This is important, according to NYdailynews.com, because, "Sterling has crossed the line far too many times when it comes to his treatment of minorities. In 2005, he was ordered to pay $5 million to victims of discrimination in one of his apartment complexes. In 2009, he agreed to pay $2.73 million to settle allegations by the government that he refused to rent apartments to Latinos, blacks and families with children in the Koreatown area of Los Angeles.At one time, Sterling’s treatment of his own Clipper players was something straight out of the days of slavery in the Deep South.When Elgin Baylor, the former Clipper executive, filed an employment discrimination lawsuit against the team on the grounds that he was underpaid and fired in 2008 because he is an African-American, he described what he termed a “plantation mentality” within the Clippers.According to his deposition, Baylor said: “During this same period, players Sam Cassell, Elton Brand and Corey Maggette complained to me that Donald Sterling would bring women into the locker room after games, while the players were showering, and make comments such as, ‘Look at those beautiful black bodies.’ I brought this to Sterling’s attention, but he continued to bring women into the locker room.'For too long, Stern looked the other way at Sterling’s transgressions, never once fining him. For shame."