Welcome to the meeting and if you would keep your cell phones on vibrate and if you are a speaker, we have the speaker cards up front and make sure to fill one out and please state your name, when you are called. We are going to start with a roll call. Hello. Commissioner. Here. Lee. Here. Hyde. Here. Per es. Here. President tan. Here. And commissioner joseph is still recuperated and so she is excused. So, we are going to go ahead and start with the first item on the agenda which is the Public Comment, on any items, related to the business of the entertainment commission, but is not currently agendaized. Is there any Public Comment at this time . We will move on item two approving the minutes from the fourth. I move to approve. There say motion and a second . Second. Wait, one. The motion and a second. Perez. Abstain. Lee, aye. Frost. Aye. Tan. Abstain. Moshoyannis. Aye. We are going to move to item three which is the report from the sound inspector. It has been a couple of weeks since
George it did it is too early to tell the sea of we can pick up another delay for you and that is on interstate 280 in san jose northbound at 880 didnt or an accident here that could slow the ride and turned out commute into hot spots as well george that is why traffic at a standstill and the westbound direction over to the Weather Center here is james. James the camera theyre showing us the low clouds and as expected we do have the blaze at the airport about an hour for arriving flights. James will focus in on 8 00 a. M. To lot of people drive the kids of the school what it is starting at that point where looking for a performance to low 50s it will be a cloud start at that point with conditions quickly improving as we did toward noon you for most sunny conditions there with temperatures in the upper 60s that is a great looking much hour for you. Oakland ymca. Staff there were looking for sunny and warm conditions. James we have 50 in San Francisco 52 oakland and 52 in san jose. Still
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