NBA bans Donald Sterling for life, fines him $2.5 million

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Samus Aran said:

NBA: you can take all the dangerous doping you want, but if you make a racial comment you're banned for life!

American sport is such a joke.

Note: I do not condone racism (in fact, I write my thesis on racism in antiquity), but this is blatant hypocrisy.

Doping does not cause players, coaches and most important fans to go nuts and not support your organization.  Its a money thing.  There is no way the NBA could take a punch in the face like this without doing something harsh.  Its the type of thing that could escalulate into all type of crap including lawsuits that would drag the league in to areas they do not want to go.  Losing your fanbase over something like this is not an option for the NBA and league.