NBA’s Decision Against Clippers’ Owner: Is It Legal?
1st May 2014
Let’s start with the fine and life suspension. Lawyers and legal experts generally seem to think that on these two moves, Mr. Silver was on sound legal footing.
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Mr. Silver on Tuesday indicated he was moving forward with plans to force Mr. Sterling to sell the Clippers.
Under the NBA constitution, such a move would require the support of at least three-quarters of the league’s owners. But whether the owners would have grounds to oust Mr. Sterling from the league under the NBA constitution is a more difficult question, said Howard Wasserman, a sports-law expert at Florida International University.