Let me think about that. I'll get back to you.
You don't seem to get it. It is presumed by sports fans that the owners of their teams are in the business because they want someday to be handed a world championship trophy. That seems to be the goal for owners like George Steinbrenner (natch), Jerry Buss of the Lakers, Mark Cuban of the Dallas Mavericks, the Maloof brothers of the Sacramento Kings, and Bill Davidson, who pulled off a feat never before heard of in professional sports -- three professional championship trophies for one owner in one calendar year (WNBA Detroit Shock, NHL Tampa Bay Lightning, NBA Detroit Pistons).
If you, as an owner, actually think of your players as "thugs," you shouldn't be an owner. You should quit cheating the fans, and do them the favor of getting your raspberries out of the sports biz.
Sterling is one of those sports owners who enforces his own version of the Peter Principle (once a player begins to rise to the highest level of his competence, he has priced himself out of the team's budget). I titled the thread like I did because it shows the circumstances under which he is willing to be a spendthrift.
How much would you spend on a woman you're not even living with together? Stirling has got his marbles loose in his dotage.