DefCon1

I understand what you are saying but from a man of his position and power, the optics aren't that great especially when his employees and workers were disgusted at his conversation. Now maybe you are caucasian and don't see it from a black man's point of view especially the ones that were probably old enough to have witnessed the slavery days. Based on my observation, a lot of blacks or African/Americans were angry including a lot of black celebrities. You really need to see it from their point of view and not dismiss this as a minor issue when obviously there was a big reaction to this.

That doesn't excuse him of his racist opinions and views. IT was a private conversation but now it is public. So everyone already knows his opinions and views and nothing can be done about it.

on the other hand, you will see girls wearing less instead of bulky jackets

For girls it shouldn't be that hard. Short shorts and a tank top with flip flops.

am quite the opposite, I love heat and hate cold. I guess its because am used to it and I don't sweat that much or at all which is pretty weird.

Right now it is still the Donald Sterling basketball team. He hasn't sold the team yet, and who knows how long it will take. As I mentioned before, the partners and sponsors have already pulled out and will be waiting to see the changes before they go back to being partners. So the value of the team has took a hit because of that fact. It will still take time after the team being sold to a new owner to get everything back to normal. It has been a bad PR for both the league and the Clippers team.

such a nice weather. I love this type of weather. Hopefully it will be like this all summer long.

Post your pic...we won't bite

Then we have NHL that has to beg people to buy one of their teams. It just shows how popular NBA is compared to NHL.

I can't really believe you defend these people. On one hand, you have a sexual predator who likes to touch boys in a sexual way while on the other hand you have a racist guy that thinks it is still 1940. It shouldn't matter whether they are 81 or 51 or 21, because they have done wrong things throughout their history. Now they just got caught in the act and we should feel sorry for them since they are old?

Its that half spanish half Argentinian gene haha...I actually don't mind the thick eyebrows and some girls seem to like that.

People usually tell me I have nice eyebrows

Here is me on the far right wearing a bow tie.

The NBA could not've put a bandaid on this situation. That is like trying to put a bandaid on the Three Gorges Dam. This needed amputation instead of a bandaid.

All the owners know that the NBA will lose more sponsors and fans if they don't kick Sterling out of the league. Especially when the commissioner has already said that he is confident the owners will vote for the NBA and kick him out. Could you imagine the backlash against the NBA if this doesn't happen?

One of the weak spots in your conspiracy theory is you forgot the fact that all the sponsorships that were lost due to this ordeal. The team might be cheaper because the value is lower now. There has been negative press surrounding the Clippers and you might not get some of the sponsors back. Lots of time is also needed for healing and for the public to trust the Clippers brand again. So you pay a cheaper price for a product that has been tainted.

Well, at least now the public knows what kind of snake she is. I doubt any white old man with tons of money will ever hook up with her after this situation, knowing they would be manipulated and extorted of their money if they ever got into a relationship with this woman.

But this is Donald Sterling, an owner of an NBA team and someone of high position that has black players, coaches, staff etc. working for him. This isn't some average joe blow saying something racist. It not only affects the team, it affects the whole NBA brand and it goes against what they are promoting which is being against racism and all for equality. You can't tell me that its okay for the NBA to have an openly racist owner. Racism is not okay, I can't believe that some of you guys think its okay because "everyone" is racist to an extent. No, its not okay and it is dealt with harshly. Also the NBA isn't the only league that comes hard on people that publicly show their racism or have their racism leaked for the public to see. There have been fans that were banned from attending FIFA games just because of throwing bananas towards players of darker skin color. Racism is a serious matter and anyone who shows their racism in public or their racist point of views get aired in public need to be punished.

All the clippers sponsors have either pulled out or suspended their partnership. So am not sure how much it is worth it to keep a guy like that when none of the players or coaches will play for him (in a league where 80% of the players are black). I think he would sell the team even if NBA didn't get the vote due to the damage to Clippers brand. If you were Sterling, would you keep your team or sell it after this fiasco?

There definitely is more on going conversation than that. Did you listen to the whole tape or just a snippet?

His name is already tainted to the point that I think it would also damage his own personal business. Everybody in North America now knows his name even the non-NBA fans.

People also keep forgetting the fact that he has been accused of bigotry and racism before and was sued by the government before this whole incident occurred. Am more disturbed by the fact that he was an NBA owner during all those times and was never forced to sell even with the long history of evidence that confirmed he was racist. I guess the NBA was just waiting for an opportune time to kick him out of the league and this was what broke the camel's back.

I also want to say that his so called girlfriend is also a manipulative piece of work and a snitch of worst kind. That is the type of girlfriend that guys stay away from. Hopefully she loses all those assets she gained from Sterling but knowing how the American entertainment industry and media operates, she will probably become some sort of celebrity because of this and instead gain millions of dollars. Probably make a reality show called snitches and gold diggers.

Exactly. When the US president is talking about it while giving a speech in another continent, you know its a big deal. NBA had to give the maximum penalty to save face and bring back the fans that might've boycotted the NBA or Clippers. This will send a clear message that NBA isn't tolerant of racism and it will take a bit of time before some of those sponsorships come back to NBA.

He could sue that individual but he would have to prepare for counter-suit and probably hundreds of law suits against him. In fact Magic Johnson and the whole NBA organization and sponsorships could empty his bank account by filing law suits against him. It may have been private conversation at his home but now it is public so what is he going to do about it? The damage is already done and its too late, especially with his sketchy history of racism and the fact he has had to fight many law suits prior to this incident. What I want to know though is why you seem to be defending someone who is obviously racist and his history dictates it? At the end of the day, the writing is on the wall and he will be forced to sell his team whether he likes it or not.