Under the terms of Paragraph 13 of the constitution, the owners can terminate another owners franchise with a vote of three-fourths of the NBA Board of Governors, which is composed of all 30 owners. The power to terminate is limited to things like gambling and fraud in the application for ownership, but it also includes a provision for termination when an owner fails to fulfill a contractual obligation in such a way as to affect the [NBA] or its members adversely. Silver and the owners could assert that Sterlings statements violated the constitutions requirements to conduct business on a reasonable and ethical level.
Posted on: Tue, 29 Apr 2014 14:08:17 +0000