Racism still exists in sports

For someone to argue that racism has been more or less eradicated from sports is beyond ignorant. There was a story on ESPN recently about the appropriate use of the N-word and for a Disney-owned company to produce a series on racism and its different view points makes it apparent that the issue of racism is still very much alive. Just recently, there have been a couple episodes that drew public scrutiny. One involved a 80-year old billionaire and the other hundreds of regular folk. Both made me wonder why more is not done about this 'culture' that seems to still exist. Now by no means am I going to be signing up to volunteer for the NAACP next week, but people need to be held accountable. Donald Sterling, the 80-year old owner of the L.A. Clippers had been an openly racist individual for many years, but as long as he didn't do harm to the game, as in the NBA, he was free to continue voicing his opinions, no matter how large of a bigot they made him out to be. He finally slipped up and in this era where everything is caught on tape, it buried him. A man like that unfortunately doesn't care what others think about him, but by taking away his voice and the power and prestige that comes with owning a professional franchise, the NBA successfully suppressed his presence and made it known that point of view has no place in the league.