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Originally Posted by Dtownsfinest
I'm more disappointed by the Clippers players who will play for him. All they did was turn their jerseys inside out.....granted, they are millionaires and are in a position that most of us will never see. But goodness. If you don't stand for something you stand for nothing.
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Are you advocating a boycott of today's game v. GSW?
I think the players have a lot of leverage with regard to how the league ultimately disciplines Sterling, both short- and long-term. But I think that a disruption of the playoffs with a one-game boycott (or 2 games, or 3 games), would have less impact than a deliberate consideration of the circumstances, and an orderly, well-thought-out, thoroughly-considered response that Sterling's comments deserve.
I don't think that the responsibility for sanctioning Sterling lie with the players/employees. I think it's the league's primary responsibility, and ultimately the public's. The silence of an empty Staples Center for a nationally televised game would deafen the league into action.
Should also be pointed out that as repugnant as Sterling's comments are, he has acts in his past that are arguably even worse, that tangibly damaged actual people. And neither a jury (in the case of Elgin Baylor) nor the NBA did anything to hold him to account. And a paltry couple-of-million dollars fine by the U.S. Justice Department for housing discrimination is of little more consequence to a billionaire like Sterling than a mosquito bite.