What Does Donald Sterling Need To Be Banned From The NBA?

02/18/2015 Communication AKWASI Boateng NFL (Donald Sterling)

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling told his girlfriend V. Stiviano on the phone that he does not like her bringing black people to his games or taking pictures with black people. Sterling is racist and is not only his words but his actions as well, because he has discriminated against blacks in his businesses outside of the NBA as well. He needs to be banned from the NBA for life because he is only going to harm the league and make it worst.

BACKGROUND:

• Racism to my understanding is a belief that characteristic differences between the numerous human races to determine cultural or individual

Stiviano. In the conversation Sterling told Miss Stiviano that he does not like the fact that she associates herself with black people. Mr. Sterling was the owner of the Los Angeles Clippers professional basketball franchise of the NBA from 1981 to 2014. At 33 seasons of ownership, Sterling was the longest-tenured owner in the NBA since the death of Los Angeles Lakers majority owner Jerry Buss in 2013. Donald Sterling has been banned for life by the NBA in response to racist comments he made during the recording conversation. According to Ramona “There was a scandal that enveloped Sterling in the spring. Just days after TMZ aired a recording of Sterling making racist remarks to his former mistress; V. Stiviano, NBA commissioner Adam Silver banned him for life. It was a break that would alter the NBA and the Clippers forever, but it would not be a clean one. Sterling was never going to go quietly. The franchise would have to depose its tyrant first” (Ramona 2014). THE NBA commissioner Adam Silver said it in a press conference that he will try to force the controversial owner to sell his franchise and on top of that Sterling also was fined $2.5 million, and Silver made no effort to hide his outrage over the comments. Silver also banned Clippers owner Donald Sterling from the league for life in the wake of Sterling's racist comments. He stated that "he fully expect to

45% people said yes. His ownership is a stain on the NBA brand and 55% people said no because The NBA is trampling on his rights as an owner, His remarks were offensive but not illegal” (Crains 2014). The national basketball association should force Sterling to sell the team because it will show loyalty to the players and also make a statement on other owners as well. It will also make the owners very cautious on everything they do or say in sports that may affect the players and fans as