38% Say Sterling Should Be Forced to Sell LA Clippers
A plurality of Americans believes the penalties leveled against Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling for racist comments he made are generally fair, but they are not convinced he should be forced to sell the team.
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey shows that 30% of American Adults believe the National Basketball Association’s punishment of Sterling, which included a $2.5 million fine and a lifetime ban from the league, is too severe. Just 13% say the penalties are not severe enough. Forty-five percent (45%) say the punishment is about right, while another 12% are undecided. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
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The survey of 1,000 Adults was conducted on May 2-3, 2014 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.