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Originally Posted by Dumars4Ever  I'm not sure I would compare the two. Stern got utterly destroyed in the press for the Amare suspension. "Appearances" was pretty clearly not what they were aiming for in that situation. |
I didn't say they met their goals, but as one writer put it, "making a judgment call takes courage" and they didn't use any judgment save for an absolute ruling.
The bottom line remains that justice doesn't get served.
Perhaps David Stern fashions himself as the Supreme Court of NBA players, but what goes on personally, off the court should not be punished in the workplace. It gives him way too much leniency and power to mete out fines, suspensions etc on what are criminal or civil matters, and I'm pretty sure he doesn't have that power under the constitution or any state laws.
One day there will be an anti-trust lawsuit and the NBA will lose.