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[QUOTE="PoppyHart, post: 1038761, member: 515"]
I think people are assuming this is the applicable provision from the by-laws for taking the team away:

[COLOR=#0000ff]The Membership of a Member or the interest of any Owner may be terminated by a vote of three fourths (3/4) of the Board of Governors if the Member or Owner shall do or suffer any of the following:

(a) Willfully violate any of the provisions of the Constitution and By-Laws, resolutions, or agreements of the Association.[/COLOR]

Sterling apparently invoked the rule that stated that he could hand down any punishment, when a specific punishment was not already set forth in the by laws, that is in the "best interests" of the league.

In addition to the questions I raised earlier in the thread, I would add:

Sterling is alleged to have authorized, or at least been aware of, the recording b/c he has a tendency to forget things. Can a person in a progressed state of dementia, Alzheimer's, or other brain dysfunction "willfully" violate rules?

Removing him from day-to-day operations seems like an easier task than forcing a sale and banning him from all functions.  Can you ban a Tourette's sufferer from a public place on the theory that he or she might blurt out something offensive at any given moment?
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