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NBA Bans Sterling, Accepts Pechanga, an APARTHEID Nation's Sponsorship of Lakers

The NBA stood up today and fined NBA CLIPPERS owner Donald Sterling $2.5 Million and banned him for life.   Now, he will be forced to sell the team and make $700 Million and live out the rest of his life in luxury.

Left unresolved is the NBA's inaction on taking sponsorships from Indian tribes, particularly Pechanga Band of Luiseno Indians, from Temecula, that sponsors the Los Angeles Lakers, the "other" NBA franchise.   They also sponsor the Angels.

Now the NBA has been informed about the Apartheid that Pechanga practices on Indian people on their reservation.   We detail that here: Pechanga’s Apartheid Reservation. We wrote to then NBA Commissioner David Stern and Laker's owner, Jerry Buss about this sponsor in 2008: 

http://www.originalpechanga.com/2014/04/nba-bans-sterling-for-life-but-takes-no.html

Is it too much to ask for consistency?  The NAACP turned a blind eye to Pechanga's civil rights abuses while keeping their hand out for donations during the expanded gaming proposition season....

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