NBA Commissioner Adam Silver banned Donald Sterling for life. Andy Marlin-USA TODAY Sports /
Reuters(Update-3 10:23am) NEW YORK – The National Basketball Association banned Los Angeles Clippers
owner Donald Sterling from the game for life on Tuesday (Wednesday, PHL time) and fined him $2.5 million for
racist comments that drew outrage from players, fans, commercial sponsors and even President Barack Obama.
Sterling, the longest- jordan basketball shoestenured owner of any of the 30 NBA teams, will be barred from any role in the operations of his team or be able
to serve as one of the league’s governors, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver told a news conference in New York. NBA Commissioner Adam Silver Bans Donald Sterling For Life pic.twitter.com/pDbBcs7KHn — NBA (@NBA) April 29, 2014 Silver also urged the other owners to vote to force Sterling to sell the Clippers, a move that would require approval of three-quarters of the current owner jordan basketball shoes s.
Asked whether Sterling could end up as essentially an absentee owner if the league fails to
force a sale of the team, Silver replied, jordan basketball shoes“I fully expect to get the support I need from the other NBA
owners to remove him.”The controversy began over the weekend when the celebrity website TMZ.com released
an audio recording with a voice said to be Sterling’s criticizing a woman friend for associating with “black
people.” The recording included Sterling asking his friend not to invite former Los Angeles Laker star player
Earvin “Magic” Johnson to games.”The views expressed by Mr Buy Jordan 11 Infrared Online. Sterling are
deeply offensive and harmful,” Silver told reporters as he confronted his first major crisis since he was named
commissioner in February.An investigation concluded the male voice on the recording, and on a second recording
said to be from the same conversation and made public on Sunday (Monday, PHL time), was Sterling’s, Silver
told reporters. He said Sterling confirmed it was his voice but did not apologize.”He has not expressed to me
directly any other views,” Silver told jordan basketball shoesreporters as the NBA responded to an uproar in a league that was at the
forefront of racial integration in U.S. professional sports and where most of the players are black. Obama, the first
black U.S. president, called Sterling’s comments “incredibly offensive racist statements.”Sterling could not
be reached for comment on Tuesday (Wednesday, PHL time).Legal optionsIt was not immediately clear whether
Sterling would seek to challenge the ban in court. But lawyers with expertise in sports law gave him little chance
of successfully suing the NBA, citing league governance rules that all owners must accept.”Having agreed to
the NBA constitution and bylaws, I think courts will generally make him adhere to the agreement that he freely
entered into,” said Jeffrey Kessler, a lawyer jordan basketball shoeswho serves as outside council to the NBA Players Association.
Nathaniel Grow, a University of Georgia professor of sports law, agreed, saying the NBA commissioner is “
almost like a judge and executioner, and whatever he says goes.”The prospect of forcing Sterling to sell off the
team he has owned for 33 years set off speculation about potential buyers Air Jordan 6 Championship Pack
2014 Release Date.Billionaire media executive David Geffen is interested in acquiring the Clippers, a person
who had been informed of his thinking told Reuters after Tuesday’s announcement, though a previous
expression of interest never produced an offer.”Magic” Johnson, a part owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers
baseball team who once had a stake in the Lakers and has built a media empire catering to African-American consumers, has been mentioned as a possible suitor for the Clippers. To NBA Fans, I want to put a
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