
“If it was me, I wouldn’t come to the game; I believe as fans, the loudest statement they could make as far as fans is to not show up to the game.”
“They’re getting paid to play, they’ve got families and bills. This is their job. This is their livelihood. They dreamt their whole life for it. Same thing with us. But it’s different for me to pay to come see it. We talked about it (boycotting the entire series), and the biggest statement would be playing and pouring our hearts out into something we dreamt about doing and doing it in a way where, no matter what color we are, we do this with class and dignity and integrity, and the evidence would clearly dictate that.”
“I would like to reiterate how disappointed I am in the comments attributed to [Donald Sterling] and I can’t even begin to tell you how upset I am and our players are,” wrote Rivers. “Today, I had a meeting with the members of our organization. When you are around all these people, you realize they are just as upset and embarrassed by the situation and it does not reflect who they really are. That was what I got from all of them.”
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