Donald Sterling and Shelly Sterling
Donald Sterling and wife Shelly Sterling, have sold
the Los Angeles Clippers basketball team to former Microsoft
executive,
Steve Ballmer, whose net worth is said to be $20 billion dollars.
The deal is for a reported $2 billion dollars and
eliminates the need for an NBA owners vote to force a
sale of the team, which was scheduled for today, but has been
cancelled. The NBA will instead vote on whether to accept Ballmer as
a team owner. He is expected to be approved.
The unethical couple, who are also known as
slumlords, are currently divorcing and were facing an embarrassing
ouster vote, after secretly recorded tapes were released by Donald
Sterling's mistress, which featured him making racist comments.
Sterling stated on one of the tapes that he does not want black
people attending Clippers' games. The scandal nearly caused a revolt
in the league, where black players were vowing not to play if
Sterling remained.
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The full interview is located here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbdFz6lZXAA
It's best that Sterling leaves the league. However,
he is not leaving without a fight and a corrupt one might I add. Sterling is suing the NBA for $1
billion dollars for forcing him to sell the team. The facts of the
case reveal Sterling is in the wrong. When he joined the NBA he
agreed to behave in a certain manner. Instead he brought scandal on
the league that they wisely sought to distance themselves from. He
knew there was a morality clause and he violated it. He does not
deserve a billion dollars for offending millions of people.
