Obviously the guy is a jack a** for saying what he said and it’s deplorable and I don’t support it at all.
But I think you get into a slippery slope when you FORCE an owner to divest of a $700 million asset (Clippers Franchise) because of something he said in the privacy of his own home. These were comments made off the record in private. If the owner of Qualcomm said something in private that people didn’t like could he be forced to sell Qualcomm? If the owner of Coca Cola, Fed Ex, Disney, etc… be forced to sell their business if they said something people didn’t like?
You get into some serious issues with legal issues of ownership and the rights of freedom of speech in America.
With that said, I think Sterling would be toast anyway because the NBA is a black league and no one would play for him if he kept the Clippers, so it’s kind of a moot point. The value of his franchise would plummet as no players would want to play for him and no fans would go to the games. But that should be his choice.
