Clippers owner Donald Sterling banned for life from NBA

The NBA threw the book at LA Clippers owner Donald Sterling, banning him for life, fining him $2.5 million and raising the possibility of a forced sale of the team over racist remarks he made to an ex-girlfriend that surfaced on a tape recording.

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver made the announcement at a New York press conference moments after Sterling told Fox News that he was not interested in selling the team. When reached after the press conference by Fox News' Jim Gray, Sterling declined to comment.

Silver, who succeeded David Stern as NBA commissioner in February, said the league interviewed Sterling during its investigation. He said NBA investigators determined that the voice heard on the audio tape obtained by TMZ was Sterling's and called the comments "deeply offensive" and vowed to “do everything in my power” to force a sale of the team, which could be worth more than $500 million.

Just unbelieveable stuff on the News.

Even white Canuck Steve Nash talking !  8)

A grave injustice was done to Mr Sterling . The man made some private comments and that ungrateful woman had no right  to post them on instagram.
All of us are guilty of saying things that we do not mean

[quote author=Kwami link=topic=89260.msg561121#msg561121 date=1398804629]
A grave injustice was done to Mr Sterling . The man made some private comments and that ungrateful woman had no right  to post them on instagram.
All of us are guilty of saying things that we do not mean
[/quote]

tell that to black americans

Mr Sterling donates a lot of money to the NAACp and therefore he cannot be racist

;D ;D

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[/size][size=11px][/size][center][size=11px]SHARE[/size][size=32px][/center][center][/size][size=12px][/color][color=rgb(0, 0, 0)] 2005[/color][/size][size=8px][/color][color=rgb(153, 153, 153)]CONNECT[/color][/size][size=32px][/center][/color][center][color=rgb(25, 144, 229)][/size][size=12px][/color][color=rgb(0, 0, 0)] 161[/color][/size][size=32px][/color][color=rgb(25, 144, 229)][/size][size=8px][/color][color=rgb(153, 153, 153)]TWEET[/color][/size][size=32px][/center][center][/size][size=12px][/color][color=rgb(0, 0, 0)] 43[/color][/size][size=8px][/color][color=rgb(153, 153, 153)]COMMENT[/color][/size][size=32px][/center][center][/size][size=12px][/color][/size][size=8px][/color][color=rgb(153, 153, 153)]EMAIL[/color][/size][size=32px][/center][center][/size][size=12px][/color][/size][size=8px][/color][color=rgb(153, 153, 153)]MORE[/color][/size][size=32px][/center][/size][size=14px][/color][color=rgb(51, 51, 51)]LOS ANGELES -- Donald Sterling donated money for years to the Los Angeles chapter of the NAACP, which honored the Clippers owner with a lifetime achievement award in 2009 and was planning to present him another in May until the controversy broke over his racially insensitive comments that went public over the weekend.[/color][/size][size=14px][/color][color=rgb(51, 51, 51)]The amount Sterling has given to the L.A. NAACP branch was not revealed at a news conference Monday held by L.A. branch president Leon Jenkins.[/color][/size][size=14px][/color][color=rgb(51, 51, 51)]"It's an insignificant amount of money, and we're going to return it," said Jenkins, who added the NAACP and Sterling have had a relati[/color][/size][size=32px]

why give the money back

[quote author=The Chairman link=topic=89260.msg561128#msg561128 date=1398805492]
why give the money back
[/quote] you crazy mate , they are not giving that money back . All they did was to promise to pay it back but try to get black people to return money 8)