This is an official notification that the NBA is taking control of this board. We are doing this because the focus and purpose is to discuss NBA basketball, which is a product we own, and we control all the rights to the dissemination of and transmission of said game. Since this Internet board is being transmitted via phone lines, cable lines, or satellite, we can take ownership through Imminent Domain.
From now on all discussion must be approved by the NBA office, me specifically. If you wish to discuss a topic, you must write a letter to me, and I will then reply with your approval to discuss. Any letters addressed to Stooge Jackson will be immediately placed in the trash.
As my first act, in charge of this board, I am fining the poster known as ziggy $40,000, and will suspend him for 4 posting days for his transmission of a non-licensed NBA profanity. We in the NBA will not tolerate such behavior on an NBA controlled and sanctioned NBA discussion board.
By second act will be to suspend the poster SF101 for 7 posting days for starting non-NBA threads on this board. This is an NBA board and we will not allow non-NBA licensed threads to take up space an on Official NBA discussion board.
I will also fine the poster named Ted $12,500 for also starting non-NBA threads. I have chosen to give Ted and SF101 different penalties, because ......... I don't know ........ just because alright.
All posters who have been fined and suspended, can appeal their suspensions, and ask for a hearing with me in NYC, but they must pay the fine and serve the suspension before I will hear their appeal.
I will also fine and suspend DBodner. He is the one who is the official of this board, and his judgement calls have been wrong, so he deserves punishment. Since he is an official the specifics of his fine and suspension will be confidential, and if has a problem he can contact his union.
Finally I have decided to permanently expel Way Out West. This is because his IQ is rumored to be only in double digits, and that doesn't fit with our marketing approach, of marketing our NBA licensed products to the highly educated. He is of course free to contact the NHL and NASCAR to post on their officially sanctioned discussion boards.