LA Clippers Owner Donald Sterling under fire for taped racist comments to GF

[King]

What kind of demographic is a Clippers fan anyways? I always wondered that, considering the popularity of the Lakers.

They're division champions, so basically "anyone who lives near, and especially in, LA." This is a bandwagon kind of town if there ever was one.

OK, but who was going to their games when they sucked?

The Clippers only point is that their tickets are cheaper than the Lakers. Right now they have fans simply because the Lakers are awful. But bargain has always been the business model.

The franchise was created for San Diego and nobody wanted it to be in LA, but Sterling managed to sue his way into the city.

[King]

The Clippers original logo was meant to look like sails.



The current Clippers logo is again part of Sterling's business plan to make the team a cheap Chinatown knockoff of the Lakers.

Still, as a name, Clippers make more sense than the Lakers, since the California coast even in LA did have giant fleets of clipper ships during the gold rush.

[King]

With Ballmer's purchase of the Clippers, the hope of Seattle getting a team at all in the near future has probably died.

Yeah, you can't just up and move a competitive team with great ticket sales. The next time the Clippers get bad and attendance wanes, though, it's probably a done deal.