Floyd Mayweather interested in buying the Clippers?

[DeadLikeMe]

This came out when you were still a gleam in your daddys eye.



Daily News Wire Services
POSTED: October 22, 1998
Marge Schott will soon sell her controlling share of the Cincinnati Reds under pressure from baseball's top officials, the Cincinnati Post reported yesterday.

Schott's two-year suspension from daily operation of the team, as punishment for remarks about Asians and working women, expired with the end of the World Series.

According to recent reports, baseball officials have been leaning toward extending her suspension so Reds managing executive John Allen can continue running the team.

Now, baseball officials are expected to announce Schott has signed a letter of intent to sell her interest in the Reds by the end of the year, the Post reported, citing unidentified sources.

The letter was being sent to baseball attorney Robert DuPuy, according to the Post. Baseball officials had indicated that Schott's suspension would be extended through the end of the Reds' partnership agreement (Dec. 31, 2000) for her business practices if she does not agree to sell her two general-partner shares, the newspaper said.

The agreement would end Schott's 14-year reign as Reds owner, which has included one World Series title, two suspensions for crude comments about ********** and a contentious relationship with the Reds' limited ownership partners.






By Houston Mitchell
April 28, 2014, 2:03 p.m.
Many people today are comparing Clippers owner Donald Sterling to former Cincinnati Reds owner Marge Schott, who was banned from running the team in 1996 after several racist comments. Sterling is alleged to have made racist comments on a tape leaked to the website TMZ over the weekend.
Former baseball commissioner Fay Vincent says there is no comparison ***8212; Sterling is worse than Schott.
"What she said was egregious, but what he said was probably worse," Vincent, 75, told Bloomberg News. "There's a question of where you draw the line. In this case with what this guy did and probably in Marge Schott's case, you're well over the line."

Baseball has morality clauses written into the bylaws. The NBA doesn't. They don't have a way to oust Sterling without a huge legal battle. It is that simple
Marge Schott had also served a year suspension prior to that incident.

[Vasyl’s dad]

Baseball has morality clauses written into the bylaws. The NBA doesn't. They don't have a way to oust Sterling without a huge legal battle. It is that simple
Marge Schott had also served a year suspension prior to that incident.

Kid, when a league wants you out, you're gone. Simple as that. Sterling is putting a huge stain on their league, and that is not good in the image conscious NBA. But go ahead and keep believing your fantasies.

[$mannyFresh]

If Floyd can make a headline within a months of one of his fights, he's all over it.

[DeadLikeMe]

Kid, when a league wants you out, you're gone. Simple as that. Sterling is putting a huge stain on their league, and that is not good in the image conscious NBA. But go ahead and keep believing your fantasies.

They've known about Sterling being that way for decades and it didn't matter. You guys are just so obviously buttmad at Floyd being associated to something like this (even though it is just wild speculation). The NBA is full of scumbags already, Floyd would be welcomed with open arms.

[WESS]

I think you greatly misunderstood the poster you initially quoted then. He never said the Clips were worth billions either. He stated that you needed to be a billionaire to be the sole owner of an NBA franchise, which is more or less accurate in today's age.

As far as your initial stab at the Clippers worth, you were nowhere close to being accurate. You said 300 million when they are worth twice that.

You can think its moot even when its not. I didn't make the backhanded comment about Floyd's ability to be part of an NBA ownership given his shady history, you did. I merely responded to it in disagreement.

Thats an opinion. I simply pointed out that the team is not worth a billion and that Floyd wouldn't have to be a billionaire to be part owner. Simple as that.

All the other nonsense you brought up was moot. You just added that in because you needed another reason to discredit the subject. It was irrelevant.

However it's nice that you think the NBA owners don't allow team owners to be bad and that all the current owners are saints. No bad people in the NBA, check!

[Check_hooks]

I'm a Mavs fan whos owner is Mark Cuban

He has been fined probably more than any other Owner in history

The max the NBA can fine him is 1 million dollars. Thats chump change for him.

I believe they can suspend him tho but hes still gonna get paid regardless

[badass316]

They've known about Sterling being that way for decades and it didn't matter. You guys are just so obviously buttmad at Floyd being associated to something like this (even though it is just wild speculation). The NBA is full of scumbags already, Floyd would be welcomed with open arms.

I don't think old white billionaires like Sterling would be welcoming someone like Floyd with open arms into the the owner circle. They live in complete opposite ends of the culture spectrum.

[M Bison]

Floyd gun be bankrupt soon.

[DeadLikeMe]

I don't think old white billionaires like Sterling would be welcoming someone like Floyd with open arms into the the owner circle. They live in complete opposite ends of the culture spectrum.

I doubt he would be one of the people putting up significant capital. They'd be looking at the big fish, Floyd would likely just be a figurehead for a larger interest.

[badass316]

Thats an opinion. I simply pointed out that the team is not worth a billion and that Floyd wouldn't have to be a billionaire to be part owner. Simple as that.

Sorry, but no it's not. You'd be hard pressed to find a sole owner of an NBA franchise that isn't a billionaire.

Below is the quote you're referring to and nowhere in it do you state Floyd's ability to be part owner. You're simply stating the franchise's worth, which is completely wrong.

The owner of the Clippers bought the team for like 18 million back in the 80s. They're worth like $300 million now.

This is millions, not billions.

All the other nonsense you brought up was moot. You just added that in because you needed another reason to discredit the subject. It was irrelevant.

However it's nice that you think the NBA owners don't allow team owners to be bad and that all the current owners are saints. No bad people in the NBA, check!

Nope. My responses after correcting your intial attempt to put a number on the Clipper's net worth was in response to your backhand comment about Floyd's history of racism not playing a significant role in his ability to be a part of a new ownership group. You seem to either have selective memory or just refuse to acknowledge what's in front of you.

I think it would be common sense to any person that if the NBA kicks Sterling to the curb that they'd vehemently refrain the approval of the franchise's sale to a new ownership group that has a public figure with a history of blatant racism. It would be like the NBA allowing Bill O'Reilly to be part of the new ownership group after Sterling.