Not if Sterling's landshark has the wit to chum the waters and put on a first-rate melodramatic soap opera with pointing fingers and famous faces, drags in people from all over the glitter-sphere to testify under subpoena.
It could be an epic ego-undressing and skirt-spattering festival.
The worst that does to the offender is embarrass them. No way the rule against Sterling is going to be applied evenly. He's a sacrificial goat. Liberals get away with more blatant racisim, etc., with no negative consequence whatsoever. Even if exposed, they will not be penalized.
There are plenty of examples, public examples, right now. They've been cited in news reports - the ass who wears the 5% bauble to NBA games? That's blatant racism - no penalty.
Don't get me wrong, I'm all for the big show, but once it exposes the blatant hypocrisy, the press will move on.