Atlanta Hawks Owner selling because of racist email

Psycory · **Posted:** Sun Sep 07, 2014 11:19 am

Perfect day to send this press release out.
Read the email and had two quick thoughts:
1. It's bad but not as bad as I thought it would be.
2. I thought it was more of an indictment on white people in Atlanta than anti-black....well, except that whole valuing whites more part.

Nas · **Posted:** Mon Sep 08, 2014 7:10 am

He was one of the most outspoken guys against Sterling.

bigfan · **Posted:** Mon Sep 08, 2014 7:13 am

He saw $2B and started writing racist emails!

pittmike · **Posted:** Mon Sep 08, 2014 7:36 am

bigfan wrote:

He saw $2B and started writing racist emails!

I thought this for a minute.

walkrman5 · **Joined:** Fri Nov 17, 2006 9:07 pm **Posts:** 3705

bigfan wrote:

He saw $2B and started writing racist emails!

The new M.O. for selling a team !!

bigfan · **Posted:** Mon Sep 08, 2014 7:52 am

pittmike wrote:

bigfan wrote:

He saw $2B and started writing racist emails!

I thought this for a minute.

and you're still thinking it.

badrogue17 · **Posted:** Mon Sep 08, 2014 8:05 am

Bruce Levenson announced Sunday he would sell his controlling stake in the NBA team due to a racist 2012 email in which he suggested that its large black fan base made “Southern whites” uncomfortable. “My theory is that the black crowd scared away the whites and there are simply not enough affluent black fans to build a significant season ticket base,” Levenson said in the email.

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baske ... z3CjG1At3H

Jason Goff agrees. Bet they were anti -semites too.

Curious Hair · **Posted:** Mon Sep 08, 2014 8:05 am

"AY, BEE! TAKE A LETTER! I JUST GOTS A GREAT IDEA..."

Douchebag · **Joined:** Tue Aug 19, 2008 3:03 pm **Posts:** 44139

bigfan wrote:

He saw $2B and started writing racist emails!

Don Tiny · **Posted:** Mon Sep 08, 2014 8:35 am

This email isn't any more "racist" than a friggin' dandelion is.

This guy self-reported this email so he could get rid of the team, period.

rogers park bryan · **Joined:** Wed Sep 24, 2008 12:16 pm **Posts:** 81625

Douchebag wrote:

bigfan wrote:

He saw $2B and started writing racist emails!

That's absolutely possible and maybe even likely

Jaw Breaker · **Posted:** Mon Sep 08, 2014 3:44 pm

rogers park bryan wrote:

Douchebag wrote:

bigfan wrote:

He saw $2B and started writing racist emails!

That's absolutely possible and maybe even likely

Except for the fact the e-mail is two years old...now if you mean he saw $2B and suddenly felt guilty about this old e-mail, then you may be on to something. But the Atlanta Hawks aren't worth a pot to piss in, so I'm not sure this would be a viable strategy to stimulate the market of potential bidders.

Zippy-The-Pinhead · **Posted:** Mon Sep 08, 2014 4:11 pm

ESPN.com's Marc Stein reports that the player in the Hawks' background report that triggered the internal investigation was free agent Luol Deng

Douchebag · **Joined:** Tue Aug 19, 2008 3:03 pm **Posts:** 44139

Zippy-The-Pinhead wrote:

ESPN.com's Marc Stein reports that the player in the Hawks' background report that triggered the internal investigation was free agent Luol Deng

Quote:

"He's still a young guy overall," Ferry said, league sources with direct knowledge of the probe told Yahoo. “He's a good guy overall. But he's not perfect. He's got some African in him. And I don't say that in a bad way."

I'm not even sure what Danny Ferry is trying to say there.

cluv8484 · **Posted:** Mon Sep 08, 2014 4:16 pm

Read the whole e-mail...that one sentence you posted is very fitting to push the racism thing

But the whole e-mail seems to me a serious inquiry into how to generate more money for the team (see thrashers comments about 3x the merch sales)...he does it in non PC fashion, but so what...it's his team and he's not speaking in racist slang, more socioeconomic analysis if anything...well at least that was my take from it, maybe i'm wrong

billypootons · **Posted:** Mon Sep 08, 2014 5:18 pm

would this situation qualify for the chapelle show sketch "when keeping it real goes wrong?"

veganfan21 · **Posted:** Mon Sep 08, 2014 5:22 pm

Douchebag wrote:

Zippy-The-Pinhead wrote:

ESPN.com's Marc Stein reports that the player in the Hawks' background report that triggered the internal investigation was free agent Luol Deng

Quote:

"He's still a young guy overall," Ferry said, league sources with direct knowledge of the probe told Yahoo. “He's a good guy overall. But he's not perfect. He's got some African in him. And I don't say that in a bad way."

I'm not even sure what Danny Ferry is trying to say there.

Maybe he means Deng is politically active and/or otherwise vocal about Sudan.

leashyourkids · **Posted:** Mon Sep 08, 2014 5:33 pm

He means he has the innate genetic ability to escape hyena attacks... and that shit isn't age-specific... if it were, it wouldn't be passed on.

Erotic Lawyer · **Posted:** Mon Sep 08, 2014 6:54 pm

In a strange way doesn't this thread support that idea

viewtopic.php?f=47&t=88785&start=25

Regular Reader · **Posted:** Mon Sep 08, 2014 7:37 pm

cluv8484 wrote:

Read the whole e-mail...that one sentence you posted is very fitting to push the racism thing

But the whole e-mail seems to me a serious inquiry into how to generate more money for the team (see thrashers comments about 3x the merch sales)...he does it in non PC fashion, but so what...it's his team and he's not speaking in racist slang, more socioeconomic analysis if anything...well at least that was my take from it, maybe i'm wrong

Agreed.

(see also: Atlanta Braves new stadium in more of a "fan friendly" suburban locale)

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