The obvious and chilling bottom line is that America's version of "the free market" is irreconcilable with humans decency and societal health. Our country is so thoroughly corporatized that teams feel more comfortable barring their players from commenting on Sterling than they've felt addressing his repugnant behavior for decades. The people in positions of authority have such myopic vision that short term concern about advertising revenue trumps long term concern about the players, the fans, and larger societal ramifications. The response to recklessness is to be meek, careful, measured. It's truly warped. And instead of having an intelligent, informed voice on deck to speak about this, we await the opinions of Stephen A. Smith, Charles Barkley, Magic Johnson, and Chris Broussard. It's theater of the absurd. And I think the teams barring black players from commenting on a white owner who considers blacks a lower life form is the most insane, sick aspect of all. It complements Sterling's views perfectly. The level of disrespect blacks face in this world, always... It's damn near impossible to process.