Fuck Sterling, but good for him. No matter what he said, it's still his team and he has the right to go to court over it.
He does.
His fellow owners have every right as well to sue his ass for the damages incurred as an owner of a franchise given the harm that he's causing on their franchises as part of a parent company called the National Basketball Association.
Yes,
Just what the owners will want to do.
They would be wise to let him keep his 2.5 million, keep the ban in place and move on with life.
It was a stupid thing to pick a fight over when he has the history he does.
Only problem with that is that you have a league of players willing to walk out if you don't remove him as an owner.
The league had no choice in this ... it was really the only solution that they had in getting him removed from the league as an owner.
Sterling's lawsuit at this point is for spite. The bylaws are the bylaws and they'll hold up in court.
They aren't walking out. That's a bunch of tough talk. These owners aren't dumb. They can cry that they shouldn't be punished for something one owner said (which is true). It's also not their fault if this gets tied up in the courts. They are going to need to either pay Sterling a ton of money to leave or realize it's going to take time to get him out. When Roger Mason said he had LeBron on board, LeBron said he wasn't boycotting, but he did want Sterling out ASAP.
Fuck Sterling, but good for him. No matter what he said, it's still his team and he has the right to go to court over it.
He does.
His fellow owners have every right as well to sue his ass for the damages incurred as an owner of a franchise given the harm that he's causing on their franchises as part of a parent company called the National Basketball Association.
Yes,
Just what the owners will want to do.
They would be wise to let him keep his 2.5 million, keep the ban in place and move on with life.
It was a stupid thing to pick a fight over when he has the history he does.
Only problem with that is that you have a league of players willing to walk out if you don't remove him as an owner.
The league had no choice in this ... it was really the only solution that they had in getting him removed from the league as an owner.
Sterling's lawsuit at this point is for spite. The bylaws are the bylaws and they'll hold up in court.
The players won't be walking out over this. That was a one night deal before the POW aka as Adam Silver ackwardly delivered his tough talk ban and fine speech. Walking out over this would be an equivalent to a strike and neither the NBAPA nor players will give up paychecks over this now.
Fuck Sterling, but good for him. No matter what he said, it's still his team and he has the right to go to court over it.
He does.
His fellow owners have every right as well to sue his ass for the damages incurred as an owner of a franchise given the harm that he's causing on their franchises as part of a parent company called the National Basketball Association.
Yes,
Just what the owners will want to do.
They would be wise to let him keep his 2.5 million, keep the ban in place and move on with life.
It was a stupid thing to pick a fight over when he has the history he does.
Only problem with that is that you have a league of players willing to walk out if you don't remove him as an owner.
The league had no choice in this ... it was really the only solution that they had in getting him removed from the league as an owner.
Sterling's lawsuit at this point is for spite. The bylaws are the bylaws and they'll hold up in court.
The players won't be walking out over this. That was a one night deal before the POW aka as Adam Silver ackwardly delivered his tough talk ban and fine speech. Walking out over this would be an equivalent to a strike and neither the NBAPA nor players will give up paychecks over this now.
nailed it. NBA would file a ULP grievance, though would be at the mercy of the left-leaning NLRB
I don't buy that the players as a whole would walk out over this. It's hard to live the lifestyles that a lot of the guys in the league do when they aren't "getting 'dem checks."
However, it is an option that they have to use and threaten with. And it's an option that punishes the owners right along with it.
As long as the league is profitable, and given franchise values it clearly is right now, the owners will stand to lose in both the short- and long-term if the players walk out.
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The players won't be walking out over this. That was a one night deal before the POW aka as Adam Silver ackwardly delivered his tough talk ban and fine speech. Walking out over this would be an equivalent to a strike and neither the NBAPA nor players will give up paychecks over this now.
However, it is an option that they have to use and threaten with. And it's an option that punishes the owners right along with it.
As long as the league is profitable, and given franchise values it clearly is right now, the owners will stand to lose in both the short- and long-term if the players walk out.