马特·巴恩斯在谈到体育运动中的种族歧视问题时毫不犹豫，他保证说，唐纳德·斯特林的人数远远超过了目测的范围。这位前NBA球员接受了看台报道公司taylorrooks的远程采访，他保证这位前洛杉矶快船队老板并不是体育界唯一一个有种植园心态的老板。
鲁克斯问是否有其他NBA老板的想法与斯特林相似，斯特林在2014年4月种族主义丑闻占据了体育界的所有头条新闻后被迫出售了他的球队。
“很多，”巴恩斯说。“不仅在NBA，在NFL我肯定知道。所以我不想透露名字，但有一群“好男孩”是石油和房地产商。这些人70多岁，60多岁，70多岁，他们就是这样长大的。他们把玩家看成是“奴隶”，我不想用“奴隶”这个词，这很苛刻，但这是我所谓的“奴隶”的观点或心态。就像唐纳德·斯特林（Donald Sterling）说的：“这些是我的人，我付钱给他们，我给他们买车，给他们食物，给他们房子。”
“但他不是唯一一个这样想的人，他只是唯一一个愚蠢到被抓的人。”
巴恩斯已经在联盟效力了15个赛季，在9支不同的NBA球队效力期间，他已经见识了很多，几乎占联盟的三分之一。
这位长期在NBA工作的老手质问，到底有多少老板在为他们的球员服务，因为除了他们被迫为大众提供的公关沙拉之外，没有人发表声明真正支持他们：
巴恩斯问道：“特别是，如果你看看，有多少业主真正站出来代表我们说话呢。“而不是一个像[国家橄榄球联盟委员]罗杰·古德尔那样的普通人读了这篇文章，甚至没有提到[科林.卡佩尼克]的情况。但有多少业主真正站出来代表我们说话？这些大学教练中，有多少人真正站出来代表我们发言，把这些从事足球和篮球运动的黑人球员带到了他们是全国收入最高的大学教练的地方，他们的项目也受益匪浅？不会太多。”
巴恩斯敏锐地意识到了自己周围的环境，这次对鲁克斯的采访（值得仔细听一次）正好说明了这一点。
原标题：
Matt Barnes claims Donald Sterling not the only owner with ‘good ol’ boy’ racist mentality
原文：
Matt Barnes did not hold back addressing racism in sports, guaranteeing there are a lot more Donald Sterlings than the eye test lets on. The former NBA player sat for a remote interview with Bleacher Report’s Taylor Rooks, assuring the former Los Angeles Clippers owner wasn’t the only owner in sports with a plantation mentality.
Rooks asked if there were other NBA owners who thought similar to Sterling, who was forced to sell his team after a racist scandal soon took over every headline in sports in April 2014.
“A lot,” said Barnes. “And not only in the NBA, in the NFL I know for sure. So it’s just â and I don’t want to give names â but there’s that ‘good ol’ boy’ group of owners that were oil and real estate guys. These guys are in their 70s, late 60s, 70s and up and that’s just how they were raised and how they were brought up. They look at players as â I didn’t want to use the term ‘slave,’ that’s harsh â but these are myâkind of like a plantation view or mentality. Like ‘these are my guys, I pay themâlike Donald Sterling said: ‘I get them cars, I get them food, I get them houses.’
“But he wasn’t the only one to think like that, he’s just the only one dumb enough to get caught.”
Barnes has played in the league for 15 seasons and has seen plenty while playing for nine different NBA teams â nearly a third of the league.
The longtime NBA journeyman questioned how many owners really are there for their players, as none have made statements to really support them besides the PR salad they were forced to feed the masses:
“In particular, if you look at it, how many owners have really came out and spoke on behalf of us,” asked Barnes. “And not a generic â like [NFL Commissioner] Roger Goodell read off the thing and still didn’t even address the [Colin Kaepernick] situation. But how many owners have really come out and spoke on our behalf? How many of these college coaches have really come out and spoke on our behalf that ride these Black players in football and basketball to where they are the highest-paid college coaches in the country and their programs are benefitting? Not too many.”
Barnes is keenly aware of his surrounding and this interview with Rooks (which is worth a thorough listen) shines light on just that.
