Says. Now, that was just one of the tapes released earlier by tmz. Here is another tape. Take a listen to this one. Ross, this has created a firestorm within the nba. Reporter yes, this is uncharted territory for the league. This is Donald Sterlings first crisis hes facing. No one knows what he has powers over, but he said he has broad powers to protect the league. Many believe that commissioner adam silvers will issue a hefty fine. Because 15 sponsors have already abandoned the clippers, and well see what happens from this point on. Were see Team Clippers and other teams coming forward and doing acts of protest courtside, bad news at the worst possible time. This has been a banner year. But of course this is a shadow over the league. Its one of those things where were banding together. Lebron james has been speaking out against Donald Sterling wearing the black socks and black arm bands. Adam silver must make a stand, this will be the first thing that he does, and he needs to protect
Thanks for join up us. As we wait for the cover we have a lot of new developments. We will check with katie marzullo. Katie . A lot of anticipation what the commissioner has to say and will he impose punishment . Players and coaches are not waiting to react and warriors coach is calling for fans. Donald sterling left a steakhouse with his estranged wife. It is the first time he has been seen in public since the scandal broke. Sterling didnt say a word but she shouted when asked if he is a racist . Of course not. Far cry from the statement where she said her family was devastated by her estranged husbands racist comments. It is believed sterling made the remarks in a recording with his former mistress. An nba attorney has verified the voice is his. Officials are not waiting for action from the nba. The city of los angeles can go on record to condemn the statements made by mr. Sterling. Coach mark jackson is calling for fans to boycott the game. You want to see sterling bounced . The com
Donald sterling. Any moment now, nba commissioner ad sam silver will make an adam silver make announcement on the investigation. Lets go straight to the our panel and i inspiration for jerry maguire, Leigh Steinberg, we have sports attorney lee olenick and sports Business Journal adam kaplan and fox newss brian kilmeade. Give me the legal perspective on this one. What can he do. What he can do the commissioner can suspend him indefinitely and fine him up to 2. A Million Dollars. Constitution and within the bylaws allows for that. He can get rid of him. Melissa lee, that is not really get rid of him. Do you feel like that is meaningful punishment . If he suspended not doing business at work but could do anything from anywhere. A few Million Dollars will not make a difference for somebody worth billions. Do you that is meaningful. Whats going to happen here, they will indefinitely suspend him and they will start pushing to get the franchise transferred over. This is his last day as activ
50 million in the los angeles area. We will get reactions and analysis from our roundtable. Bloomberg Sports Reporter is with us when new york. Andy dollars is in San Francisco. We are joined by the former executive director of the nba players association. Been coveringe this story and we are talking about the economics of this. We are seeing sponsors dropping by the wayside. Was this unexpected . Not unexpected. There are two levels to this whole controversy. Backlash about the comments that sterling allegedly made and then there has been the financial aspect. Another aide have said that they will wait and see what happens, putting things on pause. Bad,nly were the comments it is also hurting the bottom line of the team and maybe the nba. As an just spoke about the bottom line here. What kind of damage control does a professional sports team have to go through when Something Like this hits . This isnt just the la clippers, this is the nba, a global brand. Racism is radioactive, no mat
Hear. We have the whole thing covered for you right here at the top of the hour with cnn sports anchor, rachel nichols. She is inside that room. We will check in with her momentarily. Of course, once the News Conference begins, i will stop talking, we will take that live, in full. A little bit of back story. Donald sterling has kept a fairly low profile since this audiotape emerged. But see this video . He, along with his wife i should say his estranged wife, were caught leaving a Los Angeles Area strount jurestaura this past sunday night. The paparazzi shouting questions at him. He himself didnt answer any questions about the audiotape, which he allegedly made. These racist remarks about africanamericans. But the comment attributed to him has ignited a firestorm in the professional sports community. Take a listen. Dont come to my games. Dont bring black people, dont come. Do you know you have a team thats black . I support them and ive given them food and clothes and cars and houses.