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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No, but discrimination IS illegal. Check out his past history of discrimination, lawsuits and settlements.[/quote]

Yes, but racist thoughts expressed in private conversation are not actionable discrimination, except perhaps if they are shared with an employee who claims such discrimination.  No matter how offensive, odious and bone-headed, the Constitution protects most speech.[/quote]

He is not being ousted and penalized because he is racist. Heck the league has long known about that defect in Sterling. Sterling is simply bad for business right now, and that is why he is being ousted. Think about it. The majority of the NBA players, not just the clippers, threatened to boycott and this is playoff season. Ouch, that's a lot of loss revenue. First you have empty arenas. Second you have loss of television rights. Third, you have loss of paraphernalia revenue because people stop purchashing that stuff. Moreover, as of yesterday, ten, maybe more, major advertisers pulled their ads.  Advertisers like Addidas, Nike, Sprint, etc. That's big dough.

Sterlings comments began affecticting the balance books of the other owners and the NBA as an entity. They share and share alike in all profits. So yeah, Sterling had to go - bad for business.

Now if you don't get and understand this, you will never get it.  [/quote]

Perfectly explained!  For all we know other owners in the league & others feel the exact same way. They just aren't dumb enough to mess with their bottom line by expressing it.  If you want to express disgusting thoughts like that freely watch the company you keep. You don't know the other person's intentions. [/quote]

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