The fluctuating price of Sterling
We won’t revisit the whole thing, suffice to say Sterling’s remarks provoked a reaction from many commentators, his own players and not least, a lifetime ban from the NBA itself.
I noted that last week in these pages Dónal Óg Cusack referred to the unpleasant way in which Sterling amassed the fortune necessary to own a professional sports franchise: reports in various outlets allude to shameful exploitation of low-income tenants, many of whom were black, which goes to show a consistency in attitude, if nothing else.
