the backlash before I heard what he said I thought it would be a lot worse. Im not sure why people needed an illegally taped conversation between him and a person he was in an intimate relationship with to just now declare him a racist and try to get rid of him. Forcing someone to sell their assets because they're a c--t would result in a lot billionaires losing their businesses, it's just completely ludicrous to force him out on those grounds.
Sadly, I think the league's actions (which, as somebody who actually followed the Clippers before they got good I totally agree with) is what they were forced to do.
The players were revolting, sponsors were pulling out. By November the Clippers might have been a franchise in the league, but would have no players not now under contract (and those might have either had a league mandated out or just gone overseas), no sponsors and no fans.
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