Red Mosquito

Lament wrote:I hope the NBA gives you ownership of the Clippers, Burt.

BurtReynolds wrote:By the way, how ridiculous is it that two teams share the same home arena? I hope they move the Clips to San Diego or something.

Mecca wrote:I'm not sure I get the point of the $2.5mil fine. If he's out of the league, where's his incentive to pay this fine?

Mecca wrote:

Mecca wrote:I'm not sure I get the point of the $2.5mil fine. If he's out of the league, where's his incentive to pay this fine?

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nba-ball- ... 52032.html

Reports: Donald Sterling refusing to pay $2.5 million fine, threatening to sue NBA over Clippers ouster

i got bugs wrote:If I were him I would say it wasn't me n the golddigger probably hired someone who sounds like me and had another friend doctor it up on a computer.. The bitch was trying to blackmail me for a ton of cash

Being that the conversation is entrapment in the first place n is illegal, I don't see how I lose

"In this day and age, this country has really come a long way putting any type of bigotry behind us, regardless of who it's toward," Cuban said Wednesday. "We've come a long way, and with that progress comes a price. We're a lot more vigilant and we're a lot less tolerant of different views, and it's not necessarily easy for everybody to adapt or evolve.

"I mean, we're all prejudiced in one way or another. If I see a black kid in a hoodie and it's late at night, I'm walking to the other side of the street. And if on that side of the street, there's a guy that has tattoos all over his face -- white guy, bald head, tattoos everywhere -- I'm walking back to the other side of the street. And the list goes on of stereotypes that we all live up to and are fearful of. So in my businesses, I try not to be hypocritical. I know that I'm not perfect. I know that I live in a glass house, and it's not appropriate for me to throw stones."

"I'll try to give them (Sterling etc) a chance to improve themselves, because I think that helping people improve their lives, helping people engage with people they may fear or may not understand, and helping people realize that while we all may have our prejudices and bigotries we have to learn that it's an issue that we have to control, that it's part of my responsibility as an entrepreneur to try to solve it, not just to kick the problem down the road," Cuban said. "Because it does my company no good, it does my customers no good, it does society no good if my response to somebody and their racism and bigotry is to say, 'It's not right for you to be here. Go take your attitude somewhere else.'"

Mavericks owner Mark Cuban offers apology to Trayvon Martin's family after making 'black kid in a hoodie' remark

Lament wrote:Really? You can't figure out why using that example would touch a raw nerve with people? Especially a family whose son was murdered for being a black kid in a hoodie at night?

Maybe the Trayvon Martin thing has long been forgotten by the rest of the country, but it still hangs VERY heavy in the air down here.

Harry Lime wrote:Of course I know why, but he shouldn't have to apologize.

Harry Lime wrote:I blame the media for sensationalizing that whole Trayvon Martin case and keeping it relevant.

Harry Lime wrote:You know how many students were mugged at night by black kids in hoodies?

Lament wrote:

Harry Lime wrote:Of course I know why, but he shouldn't have to apologize.

No one forced him to. He chose to.

Harry Lime wrote:I blame the media for sensationalizing that whole Trayvon Martin case and keeping it relevant.

Umm, it is relevant.

Harry Lime wrote:You know how many students were mugged at night by black kids in hoodies?

No. Tell us how many.

theplatypus wrote:Lay off Harry Lime, somebody's got to stand up for these white racists