Donald Sterling: Dont bring people to my games!!!
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KowboyKarl
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The Marlins got a youthful, fun team to watch, fellas. Some pretty decent talent on that squad, imo.
so when white people are no longer the majority, then guys like Donald Sterling will just be RUDE, not racist
P-Unit
Beacon of Calmness
kinda. He played the "power" card too. If you are powerful you are racist. If not you are just prejudiced. dumb thinking.
Maybe. Will probably just be diversified
KowboyKarl
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RetroVK
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Would be an interesting trial.
Every owner called to the stand after being vetted and asked if they have ever made any comments that would be deemed racist, homophobic, or sexist ..... then start calling all of the players on the team and ask them if they ever used racist or homophobic words to describe anyone ..... then call known nba criminals to the stand and force them to tell their stories .....
Then play the tape and have league try and explain why this act is so bad in comparison to all the racist things other owners have said or all the racist things players have said or the crimes coaches, owners and players have committed. Why is this the thing that makes a man lose his right to team ownership?
I hope he goes quietly into the night and takes his punishment but if he doesn't ( assuming they vote him out ) and takes them to court ... damn he could make the league look silly.
Every owner called to the stand after being vetted and asked if they have ever made any comments that would be deemed racist, homophobic, or sexist ..... then start calling all of the players on the team and ask them if they ever used racist or homophobic words to describe anyone ..... then call known nba criminals to the stand and force them to tell their stories .....
Then play the tape and have league try and explain why this act is so bad in comparison to all the racist things other owners have said or all the racist things players have said or the crimes coaches, owners and players have committed. Why is this the thing that makes a man lose his right to team ownership?
I hope he goes quietly into the night and takes his punishment but if he doesn't ( assuming they vote him out ) and takes them to court ... damn he could make the league look silly.
takeit
THE Wife
As long as he doesn't call her a racially derogatory name, pat him on the back and give him a raise.
Mo
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KJ
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what better way to display your control over someone than to pay them?
KJ I am not sure what side of the fence you are on here.
I think it's safe to say that we all agree Donald sterling is a racist
The questions at hand in this thread are this in my mind
1. Does the punishment fit the crime. Players and owners have done and said much worse, and are still in the league.
2. Why can everyone outside of white people be racist and it's ok?
I think it's safe to say that we all agree Donald sterling is a racist
The questions at hand in this thread are this in my mind
1. Does the punishment fit the crime. Players and owners have done and said much worse, and are still in the league.
2. Why can everyone outside of white people be racist and it's ok?
KJ
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Owners have power, players have very little power, you can't compare the two
And I've addressed it before, I know that racism exists from all forms, and I as a white male am ok with people like me being held to a higher standard, whether racism or sexism, than people of other color or sex because the history involved. Things just don't get better in half a decade or so as much as you may want them to...we deserve to be held to a higher standard. And I'm ok with it. I realize many are not.
And I've addressed it before, I know that racism exists from all forms, and I as a white male am ok with people like me being held to a higher standard, whether racism or sexism, than people of other color or sex because the history involved. Things just don't get better in half a decade or so as much as you may want them to...we deserve to be held to a higher standard. And I'm ok with it. I realize many are not.
KJ
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what am I ok with? I didn't say I'm ok with anything other than being held to a higher standard. You are not. I can't tell you where I draw the line because I've not yet seen the line in person, but I'm ok with being held to a higher standard, because I've never once gone to sleep worrying about being at a disadvantage about anything.
KJ
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Utopia, it doesn't exist. And you're ok with a man in power being racist. I'm not saying you're off your rocker, I just completely disagree.
Johnnyonthespot
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http://m.espn.go.com/nba/story?storyId=10855864
Darren Erman secretly taped talks
Chris Broussard [ARCHIVE]
ESPN The Magazine | April 29, 2014
When Golden State Warriors assistant coach Darren Erman was fired earlier this month, the reason given was a "violation of company policy."
It turns out that Erman's violation was secretly recording conversations between the team's coaches and players, according to sources with knowledge of the situation.
Garrett W. Ellwood/NBAE/Getty Images
Darren Erman violated team rules by secretly recording conversations between the team's coaches and players, according to sources.
Sources said Erman, who was coach Mark Jackson's second assistant, would record coaches' meetings, meetings between the coaches and players, and informal discussions among coaches that took place in the team's coaches room -- all without the participants' knowledge.
"He was taping everything," one source said. "Taping pregame speeches wouldn't have been that bad, but he was taping guys just sitting around talking in the coaches' office."
Sometimes Erman would be present during the tapings. Other times, he would leave the room and leave his phone behind to record conversations the other coaches were having.
It is unclear what Erman did with the recordings. The sources weren't sure whether he shared them with the club's owners or front-office executives.
"Was he taping it for himself or was he taping it for management? That's not known," a source said. "But he had a lot of communication with members of the front office."
Meanwhile, Erman has landed on his feet in Boston, where he will be the Celtics' NBA director of scouting, general manager Danny Ainge told Yahoo! Sports.
The Warriors' other coaches began noticing a change in Erman's demeanor and behavior in March, a source said. A few weeks later, they discovered that he was recording them. After being caught, Erman told the club he had been recording the conversations for three weeks. Jackson kept Erman on his staff for another week before Warriors' management fired him on April 5.
The Warriors released a statement Tuesday afternoon standing by their earlier reason for Erman's dismissal.
"As previously stated, Darren Erman was terminated due to a violation of company policy. We were unaware of the violation, and when made aware, we took immediate action. We will have no further comment at this time."
Erman's dismissal was the second bizarre event involving Jackson's staff in less than two weeks. On March 25, management demoted first-year assistant Brian Scalabrine to the club's D-League affiliate in Santa Cruz.
Sources say the team made the move because Scalabrine exhibited a consistent pattern of disrespect toward Jackson and the other coaches. Mainly, he ignored and refused to speak with the other basketball coaches. At one point, Scalabrine went five weeks without speaking to Jackson, one source said.
Scalabrine even avoided the coaches on the team plane, sitting in a separate section, according to one source.
The odd behavior of Erman and Scalabrine is emblematic of the dysfunction that has recently engulfed the Warriors franchise. Although he led the Warriors to 51 wins this season and consecutive playoff appearances for the first time in 22 years, Jackson's job is widely rumored to be in jeopardy.
One source insists that Jackson's relationship with owner Joe Lacob and general manager Bob Myers is fine, which makes his shaky job status hard to understand.
Darren Erman secretly taped talks
Chris Broussard [ARCHIVE]
ESPN The Magazine | April 29, 2014
When Golden State Warriors assistant coach Darren Erman was fired earlier this month, the reason given was a "violation of company policy."
It turns out that Erman's violation was secretly recording conversations between the team's coaches and players, according to sources with knowledge of the situation.
Garrett W. Ellwood/NBAE/Getty Images
Darren Erman violated team rules by secretly recording conversations between the team's coaches and players, according to sources.
Sources said Erman, who was coach Mark Jackson's second assistant, would record coaches' meetings, meetings between the coaches and players, and informal discussions among coaches that took place in the team's coaches room -- all without the participants' knowledge.
"He was taping everything," one source said. "Taping pregame speeches wouldn't have been that bad, but he was taping guys just sitting around talking in the coaches' office."
Sometimes Erman would be present during the tapings. Other times, he would leave the room and leave his phone behind to record conversations the other coaches were having.
It is unclear what Erman did with the recordings. The sources weren't sure whether he shared them with the club's owners or front-office executives.
"Was he taping it for himself or was he taping it for management? That's not known," a source said. "But he had a lot of communication with members of the front office."
Meanwhile, Erman has landed on his feet in Boston, where he will be the Celtics' NBA director of scouting, general manager Danny Ainge told Yahoo! Sports.
The Warriors' other coaches began noticing a change in Erman's demeanor and behavior in March, a source said. A few weeks later, they discovered that he was recording them. After being caught, Erman told the club he had been recording the conversations for three weeks. Jackson kept Erman on his staff for another week before Warriors' management fired him on April 5.
The Warriors released a statement Tuesday afternoon standing by their earlier reason for Erman's dismissal.
"As previously stated, Darren Erman was terminated due to a violation of company policy. We were unaware of the violation, and when made aware, we took immediate action. We will have no further comment at this time."
Erman's dismissal was the second bizarre event involving Jackson's staff in less than two weeks. On March 25, management demoted first-year assistant Brian Scalabrine to the club's D-League affiliate in Santa Cruz.
Sources say the team made the move because Scalabrine exhibited a consistent pattern of disrespect toward Jackson and the other coaches. Mainly, he ignored and refused to speak with the other basketball coaches. At one point, Scalabrine went five weeks without speaking to Jackson, one source said.
Scalabrine even avoided the coaches on the team plane, sitting in a separate section, according to one source.
The odd behavior of Erman and Scalabrine is emblematic of the dysfunction that has recently engulfed the Warriors franchise. Although he led the Warriors to 51 wins this season and consecutive playoff appearances for the first time in 22 years, Jackson's job is widely rumored to be in jeopardy.
One source insists that Jackson's relationship with owner Joe Lacob and general manager Bob Myers is fine, which makes his shaky job status hard to understand.
detroit187
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takeit
THE Wife
So he was showing his racism and control by paying them so much? Hadn't considered that angle.
KJ
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It's possible, we'll never know what was going through his mind, but I'm of the opinion he loved having control over those underprivileged folks. I would point to Elgin as exhibit A. The guy seems bizarre from what I understand of him now.
P-Unit
Beacon of Calmness
that's what I think also. Sets a very bad precedent.
twinkie13
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RetroVK
This claim is disputed
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