NBA Commissioner Adam Silver announced Tuesday that Donald Sterling is banned for life from the Clippers organization.
Wholesale Ravens Jerseys . As well, he has been fined $2.5 million. Finally, Silver will recommend to the
Board of Governors that Sterling be forced to sell the team. Fine and Expulsion
The fine of $2.5 million was not a surprise. The likely range was somewhere
between $1 million and $5 million. However, the NBA went farther than expected
by banning Sterling for life from the Clippers. That means that Sterling is not
only permanently removed from the day-to-day operations of the league, but he
cant be part of the franchise in any way. A suspension of 1 to 2 years was
initially expected. Banning Sterling for life is a precedent setting punishment
and appropriate under the circumstances. The comments were of course despicable
and disturbing. As well, the majority of the NBA player population is of color.
According to a 2013 report, 76.3 per cent of NBA players are African-American
and 80.1 per cent are of color. So when the majority of the league workforce is
African-American, the NBA has no choice but to ask as decisively as possible
within its legal framework. Forcing the Sale of the Team This is where things
get a bit messy. The NBA by-laws allow the league to remove an owner in limited
circumstances, including if the team is in financial distress. We saw something
similar in baseball when MLB took over the Dodgers when Frank McCourt made a
mess of the team. The NBA by-laws, however, are unlikely to provide a reasonable
basis for the league to terminate his ownership. Rather, the NBA will likely
look to Article 35 of the NBA Constitution, which allows the commissioner to
indefinitely suspend owners for "conduct prejudicial or detrimental to the
association". The NBA needs three-quarters of owners to agree to the sale. This
is broad language and does provide an arguable legal basis to remove Sterling.
However, I emphasize "arguable." This language does not unequivocally give the
NBA the authority to hand down the most dramatic and substantial of all
penalties - forcing an owner to sell. So that means its possible that Sterling
could fire back with a lawsuit if forced to sell alleging that the leagues
owners have acted unlawfully. That type of lawsuit could be worth $100 million
plus for Sterling. Thats why the NBA didnt announce Sterling is being forced to
sell; rather they announced they would recommend that he be forced to sell and
take it from there. As part of that same lawsuit, Sterling could allege that the
NBA doesnt have the authority to ban him for life, and that the penalty is
disproportionately high. Not only does Sterling have a history of racially
insensitive comments, he also has a history of suing the NBA. After acquiring
the San Diego Clippers in 1981, Sterling moved the team to Los Angeles without
the leagues consent in 1984. David Stern, Commissioner of the NBA at the time,
fined Sterling $25 million. What did Sterling do in response? He sued the NBA
for $100 million. The fine was later reduced to $6 million. So depending on how
Sterling takes Tuesdays news, this may not be done.
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Paul, down so many bodies," Scott said. MINNEAPOLIS -- Major League Baseball
players say they may consider whether to discuss a possible ban on chewing
tobacco when they negotiate their next labour contract in two years. For now,
they hope individuals decide on their own to stop dipping. Players union head
Tony Clark said Monday that several of his members have quit cold turkey
following the death of Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn on June 16 from oral cancer.
While the use of smokeless tobacco was banned for players with minor league
contacts in 1993, it is permitted for players with major league deals. The
labour agreement covering 2012-16 says players may not carry tobacco packages
and tins in their back pockets when fans are permitted in ballparks, and they
may not use tobacco during pregame and postgame interviews and at team
functions. "I think what we have been doing thus far has been a positive, and
although Im not going to offer you a bargaining proposal today on chewing
tobacco, we could have that conversation," Clark said Tuesday before the
All-Star game. "Then we will see where the guys are and continue the education
and their appreciation for or against, or what the many considerations that need
to be made in the area even look like, and well have that conversation with
Major League Baseball," he said. Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig, who plans to
retire in JJanuary, promised "it will be a subject that theyll discuss at the
next collective bargaining" but acknowledged "I understand that individuals have
the right to make their own decisions.
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chewing tobacco. "We believe that the numbers suggest that the usage has
declined significantly, declined in the minor leagues, declined in the majors,"
Clark said during a question-and-answer session with the Baseball Writers
Association of America. "Our hope is that we continue to educate guys on that
the damage that dipping can do, that they will continue to decide not to dip and
chew." Clark, a former All-Star first baseman who never dipped, said Gwynns
death "really smacks you between the eyes, and its unfortunate sometimes, that
an event like that brings that decision instead of that decision being made
beforehand." No change is planned during the current labour contract. "We give
the players the opportunity to make the decision that theyre going to make
against the backdrop of it being legal," Clark said. "We dont condone it. They
know we dont condone it. ... So at the end of the day, yes, we will continue to
educate guys, and yes, the players will continue to have a decision that they
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