Will there be a Donald Sterling backlash?

Everyone has their own opinions which we don't make public. Donald Sterling was expressing his in what he thought was private conversation.

He said nothing derogatory about blacks. He did not utter any insults. His conversation concerned his girlfriends conduct in public. What he has paid to the *****, he has a right to do so.

He might be a racist but he is also a businessman who has made some of his employees very rich. His selections for who plays on his team have no racial bias. He gets the best he can that is affordable.

From my own observations of NBA ballgames both in person and on TV I don't see a significant number of black faces among the paying audience. So the overwhelming majority of NBA fans are white.

If the NBA manages to drive Sterling from his ownership position, they may find a large part of their fans refusing to buy tickets to games and more to stop viewing. The reason being, it is just unfair.