Donald Sterling Reportedly Violated NBA Contracts with Racist Comments

May 6th, 2014 by Matt Fitzgerald Leave a reply »

Disgraced Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling has been banned for life from the NBA for racist remarks he made in private. If Sterling does as expected and goes to battle in the courts, the Association has leverage in the form of contracts that can be used to justify its harsh punishment.   

ESPN.com's Darren Rovell reported on the NBA's legal strategy regarding the Sterling situation on Tuesday:

[S]ources with knowledge of the league's strategy say that there are, in fact, actual contracts that it will maintain Sterling violated should he choose to fight the league's desire to force him to sell the team if the league can get the required 75 percent of owners to agree to make the move.

One of those documents, which Sterling signed when he first bought the Clippers in 1981, and signed various amended versions since, states that an owner will not take any position or action that will materially and adversely affect a team or the league. Owners also sign morals clauses, which state that they will be upheld to the highest standard of ethical and moral behavior.

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