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05-22-2014, 12:57 PM #289
Re: Would the NFL Ban an Owner for Life?
it was more rhetorical, but ok...
I suppose to answer my own question...
Using the Pete Rose example. He bet on baseball, and was booted from the game entirely. That has not turned into the slippery slope where any time an athlete or coach has bet on any sporting events they have been booted from their sport. It has remained only an issue with gambling on your own sport.
I'm simply bombarded throughout my daily life with slippery slopes being the modus operandi so i assume that it transfers to every situation until proven otherwise.
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05-22-2014, 01:05 PM #290Legendary RSR Poster
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Re: Would the NFL Ban an Owner for Life?
Well, change usually happens gradually so yes, there's tons of examples one can point to.
I just don't think that in this case Cubans words will start down any slope.
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05-22-2014, 01:09 PM #291
Re: Would the NFL Ban an Owner for Life?
Ok, well maybe next year it's a comment half way in between the two... Maybe someone off-hand mentions they aren't comfortable walking down a particular street, in a black neighborhood... maybe that is enough at that point... Maybe Biscotti says he isn't comfortable in Edmonson Village, or Cherry Hill...
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05-23-2014, 08:04 AM #292
Re: Would the NFL Ban an Owner for Life?
Cuban made a comment that he had to apologize for. He went on to explain it away by being honest about preconceived bias in our society. The difference between he and Sterling is that Cuban was honest and sterling tried to lie about his racism. He says he's not a racist. Really?
I could connect Cuban's comment around preconceived bias to Sterling. He grew up in an entirely different world where blacks were not allowed to drink from the same water fountains, not permitted to use the same bathrooms, didn't go to the same schools. Were treated differently. I believe that his comments and behavior came from that part of his life. With an obvious onset of dementia, it's not hard to see why this happened. Doesn't excuse his actions, but sheds some light on the notion of preconceived bias.
More to your point, I don't know if the Cuban situation will cause the owners pause when considering Sterling's fate, but it should. It is a perfect example of how words can be used innocently and/or taken out of context, and then used against you.Last edited by lowrider; 05-23-2014 at 09:00 AM.
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05-23-2014, 10:45 AM #293
Re: Would the NFL Ban an Owner for Life?
That was my point, thanks for understanding it.
Cuban said honest words, that in reality, are positive from a race relations POV, IF THEY ARE HEARD IN THEIR ENTIRETY.
BUT, yesterday it was almost a mini-scandal, because as could be expected, they were taken out of context and spun relentlessly by our PATHETIC media.
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05-23-2014, 11:15 AM #294Regular 1st Stringer
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And the latest. Sterling has agreed to sell.
So much for his court fight.
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05-23-2014, 11:18 AM #295Legendary RSR Poster
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05-23-2014, 06:37 PM #296
Re: Would the NFL Ban an Owner for Life?
"I don't know a man on this Earth who can outwork me". Ray Lewis
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05-24-2014, 10:41 AM #297
Re: Would the NFL Ban an Owner for Life?
he doesn't "win" if it's worth a BILLION and he's forced to sell for half that. It doesn't matter what he paid for it, it matters what it's worth and what he sells it for.
He probably acquiesced more so because he had reason to believe he would get a fair price. He was probably stalling while trying to figure out the outcome in that manner.
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05-24-2014, 11:10 AM #298
Re: Would the NFL Ban an Owner for Life?
"I don't know a man on this Earth who can outwork me". Ray Lewis
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05-24-2014, 11:23 AM #299
Re: Would the NFL Ban an Owner for Life?
And I heard based on recent sales(Bucks) that he should be in line for more in the $800 million range... That's quite a difference.
The Bucks, if I'm not mistaken, were sold for around what you quote... in a terrible market with an unsuccessful team.
Yeah, $550m... after Forbes valued them at $405m and Cuban thought it was a bargain price...
http://espn.go.com/dallas/nba/story/...s-sale-bargain
If you apply a bit of math, the $405m value selling for $550 is akin to the $575m value selling for $780m.
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05-24-2014, 11:37 AM #300
Re: Would the NFL Ban an Owner for Life?
"I don't know a man on this Earth who can outwork me". Ray Lewis
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