I just feel sorry for the people that don't realize that, at the root, this is ALL political manipulation.
1. If the league truly cared, they would have done something about Sterling long ago.
2. If Black people truly cared they wouldn't have been giving Sterling NAACP lifetime achievement awards.
3. If America truly cared, they would be addressing the root causes of the problems facing black people in America, and it has little to do with racism.
The biggest reality is this. To make some manipulated idiots feel good about themselves for a weekend, you have cut off millions in assistance to the black community that Sterling was giving.
Was it akin to blood money? yep.
Is it now gone? you betcha!
Are these moral crusaders going to replace that? not a chance!
Sterling sucks as a person, but at least some amount of good was being extracted from his cheap pompous backside.
And the thing is, Sterling is going to appeal legally AND WIN! There has been no discrimination, no poor treatment of black people, just a private phone message and a media tizzy. He may be the worst kind of person on the inside, but legally and publically he has taken care to be completely above board. That matters, and in reality should be the ONLY THING that matters. People should be allowed to be as crazy as they want in private, as long as it isn't harming anyone else.
But hey, whatever, enjoy your bread and circuses.