DONALD STERLING
It is surprising that black people were not accepted in teams at the beginning of the sport but now days, 78% of the players are black. Just recently, The L.A Clippers owner, Donald Sterling was caught making very racial comments towards African Americans. Sterling was recorded telling his girlfriend not to post photos on the internet posing with Earvin 'Magic' Johnson. He also told her to not bring minorities to his games. Donald was referring to black people. Sterling was forced by the NBA to sell his team and he was also fined 2.5 million dollars. With a net worth of 1.9 billion dollars, Sterling was not punished enough. When TMZ released the recording, it soon went viral. Soon after it went viral and everybody had seen it, heaps of players hit social media to show their thoughts on the incident.
It is surprising that black people were not accepted in teams at the beginning of the sport but now days, 78% of the players are black. Just recently, The L.A Clippers owner, Donald Sterling was caught making very racial comments towards African Americans. Sterling was recorded telling his girlfriend not to post photos on the internet posing with Earvin 'Magic' Johnson. He also told her to not bring minorities to his games. Donald was referring to black people. Sterling was forced by the NBA to sell his team and he was also fined 2.5 million dollars. With a net worth of 1.9 billion dollars, Sterling was not punished enough. When TMZ released the recording, it soon went viral. Soon after it went viral and everybody had seen it, heaps of players hit social media to show their thoughts on the incident.