THE PROTEST AGAINST THE NBA and their Gangster response. There is a boycott being planned called the "empty seat boycott" where nothing is said, but tens of thousands of empty NBA seats during games will demonstrate the point. The old white bastard Donald Sterling had the total right to say what he wanted and where he wanted. The NBA is so afraid of the black players that they agreed to kill off the U.S. Constitution on Free Speech even as Donald Sterling makes disgusting racial comments. The NBA sports league, afraid of their own players, kicks Donald Sterling to the curb even when it was clear that the old wind bag was set up by the young half and half chick. Follow the money. Don't follow the NBA. By the way, does anybody know if Al Sharpton really owes the IRS 1.9 million dollars?
Here, then, is a brief list of things that will not get you
banned by a sports league for life. The good news: if we tape record all of
these people and then hand the tape to Harvey Levin, presumably we can get them
banned relatively quickly. Because privacy now extends only to comments with
which we agree as a society.
1. Discriminating against black people in housing. Donald
Sterling, as mentioned above, settled a lawsuit from the Department of Justice
in 2009 in which the DOJ alleged that Sterling had discriminated against
Hispanics, blacks, and families without children in housing. According to the
lawsuit, Sterling said that “black tenants smell and attract vermin.” The NBA
did not react. When specifically asked today, NBA commissioner Adam Silver
explicitly said that the NBA’s ban on Sterling had nothing to do with past
actions, only his nasty views. Because words speak louder than actions.
2. Strangling somebody. In 1997, Golden State Warriors
All-Star Latrell Sprewell, playing for coach P.J. Carlesimo, decided to go
berserk after Carlesimo asked him to “put a little mustard” on his passes.
Sprewell then wrapped his hands around Carlesimo’s neck and dragged him across the
floor for seven seconds. He then emerged later and punched Carlesimo. Two years
earlier, he had accosted a teammate with a two-by-four. He was suspended for a
grand total of 68 games.
3. Being a publicly vicious racist while black. Spike Lee
has stated that white gentrification of Harlem has been horrible, has posted
the address of George Zimmerman’s parents online to spur violence, has
explained after visiting South Africa in the early 1990s, “I seriously wanted
to pick up a gun and shoot whites. The only way to resolve matters is by
bloodshed.” He, like Donald Sterling, is no fan of interracial dating: “I give
interracial couples a look. Daggers. They get uncomfortable when they see me on
the street.” He’s currently a host on NBA Radio on SiriusXM, stars in NBA
commercials, and had a front-row seat to the Sterling announcement.
Then there’s Jay Z. Jay Z isn’t just fêted by the President
of the United States. He’s a former part-owner of the Brooklyn Nets and, as an
agent, works closely with the league. He was spotted recently at an NBA game
wearing a necklace medallion for the Five Percent Nation, which sees black men
as gods and white people as devils.
4. Using anti-gay slurs. In 2011, Kobe Bryant called referee
Bennie Adams a “faggot.” He received a $100,000 fine and no suspension. In
2012, current Clippers forward Matt Barnes called an officer a “f***ing
faggot,” then made an attempt to handcuff him. There was no fine. He was
suspended for one game. The suspension was unrelated to the slur. In 2012, Amare
Stoudemire of the New York Knicks sent an anti-gay slur to a fan via Twitter.
He was fined $50,000. There was no suspension. In 2013, Roy Hibbert of the
Indiana Pacers used an anti-gay slur and was fined $75,000, without suspension.
The Houston Rockets team is currently being sued by a gay waiter for their
alleged use of anti-gay slurs. The NBA has taken no action.
5. Attacking patrons of your sport. In 2004, Stephen Jackson
and Ron Artest of the Indiana Pacers leapt into the stands in Detroit to attack
fans. Jermaine O’Neal fought fans on the court. A full-scale melee ensued with
players fighting fans and fans fighting players. The result: Ron Artest was
suspended the remainder of the season, Jackson was suspended for 30 games, and
O’Neal was suspended for 15 games. In 1995, when Houston Rockets guard Vernon
Maxwell didn’t like the comments of a fan, he charged into the stands and
punched him. That resulted in a whopping 10 game suspension.
6. Pushing your girlfriend to have an abortion, then
harassing her about it. In 2013, the press reported that current Clippers guard
JJ Redick had an abortion contract with girlfriend Vanessa Lopez. When she
became pregnant, the contract stipulated, she would have to have an abortion,
and Redick would then have to “maintain a social and/or dating relationship”
with her for a year or pay her $25,000. When she refused to have an abortion,
he pressured her to do so. So far, there have been no repercussions.
7. Drawing your gun on a fellow player. Gilbert Arenas was
suspended for 50 games, and his teammate Javaris Crittenton was suspended for
38 games after they drew firearms on each other while arguing over gambling
debts. In the locker room.
8. Reckless driving resulting in a passenger’s death. In
2009, JR Smith, then of the Denver Nuggets, pled guilty to reckless driving.
His reckless driving resulted in one of his passengers dying. He was suspended
a total of 9 games.
None of this makes Donald Sterling’s repulsive and
disgusting racism okay. None of it means that he shouldn’t have been tossed out
of the NBA – for his racist activity. But it does demonstrate that for the NBA,
the only reason Sterling is gone is media-driven hysteria over a private tape
release. It certainly isn’t the NBA’s high moral standard with regard to language,
race, or activity. And that is more of a commentary on the culture of the NBA
and the lack of standards in the media than anything else.
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