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NBA Reportedly Will Consider Disenfranchising Clippers

The NBA is prepping to play hard ball with estranged LA Clippers owner Donald Sterling. Sterling has indicated through his anti-trust lawyer that he won’t pay the $2.5 million fine to the NBA and plans to sue them if they intend to force him out as owner.

The NBA is well aware of Stern’s litigious nature and has a variety of plans ready to execute including disenfranchisement if Sterling intends to keep his word not to sell the franchise.

Normally when a franchise owner is disenfranchised, the owner keep the underlying business.

If Donald Sterling is disenfranchised, however, he and his wife lose the Clippers and the NBA would take over the team.

The couple will continue to jointly own the trust, and the trust will no longer own the team. Likewise, any potential divorce proceedings likely would not affect the league’s ability to transfer ownership of the team away from the trust.
Jill Munroe

Jill Munroe is a Los Angeles-based host, producer, and writer. You can find her work on sites such as FoxSports.com, EURweb.com, and MSN.com. Munroe is a current member of the African-American Film Critics Association and the National Association of Black Journalists. Munroe has also been a frequent guest on ESPN radio and Yahoo Sports. In 2015, Munroe released her first book, "PostGame Pass: access into "the life" JillMunroe.com

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