Donald Sterling Says He Will NOT BE FORCED To Sell LA Clippers By The NBA

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"..Fox News Sports analyst Jim Grey Told Bill O'Reilly that he talked to Donald Sterling before Adam Silver gave him a lifetime ban and he will not be forced to sell the team..."

Fox News Sports analyst Jim Grey Told Bill O'Reilly that he talked to Donald Sterling before Adam Silver meted out his lifetime ban punishment for the racist remarks he made to his former girlfriend that were taped and said he will not sell the team. While Grey was describing how the owners could force Donald Sterling to sell the team he said this:

Grey: A three quarter vote by the Board of Governors, by the teams that are in the NBA. If he doesn't comply they can start making all of his players free agents. The bottom line here is that they can make it so miserable, ostracize him, put him as a pariah that he is and it will be impossible for him to operate. They don't have to schedule preseason games, no one will play him. it's going to be very, very difficult for him to continue and it looks like they are going to.

I spoke to Donald Sterling before his punishment, Bill and he said he's not selling the team and he's not going to be forced to sell the team.

If Sterling stays true to his words to Grey and will not be forced to sell then we are looking at a long court battle if the NBA owners vote to make him sell the franchise which he must do. I hope he does the right thing by the fans, but that's not in Sterling's DNA.



http://crooksandliars.com/2014/04/donald-sterling-says-he-will-not-be-forced


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[Initech]

1. Would the publicly owned option work for the Clippers like it did for the Packers?

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2. I see Magic Johnson making a bid for the Clippers....IMO!

[roncitizen]

3. He will be forced to sell the team if two-thirds of the Board of Governors vote him out.

He will be forced to sell the team if two-thirds of the Board of Governors vote him out.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

4. They might just have to change the rules to make it impossible for an owner to retain control if he

displays racism.

[Catherine Vincent]

5. Going back to the recording...

We'll never find out but I wonder who the "they" are that gave him a hard time about his gf hanging out with African Americans. Unless he was lying.

[Cha]

6. No attempt at an apology.. just "I'm not gonna sell"? He's just going to make

hell rain down on him even more and bring more people together imv.

[frazzled]

7. Yeah, they can make his team worth nothing

Which might be a great thing, in the end.

Besides making the players free agents (and, say, granting a franchise to an entirely new organization that would take them en masse), couldn't they also kick the franchise out of the NBA altogether? They'd have no teams to play against; it would be worthless.

[roncitizen]

8. Truth be known, all NBA teams probably should be publicly-held like the Green Bay Packers......

Truth be known, all NBA teams probably should be publicly-held like the Green Bay Packers.......you can bet the NBA governors' vote will most likely be unanimous to remove Sterling from NBA ownership; because which NBA owner wants a piece of that negative action? Voting to keep him in would certainly bring media and public hell to their team and doorstep.

The Packers are the National Football League’s only non-profit publicly owned team. This football equivalent of a health insurance “public option” thrives in a sea of private competitors. It has been among the league’s most successful franchises - winning 4 Super Bowls and 12 NFL Championships.

[Loudly]

13. I have often wondered and drilled down on that business model.

What really goes on with the Packers?

Can I show up at a so-called owners meeting and meaningfully say No I Don't Want Lombardi to coach?

(Not that I don't want Lombardi to coach.)

[bluedigger]

9. The old goat is 80.

He can litigate in a long drawn out court battle if he wishes. In the meantime, the lifetime ban remains in place. Time is not his friend.

[PeteSelman]

10. What could they do to him if he shows up?

Does he also own the building the Clippers play in?

I just wonder how this ban would be enforced. If he shows up to the game in the building he owns to watch the team he owns, what can they do?

I can't see this guy giving up without a fight.

[Iggo]

14. He doesn't own Staples Center.

Staples is owned and operated by Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG).

The Clippers are just one of the tenants.

[pipoman]

11. Can it go to court?

Isn't there a mandatory binding arbitration procedure?

[Thinkingabout]

12. The sponsors was already backing out today, this will be the pain he may not

be able to bear. Also, if he is not able to sign free agents to make improvements. There will be pressure just the same as Rush has received, Rush is still on the air but does not have the sponsors he had at one time.

[herding cats]

15. My goodness, he's not happy, is he?

Such a shame. I just hate to see how he'll react if two-thirds vote he shouldn't be a team owner. Poor man, he should have read the fine print.

JIK it's needed.

[HooptieWagon]

16. If he refuses to sell...

...I imagine the NBA could simply revoke his franchise, thus forcing him to apply to join another league like the CBA. That would certainly be an interesting (and precedent-setting) development. Sterling would def then be in a financial bind, as he would be on the hook for his player's salaries still under contract, but he wouldn't have the TV or ticket revenue to even begin to cover them. Plus, the value of his team would plummet by about 95%.