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| Author: | FavreFan [ Tue Apr 29, 2014 1:21 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Adam Silver |
Best commissioner in sports. Hope Goodell is taking notes. |
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| Author: | rogers park bryan [ Tue Apr 29, 2014 1:22 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Adam Silver |
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| Author: | Big Chicagoan [ Tue Apr 29, 2014 1:31 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Adam Silver |
hiram wrote: I am watching this now and I feel that Mr Silver is carrying himself well at this press conference. Decision is BS though. Private convo, recorded illegally. Doesn't matter. NBA doesn't have due process and owners cannot sue the league because all issues must be dealt with in arbitration. Bottom line: however this got out, its out and tarnishes the league. The commissioner has every right, under the owner's constitution, to do this. He's just lucky they don't force him to sell the team by threatening to terminate the franchise. |
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| Author: | Peoria Matt [ Tue Apr 29, 2014 1:41 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Adam Silver |
The commish was shocked that a known racist said these things? |
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| Author: | Frank Coztansa [ Tue Apr 29, 2014 1:44 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Adam Silver |
I guess his silver plating did not come off, and now he looks like Sterling Silver. |
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| Author: | man of few opinions [ Tue Apr 29, 2014 1:48 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Adam Silver |
i just hope the nba remembers this precedent when people start crawling out of the woodwork with recordings of nba players and coaches and other owners saying inappropriate racist things. lifetime ban. everything sterling said is reprehensible and he deserves what he gets, but what about when a real nba moneymaker, a star player perhaps, is recorded saying racist things? lifetime ban, right? |
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| Author: | rogers park bryan [ Tue Apr 29, 2014 1:49 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Adam Silver |
man of few opinions wrote: i just hope the nba remembers this precedent when people start crawling out of the woodwork with recordings of nba players and coaches and other owners saying inappropriate racist things. lifetime ban. everything sterling said is reprehensible and he deserves what he gets, but what about when a real nba moneymaker, a star player perhaps, is recorded saying racist things? lifetime ban, right? I believe his history played into it. |
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| Author: | pittmike [ Tue Apr 29, 2014 1:51 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Adam Silver |
rogers park bryan wrote: man of few opinions wrote: i just hope the nba remembers this precedent when people start crawling out of the woodwork with recordings of nba players and coaches and other owners saying inappropriate racist things. lifetime ban. everything sterling said is reprehensible and he deserves what he gets, but what about when a real nba moneymaker, a star player perhaps, is recorded saying racist things? lifetime ban, right? I believe his history played into it. You and I clearly know that RPB. But for whatever reason in the presser he specifically said no past paid into lifetime ban. |
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| Author: | Big Chicagoan [ Tue Apr 29, 2014 1:54 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Adam Silver |
man of few opinions wrote: i just hope the nba remembers this precedent when people start crawling out of the woodwork with recordings of nba players and coaches and other owners saying inappropriate racist things. lifetime ban. everything sterling said is reprehensible and he deserves what he gets, but what about when a real nba moneymaker, a star player perhaps, is recorded saying racist things? lifetime ban, right? I don't think you guys appreciate just how much having a racist owner of a franchise impacts the entire league. It would cost the league so much money over the years. Pretty much nothing worse could have been done to impact the league than what Sterling said. Coaches and players saying the same thing would not be a problem because they can be fired and never rehired. You can't do that with owners. This is what you do with owners. |
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| Author: | rogers park bryan [ Tue Apr 29, 2014 2:02 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Adam Silver |
pittmike wrote: rogers park bryan wrote: man of few opinions wrote: i just hope the nba remembers this precedent when people start crawling out of the woodwork with recordings of nba players and coaches and other owners saying inappropriate racist things. lifetime ban. everything sterling said is reprehensible and he deserves what he gets, but what about when a real nba moneymaker, a star player perhaps, is recorded saying racist things? lifetime ban, right? I believe his history played into it. You and I clearly know that RPB. But for whatever reason in the presser he specifically said no past paid into lifetime ban. That is an unfortunate and untrue comment that will probably come back to haunt him. |
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| Author: | Douchebag [ Tue Apr 29, 2014 2:02 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Adam Silver |
hiram wrote: mr silver did a nice job up there with his answers to questions. much better than that egomaniac mr stern would have behaved. Wrong. That was the best part about David Stern. |
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| Author: | Bagels [ Tue Apr 29, 2014 2:09 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Adam Silver |
Douchebag wrote: hiram wrote: mr silver did a nice job up there with his answers to questions. much better than that egomaniac mr stern would have behaved. Wrong. That was the best part about David Stern. 
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| Author: | Hank Scorpio [ Tue Apr 29, 2014 2:17 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Adam Silver |
Discriminating against people trying to rent your property = OK Talking to your girlfriend about racist things = not OK  So he was fine and going to get a lifetime achievement award from the NAACP but then they heard him say something racist so they cancel it. He is the same person he always was... The news got out and people had to save face. The whole thing is a perfect example of our faux outrage society we live in. Sterling has been a racist fuck for 3 decades in the NBA, but TMZ got a hold of one recording and the torches and pitchforks come out. |
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| Author: | man of few opinions [ Tue Apr 29, 2014 2:24 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Adam Silver |
thats why i think this is a tough precedent to follow. this incident was easy, nobody like this guy even BEFORE all this. what happens if a popular nba figure and member of the "nba family", player, coach or owner, gets baited into unsavory comments that are recorded without his knowledge and are released to the media? again, not defending sterling here, but this case was a easy because the guy is a prick and the nba looks good right now. |
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| Author: | Big Chicagoan [ Tue Apr 29, 2014 2:27 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Adam Silver |
man of few opinions wrote: thats why i think this is a tough precedent to follow. this incident was easy, nobody like this guy even BEFORE all this. what happens if a popular nba figure and member of the "nba family", player, coach or owner, gets baited into unsavory comments that are recorded without his knowledge and are released to the media? again, not defending sterling here, but this case was a easy because the guy is a prick and the nba looks good right now. Then they get fired. Lifetime ban not necessary because they could not be hired again by any team because it would be horrible for that team. The only reason this is a lifetime ban is because he owns a team and cannot be "fired". It is not a precedent for all other employees, its a precedent for all other NBA owners. |
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| Author: | man of few opinions [ Tue Apr 29, 2014 2:33 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Adam Silver |
at the end of the day could he still technically own the team even though he is banned from all nba activities? it sure sounded like i from what i heard in that press conference. he announced the lifetime ban, and then added they would pursue forcing him to sell. if i were in the nba i would be very cautious about any interviews or who i talk to. it is open season on recording and spilling to TMZ. |
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| Author: | rogers park bryan [ Tue Apr 29, 2014 2:59 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Adam Silver |
Hank Scorpio wrote: Discriminating against people trying to rent your property = OK Talking to your girlfriend about racist things = not OK So he was fine and going to get a lifetime achievement award from the NAACP but then they heard him say something racist so they cancel it. He is the same person he always was... The news got out and people had to save face. The whole thing is a perfect example of our faux outrage society we live in. Sterling has been a racist fuck for 3 decades in the NBA, but TMZ got a hold of one recording and the torches and pitchforks come out. Agreed, but I guess its like getting Capone on tax evasion |
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| Author: | Hank Scorpio [ Tue Apr 29, 2014 3:04 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Adam Silver |
rogers park bryan wrote: Hank Scorpio wrote: Discriminating against people trying to rent your property = OK Talking to your girlfriend about racist things = not OK So he was fine and going to get a lifetime achievement award from the NAACP but then they heard him say something racist so they cancel it. He is the same person he always was... The news got out and people had to save face. The whole thing is a perfect example of our faux outrage society we live in. Sterling has been a racist fuck for 3 decades in the NBA, but TMZ got a hold of one recording and the torches and pitchforks come out. Agreed, but I guess its like getting Capone on tax evasion Yeah, I dont feel bad for Sterling at all. Prick got what was coming to him. I just hate the point our society has reached when things only matter because deadspin or TMZ has leaked something about it. 3 weeks ago you could have done a 5 second google search and learned all you need to know about Sterling's racism. Suddenly Blake Griffin turns his shirt inside out because of this... No problem with the guy signing your checks for the last several seasons. It's pandering and it's insulting to our intelligence. |
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| Author: | rogers park bryan [ Tue Apr 29, 2014 3:05 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Adam Silver |
Hank Scorpio wrote: rogers park bryan wrote: Hank Scorpio wrote: Discriminating against people trying to rent your property = OK Talking to your girlfriend about racist things = not OK So he was fine and going to get a lifetime achievement award from the NAACP but then they heard him say something racist so they cancel it. He is the same person he always was... The news got out and people had to save face. The whole thing is a perfect example of our faux outrage society we live in. Sterling has been a racist fuck for 3 decades in the NBA, but TMZ got a hold of one recording and the torches and pitchforks come out. Agreed, but I guess its like getting Capone on tax evasion Yeah, I dont feel bad for Sterling at all. Prick got what was coming to him. I just hate the point our society has reached when things only matter because deadspin or TMZ has leaked something about it. 3 weeks ago you could have done a 5 second google search and learned all you need to know about Sterling's racism. Suddenly Blake Griffin turns his shirt inside out because of this... No problem with the guy signing your checks for the last several seasons. It's pandering and it's insulting to our intelligence. Check this out if you havent seen it http://deadspin.com/in-10-minutes-espns-bomani-jones-lays-waste-to-the-ste-1569195989/+billyhaisley |
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| Author: | Hank Scorpio [ Tue Apr 29, 2014 3:11 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Adam Silver |
rogers park bryan wrote: Check this out if you havent seen it http://deadspin.com/in-10-minutes-espns-bomani-jones-lays-waste-to-the-ste-1569195989/+billyhaisley Cant see it at work, I'll check it out later today. Heres an article from back when there was still Page 2 on ESPN.com by Bomani Jones.... This isnt even news anymore. Sterling being a racist was fact for a long time. http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/st ... nes/060810 |
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| Author: | veganfan21 [ Tue Apr 29, 2014 3:14 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Adam Silver |
It's kind of an odd exercise to think about applying rules and punishments designed for managers, players, referrees, coaches, etc. to someone (an owner) who operates outside that matrix. That's why I think today's ruling carries a lot of PR bonus points, but really not much else. In the end though I suppose there's not much else you can do to convey rejection of ideas like his except through sort of ceremonial events like this. |
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| Author: | rogers park bryan [ Tue Apr 29, 2014 3:16 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Adam Silver |
Hank Scorpio wrote: rogers park bryan wrote: Check this out if you havent seen it http://deadspin.com/in-10-minutes-espns-bomani-jones-lays-waste-to-the-ste-1569195989/+billyhaisley Cant see it at work, I'll check it out later today. Heres an article from back when there was still Page 2 on ESPN.com by Bomani Jones.... This isnt even news anymore. Sterling being a racist was fact for a long time. http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/st ... nes/060810  My link was to an interview with Jones about that article |
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| Author: | Hank Scorpio [ Tue Apr 29, 2014 3:17 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Adam Silver |
Looks like the real hero here is Bomani Jones.
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| Author: | Psycory [ Tue Apr 29, 2014 4:33 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Adam Silver |
Shoutout is deserving, what would have made it better would have been if he answered the "why didn't you go after him before?" question like this: I don't know, ask the former commissioner. Any chance to make Stern look bad is alright in my book. He hung around 10 years too long. |
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| Author: | good dolphin [ Wed Apr 30, 2014 11:36 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Adam Silver |
Let's force the philandering racist to sell to the philandering misogynist so the philandering homophobes won't stop playing. |
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| Author: | rogers park bryan [ Wed Apr 30, 2014 11:38 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Adam Silver |
good dolphin wrote: Let's force the philandering racist to sell to the philandering misogynist so the philandering homophobes won't stop playing. There's a decent amount of truth there |
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| Author: | rogers park bryan [ Wed Apr 30, 2014 11:38 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Adam Silver |
Psycory wrote: Shoutout is deserving, what would have made it better would have been if he answered the "why didn't you go after him before?" question like this: I don't know, ask the former commissioner. Any chance to make Stern look bad is alright in my book. He hung around 10 years too long. Reporter: The former Commissioner is retired and werent you his right hand man for the last ten years? |
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| Author: | Don Tiny [ Wed Apr 30, 2014 12:16 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Adam Silver |
I wonder if Magic Johnson has aides that work for him instead of against him ...... |
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| Author: | Seacrest [ Wed Apr 30, 2014 12:18 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Adam Silver |
rogers park bryan wrote: Psycory wrote: Shoutout is deserving, what would have made it better would have been if he answered the "why didn't you go after him before?" question like this: I don't know, ask the former commissioner. Any chance to make Stern look bad is alright in my book. He hung around 10 years too long. Reporter: The former Commissioner is retired and werent you his right hand man for the last ten years? Was that question ever asked? |
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| Author: | KDdidit [ Wed Apr 30, 2014 12:23 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Adam Silver |
FavreFan wrote: Best commissioner in sports. Except for pushing the age limit. |
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