Comments on: Cuban Misspeak Crisis? Nah

By: Dave Reardon

Dave Reardon — Sat, 24 May 2014 16:53:38 +0000

Your post wasn’t deleted. It was in moderation, where I had to physically click on it for it to appear here. The other poster’s comments went straight to the blog. I don’t have control over which posts go straight to the blog and which go to moderation first. I think it has something to do with whether you have commented on this blog before or not.

By: tsboy

tsboy — Sat, 24 May 2014 08:10:20 +0000

i want to know why my post was deleted? seriously Dave, you delete my post and keep the one by innocent observer? wow. either you just plain don’t like me or i wasn’t liberal enough in my point of view. i dare you to answer me. just wow.

By: Critical Reader

Critical Reader — Sat, 24 May 2014 02:01:06 +0000

You know, I wish NBA owner types would just shut up already. They’re going to end up making all of our lives far more difficult.

By: Critical Reader

Critical Reader — Sat, 24 May 2014 01:59:01 +0000

By “innocent observer’s” standards, anyone who even thinks about crossing that street, or, like Dave, with a possible elevation of their “guard”, would be racist. The person who crosses the street would ABSOLUTELY BE racist with objective proof being present. Thus, the expectation, I guess, is that EVERYONE (because racism is abhorrent, and the above constitute racism) must not consider crossing the street, elevate their guard or DEFINITELY NOT CROSS THE STREET. We must mindlessly NOT think anything about who approaches us (or, at least, NOT think anything negative about people wearing hoodies), or else we are racist. Note, that we must also NOT CROSS THE STREET when the white bald guy adorned with tattoos is approaching. Here’s the newest question for a defendant in race discrimination lawsuits: “So, sir, how many times have you crossed the street in the past year?”

By: tsboy

tsboy — Sat, 24 May 2014 00:52:03 +0000

wow Dave, we actually agree on something. and yes this is America. one should be able to say what he or she wants. but alas, in today’s America, someone is always offended by something someone else says and wants redress instead of just ignoring it. and while i think it is wrong to remove Sterling as a business owner for something he said that was taped illegally, business wise the NBA has no recourse but to remove him or else put the league in financial jeopardy. all the owners may not want to do it, but at this point, they don’t really have a choice because public opinion is so much against Donald Sterling.
what Mark Cuban said was totally correct. everybody has their prejudices and you just have to learn to put them aside to get along with everybody. what troubles me is that you can’t say anything negative about other races, especially blacks or hispanics, without being called a racist or bigot. this is not the America i grew up in. all this political correctness is bad for this country.

By: Lowtone123

Lowtone123 — Sat, 24 May 2014 00:34:47 +0000

Although being a racist is neither illegal or a reason to give up your franchise, you still must adhere to a code of conduct which is fitting of a team owner. If you deemed to have hurt the league, it’s brand name, it’s image, integrity or the other team owners feel like you are costing the league or the teams money, that is enough reason to get rid of you. Is it legal? I guess if Sterling wanted to fight it in court, he could although it could be long and costly. If Stern had nip this in the bud a long time ago he could have avoided all of this. Because he didn’t and now it is everywhere, the league and the owners have no choice but to do this. All of this brings me to Jim Irsay. What is Roger Goodell going to do in light of the Sterling debacle?

By: innocent observer

innocent observer — Sat, 24 May 2014 00:30:52 +0000

maybe Cuban should be banished by the NBA for his racists comments too. he was trying to defend sterling (and his comments about blacks), but then he admitted he too is a racists. yes, it may have been a poor example, but usually spontaneous comments do reflect the person’s true feelings. these white owners are making millions if not billions of dollars from the black athletes, but they still don’t consider them “humans”, they still denigrate them in private and sometimes it slips out in public. this is just like the slavery days in the 1800’s, where the white masters used the black slaves for their own benefit, only now they must pay them a fair wage; but in their hearts, they are still not on par with them.