Quote:Wow...........

 

Sterling has been known to underpay his players, coaches see Mike Dunleavy Sr.

 

HOF Elgin Baylor who worked for Sterling as GM has filed a lawsuit against Sterling alleging unfair labor practices, discrimination, etc.

 

Sterling was causing damage to the league with sponsors such as Carmax, and State Farm pulling their sponsorship advertising out of Staples Center.

 

Isnt Mike Dunleavy white?  No one wil deny that Sterling has been a lousy/cheap owner that has always been willing to hire underqualifed or less talented individuals so he could pay them less.  But there is a huge difference between that and choosing to pay someone less because of nothing more than their race.  If you are equally underpaying a position, no matter white or black, because you want to hire the less qualifed, aka cheaper candidate, that isnt discrimination.  It what the Pittsburgh Pirate owner did for years.

 

As far as Baylor, he was the GM for 20+ years and after getting let go, he claimed it was based on his race and his age.  After 20+ years!  The race claim was eventually dropped because it was too preposterous to win in court.  Eventually Baylor lost the age claim which he might have had an argument for.

 

Clearly Sterling has said a number of racist things.  And obviously he is a lousy human being that also treats women like crap.  But I haven't read anything where he openly discriminated against his black Clippers' employees.  Maybe he has and I just havent read them.  But I havent seen anything where he didnt hire a guy just because he was black, or hire a less qualifed white person just because they were white, or paid a white person more than a black person even though they were doing the same job... etc...some kind of overt discrimination.  If anything he seems to hire more black people than others and in situations where he didnt necessarily have to.  Maybe thats all based on some sort of crazy twisted "black ownership" thing he has going on... but then again if you're Baylor, why spend 20+ years working for a guy like that.

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