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[QUOTE="jvbj01, post: 1037556, member: 442"]
This is an embarrassment for the league, but it was a private conversation that was taped. It will be his word against hers. She claims he knew and she had permission.  But the bottom line is that she committed a crime.  He committed poor bigoted decisions by running his mouth. If  he is somehow forced or encouraged to sell the team, other owners should be nervous.  I'm not saying that others are racist, but everybody has their own secrets.  I would go out on a limb and think that other owners have stuff they wouldn't want out there.

Sterling was foolish for letting his mistress know his feelings on the race issue.  I don't know of many "mistress" situations that turn out well.  Somebody gets hurt and he fed her some serious ammunition.

What is being lost in the big picture of race in sports is that there is another part owner of a franchise  that openly wears a racist medallion. It was brought up in a recent thread that Jay Z wears a 5% Nation medallion.  It truly represents hatred for whites.  I dealt with many 5% Nation inmates when I worked in the DOJ.  They mostly despised me because I was a white man with authority. They literally called me the "blond hair, blue eyed devil".   Any normal person would stay away from wearing a medallion like this.  I don't care if it is a fashion fad or something.  How would it go over if a white owner wore a hat or medallion with a Nazi swastika or a KKK symbol?  He would be hung like many want Sterling hung.  Why should Jay Z get a free pass?

[url]http://nypost.com/2014/04/06/jay-zs-medallion-bears-logo-of-five-percent-radical-group/[/url]

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That being said, in my opinion Sterling should sell the team and try to move on.  It would be a miserable fight and no matter what his defense is, he would always have that cloud over him.  He is a bigot, but he should know to trust nobody.   Especially a gold digging mistress.....
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