{"id":9507,"date":"2014-04-29T18:52:43","date_gmt":"2014-04-29T18:52:43","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2014-04-29T18:52:43","modified_gmt":"2014-04-29T18:52:43","slug":"nba_commissioner_bans_sterling_for_life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2014\/04\/29\/nba_commissioner_bans_sterling_for_life\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Commissioner Bans Sterling for Life"},"content":{"rendered":"

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RUSH: What is that, about a thousand media people there at the NBA press conference today? Here\u2019s what we know. TMZ just caught up with Oprah, which is not very hard to do. (interruption) Well, is it? (interruption) Not very hard to catch up with Oprah. (laughing) (Interruption) Oprah says she doesn\u2019t want the team. But she thinks it would be cool if Magic bought the team. She said we gotta get rid of this plantation mentality, we\u2019re off the plantation. <\/p>\n

Oprah, come on, get real. We haven\u2019t been in a plantation mentality in this country in I don\u2019t know how long. In fact, I keep quoting Bernie Goldberg, \u2019cause he\u2019s right. The universal outrage over this proves this is not a racist country anymore. We can get past this. But apparently what\u2019s gonna happen here, we have advance word, ladies and gentlemen, Sterling is gonna be suspended indefinitely, the owner of the team. <\/line><\/p>\n

Oprah told TMZ — interesting how they are always in the middle of this, by the way — Oprah told TMZ that she doesn\u2019t want the Clippers, but, man, it would be great if Magic bought \u2019em. So then TMZ caught up with Magic, which is not hard to do these days, either, and he said he doesn\u2019t want the Clippers. So the plot thickens out there as the price continues to be driven lower. (laughing) Everybody says, “No, I don\u2019t want the team,” including those who no doubt do. <\/p>\n

BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n

RUSH: “Donald Sterling Banned for Life from Any Association with the Clippers or the NBA.” That means he can\u2019t go to the games, can\u2019t negotiate contracts. Does that mean he can\u2019t watch on TV? What if Magic invites him over to watch a game? Can he do that? “Donald Sterling Banned for Life from Any Association with the Clippers or the NBA.”<\/p>\n

(interruption) Well, he could still earn profits from it. (interruption) Well, he can… (interruption) Yeah, and so the commissioner is now urging the board of governors of the NBA to exercise their authority to force Sterling to sell the team. So there you have it. Pretty much predictable, knowable. Did I just…? Yeah, I just thought I saw a $2.5 million fine for Donald Sterling. <\/p>\n

When he gets the money back, the NAALCP will make that up. So that\u2019s a wash. No, I\u2019m just kidding. He only gave \u2019em 45 grand. Their rates are not very high, at the NAALCP\u2019s LA chapter. Forty-five grand\u2019s all it took. Cheap award. Two awards. Two awards and almost a third award for 45 grand. Those are cheap rates. <\/p>\n

So, a lifetime ban. (interruption) I mean, Dawn, your point is that\u2019s the same as taking his team away from him, which we didn\u2019t think they could do. But they\u2019re urging the board of governors to force the sale of Sterling\u2019s Clippers team. This is gonna open up potential lawsuits, \u2019cause the wife and the family may not want to get rid of this team. <\/p>\n

So it isn\u2019t gonna be long before the biggest cleanser in sports swoops in here, probably on Oprah\u2019s plane, to save the day. <\/p>\n

It\u2019s gonna be a matter of days, folks, before this happens.<\/p>\n

BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n

RUSH: This a press conference by the NBA. It\u2019s a $2.5 million fine for Sterling, and they take team away from him by suspending him for life. The commissioner just said they\u2019re not even using anything in the past. They\u2019re just doing this on the basis of this tape. The commissioner said that Sterling admitted that it was his voice on the tape but said nothing else. So on the basis of this tape, they\u2019re taking his team away from him. <\/p>\n

On the basis of this tape, the NBA has decided to take his team away from him.<\/p>\n

Who\u2019s next? John in Lompoc, California. Great to have you on the EIB Network. Hello.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Rush, it\u2019s an honor to talk to you. We have Magic Johnson here leading the charge, and where does he get his credibility from? Because he played in the NBA? I think if anyone can remember back, Magic Johnson lied to his family, lied to everyone that was a fan of his. And here he is the first one leading the charge, and I can tell you —<\/p>\n

RUSH: Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. What did Magic lie about?<\/p>\n

CALLER: Magic cheated on his wife, lied, had AIDS, and kept that secret for a while.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Well, that was just sex. That didn\u2019t affect anything.<\/p>\n

CALLER: But he lied to his family about it and he had sex multiple times–<\/p>\n

RUSH: So does anybody who has an affair.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Exactly. But here the credibility that he is now leading the charge and the one that is wholesome, as far as what he\u2019s saying, to go on and to do what he\u2019s doing?<\/p>\n

RUSH: Well, look, I\u2019m remembering here what Neil in Dallas said.<\/a> Neil said, “Draw a line for yourself and try not to step over it because they\u2019re coming for you. They\u2019re gonna get you if you\u2019re not careful, and we want you to be here to entertain us every day.” It\u2019s clear what\u2019s happened here, and there\u2019s a reason why Magic is considered Mr. Clean in sports, and it doesn\u2019t serve any purpose to explain that. <\/p>\n

I mean, what\u2019s done is done here. Nothing\u2019s gonna change happening. It speaks for itself, really, what\u2019s happened here. It doesn\u2019t need any additional… (interruption) Well, Magic said he doesn\u2019t want the team. (interruption) Why shouldn\u2019t…? (interruption) If he says he doesn\u2019t want the team, I\u2019m gonna believe he doesn\u2019t want the team. If he says so, I\u2019m gonna believe Magic when he says it.<\/p>\n

(interruption) Yeah, I\u2019m not… (interruption) What am I gonna do? I\u2019m gonna sit here and say, “Magic doesn\u2019t mean it”? Magic says he doesn\u2019t want the team. He doesn\u2019t want the team. (interruption) No, Oprah said she hoped… (interruption) Oh, Oprah said she heard that Magic wants to buy it? (interruption) Oh, and then Magic said, “No, I don\u2019t want to buy it”? <\/p>\n

Well, Oprah\u2019s probably wrong. Did she cry when she said this? (interruption) Well, then she\u2019s not right. If she didn\u2019t cry, she didn\u2019t know what she was talking about. The fact that she didn\u2019t cry means she\u2019s probably wrong. (laughing) Just based on her show. Anyway, I\u2019ve gotta take a quick time-out here, my friends. You sit tight. I\u2019m chomping at the bit to explain this, but I\u2019m just not gonna go there, folks. <\/p>\n

There\u2019s nothing in it.<\/p>\n

It just it is what it is. <\/p>\n

BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n

RUSH: The commissioner of the National Basketball Association, Adam Silver, said that “Magic Johnson knows he\u2019s always welcome as an owner in this league.” The commissioner said that during the press conference today, that “Magic Johnson knows he\u2019s always welcome as an owner in this league.” <\/p>\n

Jim Gray, noted sports reporter extraordinaire, Fox News, actually talked to Sterling twice today before the announcement and Sterling said “no comment.” After the announcement Gray called Sterling back and reported that Sterling told him he doesn\u2019t know what he\u2019s gonna do, but that the team is not for sale. That\u2019s not gonna go over well with the media. That\u2019s not gonna go over well with the board of governors. Sterling is supposed to get the message here to sell the team by sundown today. <\/p>\n

And again, it\u2019s important to note here that the commissioner said none of this punishment has anything to do with Sterling\u2019s past. They haven\u2019t even looked into that yet. This is strictly what V. Stiviano collected on that tape. Now, the reason for that protects a lot of people who looked the other way all these years when Sterling was being who he is. Remember, this is nothing new, folks. Everybody in the NBA has known this about Donald Sterling for years, and I think it\u2019s quite telling that in response to a question the commissioner said (paraphrasing), “No, no, no, no, it has nothing to do with anything in Sterling\u2019s past,” because that provides cover for a lot of people who looked the other way. It only has to do with what happened on the tape. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

RUSH: What is that, about a thousand media people there at the NBA press conference today? Here\u2019s what we know. TMZ just caught up with Oprah, which is not very hard to do. (interruption) Well, is it? (interruption) Not very hard to catch up with Oprah. (laughing) (Interruption) Oprah says she doesn\u2019t want the team. 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